Sunday Fun-day

  After church yesterday we decided to take advantage of the beautiful sunny fall weather and head to a park on the Puget Sound to enjoy the day.  We had planned to go to Dash Point State Park where Doug could fly a kite and we could enjoy a bigger beach area, but when we got there the gates were closed and signs were up stating there was an emergency park closure.  Hmmm, that was too bad… but we didn’t let that stop us! We just drove a bit further north to Seahurst park where we could still be by the Puget Sound.   Unfortunately the beach wasn’t wide enough for kite flying, but we still enjoyed ourselves.  First on the agenda was a snack lunch of cheese, crackers, salami, cheese spread, chips, salsa, and apples.  After a cheese taste test and other fun with our food we got to play at the playground for a little while.  Brittaney showed us how to use the funny looking bars to slide down so then Amina and I had to try too.  Yes I’m nearly 7 months pregnant and sliding down the bars at the playground… go figure. :) Next we ventured down to the shore to walk on driftwood logs, find rocks and shells, and let Bruin run chasing sticks.  Amina even took 2 sticks and played ‘drums’ on the driftwood while singing a special song for Mama, Daddy, and Brittaney.  She’s so cute.  She loved walking along the logs and was quite vocal about where each of us should sit on them.   Amina asked why the logs were on the beach and why they were so slippery so I explained they were driftwood that had been in the ocean and then washed ashore.  Naturally she wanted to throw sticks into the ocean then to let them wash ashore.   The only problem with that was that she couldn’t throw them far enough, so I had to do it, and Bruin saw me throw a stick in.  No more dry dog!  Whoops!  It was a bit chilly for a swim and afterwards he was shivering, but hey, he’s a dog and that’s what dogs do… chase sticks wherever they end up.  Though the sticks were a bit hard for Amina to throw in the water she had no trouble with the rocks! I was afraid she’d end up in the water as she kept stepping closer and closer to the water’s edge to pick up her rocks and throw them in, but she only got her feet wet once.  She stayed down by the edge of the water throwing in rocks for a good half hour before she decided to come sit on the driftwood and look for shells.  We stayed almost long enough to watch the sunset.  But as soon as the sun went behind the low clouds it started to get really chilly so we decided to head on out! It was a fun spontaneous fall afternoon together.  I love my family!