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Afterwards, we walked to get ice cream by the infamous Lenin statue. Here Jason explains how to hold Lenin's finger and how Lenin liked shopping to the girls.

Sleepy Miranda

Miranda fell asleep on the couch for her nap today.

If I had a hammer . . .

Catie helped me put together a storage shelf for toys. She really enjoyed swinging the hammer.

Marina Park Concert

Center for Wooden Boats

Today's adventure was to South Lake Union to the Center for Wooden Boats (CWB) It was a nice sunny day to walk on the docks and look at the boats.



One of the wooden boats under sail. I loved the colors on this.


The CWB has pond boats available to sail across the pond in the park.


Erika and Daddy launch our boat, The Poseidon.


Erika on the other side of the pond.


Erika catching the boat.


Catie is not sure about all of this.


One of the boats on display at the CWB.


And of course, where ever there is water, the Wetzel girls need to go wading. I need to just keep towels in the minivan at all times.

Blue Angles - Part I

Blue Angles Practice - Part II

After we watched the Blue Angles march to their fighters and take off, we returned to the main parking lot to watch them practice.


What's this I hear?


It's Fat Albert practicing a dive.


Catie was both amazed and awed by the performance



More formation practice.


Miranda is glad for the pink ear plugs.

Blueberry Picking

The blueberries are finally ripe out here and we went picking with our friends, the Foxes. Here, Miranda takes a break from picking to look at the goodies in the backpack.



Erika and Takara discuss important blueberry information.


A close-up of Erika.


And Catie gets in on the hat fun.

Outdoor Concert

Misc. Summer shots

Miranda (blue) and Catie (pink) have some fun snuggling on the couch.



Erika gets in on the chair share action with Miranda.


Catie is busy doing important experiments with cotton balls and Q-tips.

And yes, that is sunshine in the background! Yes!

Sunny day = Painting

It was a sunny afternoon today and the girls wanted to paint some rocks. However, the rocks were not as exciting as painting oneself. Here, Miranda demonstrates good color coordination by painting her face and hair to match her dress.



Catie slowly joins in the fun.


Erika approves with a red dot on her nose. She liked the idea of putting the paint on the rocks.


Now Catie joins in with her twin. Note Miranda's hand and with a loaded paint brush coming in for a landing.

Early bath night tonight.