We just spent an afternoon at the apple orchard and I was feeling very on-board with the onset of autumn, but looking back at these photos from peak summer, I can’t help but long a little bit for tank top weather…
August was full, with our Minnesota trip and and a long weekend in Hood River (more on that in another post), and poor Isaac’s strep/flu/ear infection trifecta in between, but we still found our little joys on the home front. My mom spent a lot of time with us in August, making trips partly to help out while Shane and I alternately traveled for work, but also just to spend some time with the kiddos. She joined us at the playground and coffee-shopped with Juliette while I was at work and often had dinner on the table at 5:30. Come back anytime, Mom.
We did a quick overnight on Bainbridge Island to watch Shane and Jason compete in the Founders Pickleball Tournament. I never get to do quite as much spectating as I hope to do on these trips, but wrangling Isaac is its own kind of fun, I guess.
A photo of the mixed-doubles GOLD team on Saturday with their biggest fan:
I spent Sunday morning with the kids at this sweet little cafe / nursery and sipped my latte while Isaac chased the resident cat among the plants, murmuring “More meow? More meow?”
And then we headed to Faye Bainbridge to play for a bit, because I knew Shane and J were in the tournament for the long-haul and we had some extra time to pass.
We make a decent trio.
We were back at the courts with plenty of time to watch the guys clinch their gold.
CHAMPIONS!
(It was a windy ferry ride home.)
We spent a lot of time at Lincoln Park, bouncing between the playground and wading pool.
It’s only a few inches of water, but on a hot day, it does the trick.
And the backyard hangs…so much time spent on our picnic blanket out here, watching cartoons or eating popsicles.
And it turns out Grandma is a ladder ball champ!
We amped up the backyard action the last weekend of August with a campout for Juliette and her buddies.
Isaac crashed the party early the next morning and was met with four adoring fans.
And suddenly it was time to do our back-to-school shopping! Juliette pushed her napping brother around in the stroller while I grabbed flared jeans and rompers off the racks of Target and Marhshalls. On with Autumn.
