I am happy to say that we have been making the most of our summer together! Ayla is almost 2 and we decided it was time she experienced all the fun summer festivities we loved when we were kids. We purchased all the appropriate season passes (Wild Waves and zoo) and have already used them much to our advantage. We also had my sister in town from Boston and family in town from Montana so we had a small Brown family reunion (mom's dad's - my maternal grandpa's side of the family).
Ayla's 1st rides!!! We hit up Wild Waves today - just the rides though. We were a little nervous that Ayla would get scared or really squirmy. However she again amazed us with her fearlessness and loved the rides. We had no lines and at times she was the only one on the rides.
Here she is driving her boat:
Her fire truck:
The ferris wheel with mommy:
That spaceship ride (?????) with daddy
And here she is driving her car:
We also rode the choo choo and the carousel. So fun!
Brown family reunion
My cousin Nick and I holding up the giant king crab legs we ate for dinner
Christina, Mom, and Me
Me and Scooby
The whole fam damily
Nick (her nephew) and Mom
Mom and Scooby
That spaceship ride (?????) with daddy
And here she is driving her car:
We also rode the choo choo and the carousel. So fun!
Brown family reunion
My cousin Nick and I holding up the giant king crab legs we ate for dinner
Christina, Mom, and Me
Me and Scooby
The whole fam damily
Nick (her nephew) and Mom
Mom and Scooby
Ayla and her 2nd (possibly 3rd???) cousin Amelia. She is my mom's cousin's daughter's daughter :)
Kyla, Ayla and Grant checking out the insects
The Turtle Pool
My sister and our 2nd cousin Kaylee (possibly 3rd????). Her mom is my mom's cousin :)
And simply, the cake
Northwest Trek
I must admit that in past visits I have seen little, if any of the famed wildlife at Northwest Trek. So much to my surprise we saw TONS yesterday. Including the moose - Ayla's favorite:
Ayla was LOVING the tram ride. She was pointing and screaming at every animal (and rock and duck and bug).
Northwest Trek
I must admit that in past visits I have seen little, if any of the famed wildlife at Northwest Trek. So much to my surprise we saw TONS yesterday. Including the moose - Ayla's favorite:
Ayla was LOVING the tram ride. She was pointing and screaming at every animal (and rock and duck and bug).
Kyla, Ayla and Grant checking out the insects
The Turtle Pool
Uh, should I get in?
Two (she pronounces it "do") blocks mommy
Which pales in comparison to this: 
the awesome water jungle at my mom's. It even has a slide (not in pic because Ayla kept moving it and sliding onto the grass instead)
Our other fave summer activity is walking to the elementary school right by our house and let Ayla do her thing. In this case, hoopin' and screamin' and spinnin'
Hey, I kinda like this
Just relaxin'
Two (she pronounces it "do") blocks mommy
Which pales in comparison to this: the awesome water jungle at my mom's. It even has a slide (not in pic because Ayla kept moving it and sliding onto the grass instead)Mariner's Game
This game vs the Yankess was possibly the most boring live sporting event I have every attended. EVER. So we took pictures...
Our other fave summer activity is walking to the elementary school right by our house and let Ayla do her thing. In this case, hoopin' and screamin' and spinnin'
