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Port Townsend is the best day trip from the Kitsap Pennisula. It could also be a great weekend trip given that the campgrounds in the area are amazing. But for the day Fort Worden in Port Townsend has it all: beaches, old forts for testing courage, woods, walks, an aquarium, and generally sunshine. </div>
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The kids attended their first professional sporting event a month ago. Sounders vs. Timberwolves. We purchased tickets at a deep discount as a fundraiser for our local soccer club. Seats were great, kids loved it and the sunset that evening was not to be missed.<br />
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We've had a very busy spring with sports. A soccer or baseball practice or game nearly every night of the week, plus a busy Sunday with hockey practice and soccer games. This whole year has been busy with sports really, fall soccer, basketball, swimming and now these spring sports. Nine seems to be the age for trying everything. C is an avid listener and watcher of sports and has been willing to try it all this year. So much progress has been made in ball control, throwing and understanding of strategy - not to mention backwards skating! Of course there is no way that we can keep up with the pace we have set this spring. However, it seems that for a short duration like this, giving him a chance to try things is OK and from here he can choose what he'd like to stick with. At the start I thought Baseball was as dull as it gets but towards the end of the season the sport won me over. I loved the drama and suspense of the games and to an extent the stats kept on each player. I also had under appreciated how much of a team sport baseball is. The coaches taught me that by the way they treated their players. Even if a kid hit the ball and was out on first - he usually advanced a player, sometimes two and maybe even someone home and the coaches always highlighted that as the player ran back to the dugout. Our summer starts tomorrow. Most of the organized sports will be on hold for the summer but I suspect C will be practicing his skills throughout.</div>
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Six years after we finished our remodel we finished the fireplace. Why did we wait so long? I love the colors in this house at all times of day but in particular the house looks so bright and warm on a dark rainy spring day and the fire in the hearth finishes the warmth. As we embark on a design for our next home the question of a wood burning stove has come up. Should we have a wood stove or a gas stove. In our area it is not uncommon to have a burn ban in place to keep the air pollution at bay. Unless wood is the only way to heat the house, you cannot burn. So it seems impractical to have a wood stove when we could and should have gas. Plus all the hassle of collecting, stacking wood and starting fires each day could burst my Little House reverie pretty quickly. My memories of chopping, hauling, stacking and starting fires are but moments in the many days that my parents did that chore. But, why not have the option especially when it would be a secondary source of heat? I am not quite ready to give up on a real fire, the last connection between my modern life and some time before me. </div>
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The opening chapters in Novella Carpenter's book "Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer" she describes a delivery of honey bees to her door step. I was charmed at the idea of a box of bees being delivered to my doorstep. Was it safe? What did the box look like? How many are in a box? How do you get them out? That same year my neighbor started her hives and gave us a mason jar of honey for Christmas. So when the second grade class at our school donated a brand-new hand painted hive for auction san bees, we bid and won the hive boxes. I took a few classes, ordered my bees and some additional equipment and early May our bees arrived. I did not have them delivered to my house though. I went to Ballard Bee Company and picked up my screened box containing 10,000 Italian bees and one queen inside. From there we brought them home and released them into their new hive boxes. They've been in their box a month and they have had their first round of bee babies hatch and the hive is noticeably bigger in size. Too busy building comb and feeding their brood there isn't any honey being stored. Actually I am not expecting much honey this year, just a fun year of learning so that next year we can add to our numbers.</div>
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<a href="http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/northamerica/unitedstates/washington/placesweprotect/foulweather-bluff.xml" target="_blank">Foulweather Bluff</a> is a good beach to visit on a weekend. The walk is less than a mile to the beach on a glorious path through the forest. Bright green ferns against the dark of fir and cedar trees. Glimpses of the water and marsh through the underbrush. At the end of the walk is a long, clean beach with a bald eagle presiding. Later some of grampy's big oysters for lunch (yes 2 of the four kids ate more than one) and some puzzles inside when the rain began to fall.</div>
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A snow day is probably the most exciting day of the year for most Puget Sound residents. It doesn't happen often but when it does it is beautiful. It began last night. I was at an amazing dinner with friends (discussing this <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Paradise-Imperfect-American-Family-Mountains/dp/0615893643/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1391993351&sr=8-1&keywords=paradise+imperfect" target="_blank">wonderful book</a> with the author!) and at some point we all looked outside from the dining room table and just stopped talking. It kinda has that effect. Later when it was time to leave and catch ferries well the snow held things up a bit. </div>
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High (no not chemically) on the fun night out I was not really thinking much about how the snow would affect the roads. Forgetting that I was driving a rear wheel drive truck I started up the driveway and proceeded to get stuck, holding up the 4 cars behind me. I was in a bit of a panic, considering our guest was supposed to be at the ferry in 15 minutes and then she'd have to wait another 45 for the next and it was late. So 8 ladies loaded down the back of the truck (sounds like a joke coming on doesn't it?) and they (and a friendly neighbor) got me out of the ditch; though not in time to get Margot to the ferry! A snow day is the best day of the of the year - especially when you've had a great time with friends and they help you out of the ditch.</div>
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We are not generally football watchers. We watch around the holidays or when there is a particular game being played. But this Seahawk team is amazing and they are SEATTLE and it's hard not to get excited about the game. </div>
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So excited about it I bought an antenna for our TV so we could watch the game. So excited E bought jerseys for the kids. So excited we watched/listened to the games leading up to the Superbowl. So excited that I read all the post game articles. So excited we attended the parade!</div>
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There are some unbelievable pictures of the crowds if you have Instagram just search with #seahawks. Everywhere along the parade route it was packed - packed for an entire block on the adjoining streets. over 700K people were in attendance. We walked a mile from our parked car to a spot we thought would be good and then the kids (all but C) broke down. We knew it was coming but hoped we could avert it with hot cocoa and a snack. No go. It was so cold (15 deg) that even their snow gear didn't help. So we turned around and walked back home without seeing a thing. And a good thing we did. We would not have seen much anyway. Some areas along the parade route were 200 people deep and with a stroller and little people in tow, well it wasn't a good fit.<br />
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Truth be told it was not a fun morning. Actually a morning that I swore I would forget. Pages I'd tear out of the book of my parenting journey. If the kids asked me do you remember the Seahawks parade I'd respond "What Seahawks, what parade. We don't watch football!" But after watching some of the event on TV (which I couldn't help) and looking at photos folks posted on Instagram I am glad we at least made the attempt. Very glad.</div>
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A few months ago C and I were talking about hockey. Out of curiosity we looked to see if Michigan had any other teams besides the Detroit Red Wings and if there were any games being played while we were visiting for Christmas. Yes on both counts. And so an obsession was born (similar to the cowboy obsession of 2012). On his wish list this year - all things hockey, including a hockey game. Our seats were behind the glass which was great for getting closeups of the hip checks and flying pucks but harder to see the whole game. The pace on the ice is incredibly fast. All in all it was a very nice family evening, low-key yet lots to see on the ice, oh and beer, hotdogs and pretzels. </div>
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All the beautiful snow that fell over christmas has been melting. But this gave us a chance to get out to the state park for a walk. Many of the trails were well walked and the air wasn't biting cold so little W could walk most of the way holding his elmo telephone - just in case he got a call. He took many calls on the walk but had a hard time keeping the snot off the mouthpiece.</div>
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It snowed all Christmas day. Later in the day we made it out for a walk with the kids through the empty lot next door. E broke a trail with snowshoes though the girls were doing a pretty good job themselves despite the snow being up to their waists in spots. They'd take a few steps then crash into the snow to rest. At the playground we saw the snowman snowball board which I assume the kids have to use now instead of throwing snowballs at one another. E was telling us tales of how when he was a kid the snowplow snow was piled so high in the playground at school that they'd play king of the mountain on it. They also had snow ball fights in designated areas and once he hit one of the sisters supervising recess with a snowball. He thought he was in for it but she showed a little mercy on the kid and said she was inside the boundary so it was a fair hit.</div>
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We have a white christmas and it keeps on coming! I think I am the only excited about the snow but I understand why. Santa came to grandma's house last night. Very late but it looks like everyone was happy with the presents they received. Merry Christmas!!</div>
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A little Christmas from our home. I found some chalk markers that I was told work well on windows and went a little chalk-marker happy at our house. C is looking up the latest football or hockey score on the ipad and to the left you can see we are in the middle of refurbishing our fireplace. It's been unusable since we've lived there and it needs a serious facelift to blend in with the rest of the house. At the moment it has a pizza box blocking the hearth to keep the kids away from the layers of soot inside. its funny how you get used to pizza boxes as part of the decor when they are put to use in such a way. Anyway, one of my 2012 knitting projects was to complete this set of Christmas stockings with the hopes of hanging them over a fireplace - someday but not this year.</div>
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Then there is W in a hand-me-down sweater from a friend in tropics who used it once on a winter trip. Its cotton so it won't keep him warm in the snow, but at least he looks adorable.</div>
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My little helper. While I am making dinner he will sometimes play in the sink and he'd do it for hours if I let him.</div>
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