Sweet Sixteen

BIRTHDAY BOY: We were busy celebrating CJ this weekend.

On Friday, we did the traditional birthday breakfast at Easy Street, a record store in West Seattle that happens to have a little cafe in it.

CJ had a stack of "Blueberry Hill" pancakes, and selected a Slayer album as a birthday present. A nice way to start a day. ;)

Saturday, we went to an arcade in Ballard called The Ice Box. There, CJ spent handfuls of quarters on classic games, including a rare machine, F-Zero AX. Afterward, he chose to go to Yard House for dinner, as he's a big fan of their "Carnivore" pizza. He also got a special dessert. 

Overall, CJ got some cool gifts and had a good day. Happy #16, CJ!

CHECK UP: At the end of last week, we cracked open our beehive for the first time since setting it up a couple weeks prior.

 Annabelle donned a beekeeper's suit and helped with the check up.

In the photo below, you can see a few bees returning to their hive, a couple of them weighted down with lots of pollen.

 Inside, you can see they have been busy bees, making brood comb and honeycomb.

 Christian used a special tool to life one of the racks up and out.

 On one of the racks, we spied our queen bee. She's marked with a green dot in the photo.

You can see there are already eggs in some of the comb they've made!