Home of Steve, Christine, Katherine, Ally, Rosebud, and Rex
Pau Pau, Allison, and Christine went strawberry picking. Dad and Katherine stayed at home as Katherine had a bad experience with spiders last time. Allison and Christine brought home seven pounds of fresh strawberries.
Katherine and Allison decided that they wanted to make gift tags. Katherine read about them in the latest issue of the American Girl Magazine. Katherine’s room got turned into the gift tag construction zone. Katherine started the project and Allison joined later. Their plan is to sell them to neighbors, friends, and family. They ask Dad if he could make it so they could accept credit cards. Hmm, I could use PayPal… Katherine decides that instead of selling online they will have a lemonade and gift tag stand.
Allison had her gymnastics show this morning. Allison showed off her tumbling, trampoline, and dancing skills.
Grandpa and Grandma invited the Bush and Olbright families to the Space Needle for lunch to celebrate their 71st birthdays and wedding anniversary. Although it was a cloudy and rainy day, everyone had a great time.
The day started out with an elevator ride up to the Space Needle. Grandpa is afraid of heights so he wedged himself into a corner. The elevator operator said the elevator goes 10 miles per hour up to the height of the Space Needle. We had good views of the Pacific Science center and Seattle waterfront.
After ordering, the Grandparents opened their presents from the Olbrights and our girls. Katherine and Allison were very proud that they made and/or purchased their gifts with their own money. Katherine gave Grandpa a bird house and Grandma some bath stuff. Allison gave a bee candle holder that she picked out.
Lunch arrives and everyone digs in. The girls eat a good lunch as the dessert at the Space Needle is very special. For dessert, everyone got a Lunar Orbiter. A Lunar Orbiter is a two scope ice cream sundae on top of a bed of dry ice. The wait staff pours hot water onto the dry ice right before serving to make the dessert start smoking. It’s quite the special experience.
The Bush family had to leave at 1:30P as Steve had a Qi review at work that he couldn’t be late for. The Olbrights and the grandparents went upstairs to the observation deck to take in the rainy sights.
Rosebud, Christine, and Katherine have started to attend weekly puppy school. All three are responding well to the training. As part of the class they have homework such as getting Rosebud to obey commands. The girls thought it would be fun to teach Rosebud how to jump through hoops. Sunday was Father’s Day. The girls decided we should take Rosebud for a walk to burn off some energy and get her some practice with her new harness. Along the way we met a local neighbor who has a Black Lab who is about Rosebud’s age. They had a good time with puppy play.
Tonight we’re having some friends over to celebrate Father’s Day with a backyard BBQ.
Katherine’s last day of school for 3rd grade with Ms. Iverson and Mr. Shuel. Allison’s last day of 1st grade with Mrs. Sorenson and Ms. Grijalva at Open Window School. Both girls had wonderful teachers and years. We couldn’t have asked for a better teacher in Ms. Iverson for Katherine. She was able to work with Katherine, reinforcing her strengths and working on her areas of needed growth.
