This little blog has suffered a bit while I enjoyed what was left of Summer vacation. It was a strange and wonderful last week of summer culminating with my son heading off to his first day of middle school. How am I suddenly old enough to have a middle-schooler!? Seems like not that long ago I was bringing him to his first day of pre-school. I think I was more nervous than he was as I dropped him off at his first class and he paused at the door looking for a familiar face in the sea of 6th, 7th and 8th grade strangers. Yikes! He ended up having a fantastic day at an awesome school that I wish I could attend. His two electives for this first semester are Visual Art and African Drumming. Wow!
My neighbor gave us the idea for a "Week of Fun" to close out the Summer. The week started off with a trip to
The Great Wolf Lodge in Grand Mound, Washington - a pimped out hotel that houses an indoor water park, arcade, gift shop, spa, restaurants and more. You get the picture...it's crazy over the top but oh-so-much-fun.
Because water and cameras don't mix, I didn't get any photos of the water park...but here is a shot of the animated tree house in the lobby. It comes to life several times a day and that freaky boy doll pokes his head out of the tree stump and tells you a story. Yes, it's as creepy as it looks.
The week of fun also included a movie, ice cream, pizza, a trip to the circus and bowling. What would a week of fun be without bowling?
And speaking of bowling...have I mentioned how much I love
Barack Obama?
And how much I distrust John McCain?
It's going to be a hard campaign but hopefully good will win out over evil.
Summer's over - time to get back to work!
Crafty Bastards in Washington, DC
Bazaar Bizarre at Maker Faire in Austin, TX
Felt Club in Los Angeles
Bazaar Bizarre Holiday Sale in San Francisco
Urban Craft Uprising in Seattle, WA
Crafty Wonderland here in Portland, OR
