Wading Pool

We know summer is here when the wading pool at Green Lake is open. Before we had Sophie, we used to shake our heads in disapproval when driving by the wading pool. It was "filthy" with kids running around in wet diapers, and the parents took up all the space with their damned strollers. Well, we are now those parents because Sophie loves the wading pool. Just don't look too closely at the water.

 Swimming?

Bridal Veil Falls - Stevens Pass

I forgot how we decided on Bridal Veil Falls. 5 miles round trip, 800 ft in elevation gain. The trail was flat and wide for the most part, but the climb at the end was rough. And the trail was a bit scary at certain spots due to rocky terrain, but we did it. We had lunch on a rock right by the waterfall and let the mist cool us down. "It was amazing," as Sophie would have said.

Where's the waterfall?

Picking berries

Scenery

Bridal Veil Falls

Lunch

Feel the mist?

SAM - Revisited

July 4th was the first Thursday of the month. This meant the SAM (Seattle Art Museum) had free admission. So we celebrated Independence Day by checking out the "Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion" exhibit there. It was quite interesting. Vân liked the exhibit a lot more than Sophie and I did. But we shared the same hunger afterwards. We walked around downtown a bit then headed straight to West Seattle for Marination. We ended up eating way too much. Fish and chips, tonkatsu burger, kimchi sausage sliders, macaroni salad, and shaved ice. They were all just so good!

Poster for fashion exhibit

Some of my favorite outfits

Tantrum

Vanishing Eye

"I love soda!"

Slurping up some shaved ice

Creative Dance

Sophie has graduated from the Parent/Toddler dance class. She's now in a more advanced class called Creative Dance. This means I no longer get to dance with her. I only get to watch. I prefer participating, but she needs her space to grow. Here are some videos of Sophie in Creative Dance. She's the one without uniform.

Warming up

Jumping over obstacles

Dancing with a scarf

Belated Birthday

Sophie was sick during her birthday this year. She had bronchiolitis, and there was nothing her doctor could do. We had to postpone everything. So, two weeks later, when she felt better, Vân baked a cake, and we celebrated her third birthday. But the heatwave came. Well, Sophie got to blow out the candles in her underwear.

Blowing out candles