Washington, My Washington: Part Two

After the birthday party in Woodinville on Saturday, we went back to Centralia/Chehalis for the second first birthday party for Charlie and Logan on Sunday. The heat wave finally broke that day (the cooler front moved in during the party, actually), but it was still warm enough to enjoy ourselves. As you can see, Adam was hardly overdressed.

The twins enjoyed opening their presents... well, eventually. They required a little convincing, but they got into it after they realized they were supposed to be making a mess.
Adam watched. He liked the paper.
And grass. Grass is fun. For mom and dad, it was nice to be in an area where we didn't have to worry about chiggers.

And then it was time for the cake. After the experience of the first party (which involved both boys vomiting chocolate cake on themselves and their parents), Amanda and Aaron were careful not to overdo it on the cake. But, after starting carefully, the boys decided that, while cake is probably fine, they weren't entirely sold on frosting.

The next day, we set out for Anacortes. Of course, it would have been nice to be there during the heat wave and down south when the weather was cooler, but you don't always get to make those choices for yourself when you're only visiting for a short time. On our way north, we stopped in Federal Way and said hi to our friend Elis and met her two little ones. We hadn't seen her in about a year, so it was nice to catch up a little.The next update will cover our time in Anacortes.

Note: We've had a little computer hiccup here. That is to say that our old computer is in the midst of dying a horrible, lingering death. I'm typing this on the newly purchased super-duper computer, which does not yet have the pictures from the old one transferred to it. That is one of my projects for this weekend. We'll see if I can get that done and get the next update up before Christmas. I doubt it, but I'll try...