With the flurry of the England trip and the Portland trip, I missed a couple of other May happenings!
My mom and dad came to visit at the beginning of the month – it was a weekend full of walks at the park and tri-generational coffee dates:
The forecast was iffy the Saturday they were here, but once we woke that morning and saw blue skies overhead, we deemed it ferry weather.
Hello, Bainbridge!
First stop: Blackbird Bakery for Americanos and cookies.  Cafe-hopping is one of my favorite things to do with my mom and it’s been fun to fold Juliette into our ritual (even if it’s just with warm milk).
We wandered around Winslow for a couple of hours, hitting the toy store and Doc’s Marina Grill and, of course, Mora’s for ice cream.
Bainbridge is nice and all, but I think the ferry ride to and from there might be even nicer!
Sunday was another surprising lovely day, so we spent the morning at Seward Park, strolling and biking and throwing rocks.
My mom and dad hit the road a couple of hours before I caught my plane to England – I like to think we all spent that weekend filling Juliette’s love bank to the brim before splitting town!
Thankfully, I got back from my trip in time to spend Mother’s Day at home.  Though Shane was probably ready for a break, he was up early with Juliette Sunday morning to run to the bakery for a loaf of my favorite bread.  I came downstairs to find him plating avocado toast with bacon and eggs while Jules ground my coffee beans.  I’m the luckiest.
And then, in an even grander gesture, we went to the bike store to pick out a gift for me! Â We kicked off a summer of family bike rides with a whirl on the Green River Trail.
Post-ride hydration at Schooner Exact Brewery…
Juliette then woo’ed me by pulling all of the floor mats out of the Forester and scrubbing them clean. Â Just when I think this girl couldn’t possible wriggle her way any deeper into my heart…
I tell ya’, motherhood is some kind of special…
