There is this cool park in Olympia called Priest Point Park that Mike and I discovered back when we lived here the first time. We took Avary there to play when she was just a little toddler. It is right near the Olympia waterfront, and when Sam and Avary were doing climbing lessons at a gym down there back in October, I would take Will, Jakob and Tommy to this park. So on Martin Luther King Day, we were wanting to do something outside, and we decided that a trip to this park would be worth the drive. It totally was. We had so much fun! First we played at the playground, where Tommy clearly loved the swings.
Then we walked down to the beach where the kids had so much fun searching for seashells, clams, and sea squirts. And Bonny got to play with a few other dogs and swim to her hearts content. She seriously wore herself out.
You can see the capital building across the water.
We even found a live jellyfish. What do you do when you find a live jellyfish? I have no idea... so we just left it there, hoping it would survive until the tide came back in.
And how amazing is this tree? Nature's jungle gym.
Sleepy Tommy.
Not at all sleepy Will.
Poor Sam lost his pet fish, Gilly, that day too. He hadn't been able to get him to eat anything for a few days, and Sam was in tears, worrying about him. It was so sad, but Sam handled it well when he found out that Gilly had died. He wanted to bury him in a wood box, but he settled on a paper box. So Mike made this paper box for him and Sam decorated it. Then he buried him out by the Leyland Cypress in the backyard and made a grave marker. Avary's fish, Pretty died last year. It is sad that they are both gone now. I still remember so clearly, going to the pet store after they sold all their Halloween (2013) candy to us to buy those little fish. They were good pets. Goodbye Gilly, old buddy. We'll miss you.
No comments:
Post a Comment