by Jennifer | Jul 4, 2011 | Blog
Sage enjoyed her last day of Kindergarten a few weeks ago. They had an open house in the classroom, so we were able to go in and enjoy the end of the year party with her. Mrs. Dean put together a wonderful book of their work from throughout the whole year. It was so neat to see how she has grown over 9 short months. And what a wonderful keepsake!
After school, we went to a graduation party down at the clubhouse/lake and she had so much fun playing with friends. I can’t believe we now have a first grader!
She was so proud of all her work
Enjoying her memory book in the classroom
Cute graduation hats made by Mrs. Dolby, a mom of her friend Jack
by Jennifer | Jun 24, 2011 | Blog
A few weeks ago was Maple Valley Days here in our cute little town. The girls and I headed off on Saturday morning to meet some of Sage’s friends from school to watch the parade. It was fun to see the kids playing around and watching the parade together. She has made some really nice little friends in Kindergarten.
Molly, (a little girl who’s name I can’t remember), Shanthi, Makenna, Evyn, Jack and Ben
Then on Sunday after church and of course a nap, we headed down to Lake Wilderness park to spend the national debt on carnival rides. The girls loved them (except Ashley who only liked her first ride for about 30 seconds). Then we looked around at the booths and enjoyed some cotton candy. It was a fun day for our family!
Waiting for Sage to ride the big slide
Ashley’s one and only ride. This is before it started moving! 
Sage getting to fly
At first Ashley would not try the cotton candy. Molly finally got her to try it of course she loved it.
Bath time? At least she enjoyed it!
by Jennifer | Jun 21, 2011 | Blog
So I’m a little behind on blogging . . . but we’ve been busy and have been able to get out of the house with the weather starting to get a little nicer.
About a month ago, we headed out one morning to Whidbey Island, which was so beautiful!! We drove for a few hours up to Deception Pass, which we have always wanted to see. (Our girls are pretty horrible car riders, but we decided that they just have to get used to it or we’ll miss out on too many things we love to do and would like to see.) After that, we headed down the island and then took the ferry back over the mainland. Here are some of our pictures from the day.
The bridge at Deception Pass is AMAZING!!
Walking down the the water under the bridge
View from below the bridge
Ashley and Tom walking together (I love this picture!)
Our kids are getting so big, aren’t they?
Molly and Ashley loved looking at the fish people were catching on the shore.
Molly enjoyed climbing over all the driftwood
Wish I could remember the name of this cute town we stopped in.
Looking down at all the starfish in the water
Having some tea at a cute shop
Fort Casey
The short Ferry ride home
by Jennifer | May 22, 2011 | Blog
Sage has been working hard this past week on her science fair project. She decided to answer the question, “At what temperature will my glow stick last the longest?” This is a great question for her, because every time she gets one, she wants it to last overnight. We’ve always heard to put it in the freezer, but tried some other temperatures as well to see if that was really the best way to get it to last the longest.
She tested 4 glow sticks: 1 in the freezer, one in room temperature water, one in cold water (60 degrees) and then one in freezing cold water (40 degrees) – this is her wording. 
Tom must have gotten super powered glow sticks from Fred Meyer, because this experiment, which was in our dark bathroom, was there far longer than we thought it would be.
0 hours
20 hours – the room temperature one had just gone out
38 hours – just the freezer one remaining
She took the freezer glow stick out after 38 hours and it was still glowing this morning and we started on Sunday afternoon. Wow!!
When it came to putting the display together, I struggled a little with how much to help. But at this point, with the size of her writing and her phonetic spelling, I decided to have her tell me what she wanted to say and then I typed it. Then we printed it out, used the paper cutter to cut everything (which she loved!) and then glued everything down. She did really well with lining things up straight, so I mostly just helped to get it done in a somewhat timely manner. I was surprised at how much she could do and explain to others at the age of 6.
At the science fair this morning, she explained her project to the judge and to other adults and kids that were there. She was very proud of her work and she was so cute and very grown up looking to us!
When the results were announced, she won first place for the Kindergartners and got a blue ribbon and a prize. We are so proud of her and she is very excited!!
Sage and her friend Taylor from down the street
by Jennifer | May 22, 2011 | Blog
Yesterday, Sage and I went on her first field trip ever to the Pacific Science Center. The 45 minute bus ride was actually much better than I thought as it was fascinating to watch and listen to the kids as we passed through tunnels and over bridges. It was in the low 70’s and absolutely beautiful too.
Here are a few pictures from the couple hours we were there.
The butterfly exhibit
Sage and Kleo at the touch tank
Eating lunch as fast as we could so we could get back in the Science Center
Puzzle time
