30 Months

Ada is officially over half way to becoming a 3 year old. I try not to think ahead, but time is flying. Even challenging days seem to go quickly :) As usual she continues to make us laugh, amaze us, and test our parental authority on a daily basis. She has an amazing memory, especially when it comes to things we have said or things we have misplaced. She is showing a caring, tender side (in between poking things with sticks). If I hurt myself (or herself) she often says “let it heal, just let it heal ok mommy” followed up with a kiss. She still is not potty trained, we gave up that battle for now, and yes it turned into a BATTLE. She is a redhead after all :)

We drove up to Artist Point again with Todd’s Mom. The snow had melted quite a bit over the course of 3 weeks. I really tried to get her to hold a “2” but didn’t have much luck. She is not really 2 anyways, well maybe a little :)

Kid’s Museum

I took Ada to the children’s museum in Bellingham a couple weeks ago with our good friends, Jessica, Owen & Jimmy. It’s a small room with several interactive sections for the kids such as an art room, woodland scene, stop-motion camera, building blocks, and more. It’s geared for a little younger audience but all the kids were easily entertained for over an hour.

Picnic Fun

We had lots of fun at the Logos picnic this year. Ada spent most of the time running around, seeing the animals, climbing the playground, and playing on the giant inflatable slide.

I put the picture of the round hay bales in because I asked Ada if she could tell me what shape they were and she yelled “toilet paper!”

Artist Point

The second to last weekend  in July we drove up to Artist Point because we heard it was open (the snow melted enough). The drive up to Mt. Baker was gorgeous, I often forget just how beautiful this place really is (with or without snow). We stopped at the ranger station, a couple waterfalls, Picture Lake, Artist Point, and Heather Meadows. Ada enjoyed running around and playing in the snow, especially throwing snowballs at Mommy :)