Comments (0) Halloween came and went in Seattle, and we celebrated in the usual fashion – finding orange ground gourds (pumpkins), disembowling them and carving them, followed by dressing up in odd costumes and hitting the neighbors up for candy. Alex is now a little over five years old and Elle is 10 months old. Alex was a witch and Elle a frog. Better views of the photos and more photos on our Picasa site here.
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| Alex and Elle | Our Jack O Lanterns |
Bill and five-and-one-quarter year old Alex (that’s the way she describes her age) helped open S. Lake Union Park in Seattle today, Saturday, September 25th. We drove down to the neighborhood, then took the South Lake Union Streetcar to the Park. This was Alex’s first ride on the streetcar (she loves trains and Thomas the Train). At the Park we kayaked for the first on S. Lake Union, Alex got her face painted and potted a red current bush plant which be brought home to be added to the craziness of plantings on our little lot. We got ice cream cones and the beautiful new park, then took the streetcar back to our car and came home. One photo of us kayaking is below but more photos are on our Picasa photo site here.
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| Bill and Alex kayaking on S. Lake Union, helping to open the new park there. From September-2010 Events |
October 17-18 was a crisp Autumn weekend in Seattle. We took Alexandria, age 4, to the Fauntleroy Fall Festival at Fauntleroy Church in West Seattle. The church parking lot is right above Fauntleroy Creek, a tiny, one-mile long stream which discharges into Puget Sound. Although it only has a 149 acre watershed, it has a fish ladder and salmon return to spawn. At the Fall Festival Alex got her first pony ride, and was able to be at a petting zoo (she loves animals). Photos below, click any one to see a larger version.
 Alex cutting up in her Halloween witch costume |
 Alex, hair flying, takes her first pony ride at the Fauntleroy Fall Festival in West Seattle |
 A miniature pony at the Fauntleroy Fall Festival petting zoo |
 Best to let that sleeping cat lie, little dog (Toby sleeping, stuffed dog nearby) |
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