Let's see...Saturday morning, Anya got a haircut. Not that you can tell, since she wouldn't let the stylist trim her bangs. But the ends damaged from the chlorine at swim lessons (don't get me started on the difficulty that is haircare with her) were at least chopped off. Afterwards, she worked on cleaning her room while Chris and I did our weekend chores. Then, Chris took Anya to a classmate's birthday party for a few hours, where they bounced around on trampolines, etc. Reports are that it was fun. A little while after they got home, we had two families over for dinner - total of 6 adults and 5 kids. I was in the mood to cook big, so we all ate well. The company was good and it made for a loud and festive evening.
Sunday morning, we did the yearly tradition of heading to the University of Washington to admire the abundance of cherry blossoms at the Quad. Sunday's weather was gorgeous (upper 50's and sunny) and the blossoms were at their peak. Half of Seattle had the same idea, so it was a wee bit crowded. We ooh'ed and aah'ed and Anya did the obligatory tree climbing. We waded through the crowds at the Quad for a very brief time and then took a long stroll through campus. At one point, we wandered over to the Botany Deptartment greenhouse, which, in my opinion, was the highlight of the outing. The greenhouse manager happened to be there. Anya asked him about some caterpillars and he kindly let her feed one to a venus flytrap, then gave us all sorts of info about the carnivorous plants and the greenhouse (like, did you know that pitcher plants make food for tree shrews so they poop into the plants? ). Afterwards, we snacked in the sunshine, walked a fair bit more, and then headed home.
Once home, we let the dogs out then threw on snow gear and headed up to the Summit at Snoqualmie to go tubing. With Spring now here, this weekend was one of the last of the season to play in the snow. The season started really late this year too, so we took the opportunity when we could to go out as a family. As usual, tubing was exhausting fun and one of my favorite things to do every winter.
After we decided we were done, we drove back to the city, lazed, ate some leftovers, and then Anya went to bed. I think everyone fell asleep quickly and slept soundly last night.
Anya and Jules in the hugglepod Saturday evening
cherry blossoms
feeding a caterpillar to a venus flytrap
tubing parking lot snow
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