Washington Trip: Tuesday-Wednesday

Tuesday was Debbie's birthday. It was fun to be there to celebrate with her. Lisa, Sydni, and I took her out to lunch at a really great Thai restaurant in downtown Vancouver. We had wantons, egg rolls, chicken pad Thai, and some really good pineapple fried rice. Then we came home and had some delicious strawberry dessert cake that Syd had made.

Aaron and Chuck had picked out a really nice flower pot with some colorful flowers to go in it. Lincoln made Debbie probably the best birthday card he's ever made all by himself, I wish I'd taken a picture of it. He chose out a pink piece o paper, traced a dinosaur onto it with a cookie cutter, and then cut the paper into small pieces. Then he took the pieces and glued them onto a piece of folded card stock. I thought it turned out great. Abstract, but great. :)

Luke and Ivan playing in the water

Later in the afternoon, Lincoln, Ivan, Zac, and Luke ran through the sprinklers together. It was the first sunny day we had all week. They had a great time. Ivan actually got wet, which is a first for him.  Aaron teased the kids by turning the water off so they'd run over to the sprinkler head to see what was stopping the water, and then he'd quickly turn it back on again getting them all wet. He also "flew" them over the top of the sprinkler to make sure they were good and wet. Especially Lincoln who was really preoccupied with a pin wheel and didn't want to go in the water.

After they were done with the water the kids sat on the warm patio and dried off.

Wednesday was the day we flew home. We spent the morning doing laundry and packing up our suitcases. Somehow, we managed to be leaving with a ton more stuff than we came with. (Mostly baby girl clothes handed down from Lisa.) Since our flight wasn't until evening, once we were done packing we met up at a park with Lisa's family so see them one more time, and so the boys could do some running around before they had to sit still on the airplane.