After a week of insanely gorgeous, very un-Seattle-like weather, the rain returned just in time for Grandma Cheri's visit! Oh well, it hasn't gotten in our way and Cheri seems beyond content just sitting on the floor building Lego and Superstruct creations with her two grandsons. Unfortunately, Ezra quickly realized that Grandma was doling out presents on a daily basis and has taken to hounding her each morning and then acting grumpy when the presents aren't $500 Star Wars Lego sets. Apparently we have to redouble our efforts at teaching manners.
We braved a visit to the zoo this morning with our friends Sara and almost-two-year-old Shoshana. This being Seattle, the zoo cleverly has great indoor attractions like the "Zoomazium" - a big indoor climbing area. Oliver in particular ran around like a caged cheetah finally let loose on the savanna.This is going to be a big month for us. Next week, we head to Alaska for five days because Gabe and I were both invited to give presentations at a journalism conference (my stomach is in knots thinking about it), but we can't wait to see all our Anchorage friends and get a little bit of sledding and snow fun in.
Then we're moving to a new house by the end of the month! It's another rental, but this time a house instead of an apartment, with its own yard. The yard is going to be a big lifestyle improvement. We love living where we do - very close to Alki beach - but the lack of a yard has been hard. We'll still be keepin' it real here in West Seattle, just a little closer to downtown and tucked up on a kind of forgotten hill that has a nice, quiet, family vibe to it. It's called Pigeon Point. Hard to believe we have to box everything up YET AGAIN, but we think it's going to be worth it.
Love,Ash, Gabe, Ezra & Oliver
