Spaced Out

THE FALLING LEAVES: The leaves changing color are pretty and all that, but I would have liked a couple more weeks of summer. I'm not digging how it's pitch black until 8 a.m. and dark by 6 p.m. And the days are still getting shorter. :/

TICKLING THE PLASTIC: Despite a bridge lift, we made it to Shoreline on time for music class. As usual, the kid enjoyed making noise, er, music, on instruments before class started. OUT OF NOWHERE: I got an email this a.m. letting me know that a photo I'd taken of Annabelle in ballet class had been turned into a swatch of fabric by a stranger. Interesting ... She combined it with some floral print and a quite from Shakespeare sonnet: "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May" (or Maie). The writer told me she ordered the fabric so she can make a ballet shoes bag out of it.
McLUNCH: Thursday is our long day. (Ironically, it's about the same length as a normal school day.) We have to leave home at 8:45 for the kids' music class up north, and then there's a big gap in the middle before their 2 p.m. LEGO class. So, we read books, do math, and go on adventures.
Today's adventure included a trip to Value Village in Lake City, as well as a McDonald's with a kick *&A^% Playplace. Seriously, the thing was HUGE.
As usual, it was CJ, Annabelle and the wee folk. One thing that was nice is that CJ and Annabelle both spent a fair amount of times coaching/coaxing toddlers through this gargantuan playground. They made some fellow McParents happy, that's for sure.

LEGOLAND: This afternoon CJ worked on a complicated helicopter design. When he was done with that, the got to put some time in on the group/class build of the space shuttle on the launch pad. And then he started on another solo project, some sort of boat.

Meanwhile, Bee's still toiling away on her Blue Angel.

The best part of LEGO class today was a special guest visitor right before. Grandpa R stopped by on his way between Vancouvers. It was nice to see him!

TO BOLDLY GO: See this picture? ...

It's cookies. We made. Right here on the MPA campus. And last night they were INSIDE space shuttle Discovery - on the flight deck/in the cockpit, specifically. And this is just one of several photos that blew me away. Amazing how far sugar and spice can take someone! :)