Off to see the frat boys of the Puget Sound! We are at peak party season for about sixty male sea lions taking refuge in Shilshole Bay while feeding their bellies…squid or herring ready to spawn? We’re learning! (This bay is the mouth of what then becomes the Locks and Salmon Ladder to the east.) We had to see the party.

There they are! And more swimming around. They had a lot to say:) I thought this was a funny quote from the Seattle Times article about them: “The pier has three identical signs on it, each citing the Revised Code of Washington and Seattle Municipal Code. “No Trespassing, No Loitering, Violators Will be Prosecuted.”

But the sea lions, they trespass. They loiter. They flaunt their lawlessness.”

Bunny recently returned to the scene and joined in on the fun. She’s happiest when wearing matching nightgowns:)

Holmes met up with a friend for a scooter play date today and he made up this game of pushing balls around the playground with their scooters. And then he proceeded to find all the puddles for purposeful stomping…who needs boots for puddle jumping? Not Holmes!

We met up with friends tonight at the brand new Kraken (NHL team) practice facility for their public skate session…new HVAC systems and filters, new rentals, new everything! Nobody knew what they were doing and it was great! Seriously, where can you go these days where the majority of people there (kids and adults) are choosing to try something new? (And for the obvious record, Holmes had the best deal of the night.)

Ski days are all about the snacks. Snacks on the drive up, snacks before lessons start, snacks in the chairlift line, snacks on the mountain, snacks at the bottom of the mountain, and snacks on the drive home. Snacks!

It was a cold one today! The sun peaked through the fog just as we were leaving drinking hot chocolate and hot broth. Lummi, our base camp beauty, strolled for pets in the parking lot and found all the love:)

Note the computer:) Not pictured, chapstick on the desk. Necessary accessories.

It never fails to impress. Thank goodness for longer days! (Or should I say more light during the day, I think we can all say that we’re living long days as it is.)