We enjoyed the beautiful last hurrah of summer this weekend. Yesterday, the boys had simultaneous soccer games (this will be a theme this season). Would you believe BJ’s team actually lost a game? It’s about time 🙂
Christian’s team was fired up and held their own much better this week. They still lost, 3-1, but they had some great goal attempts and saves. Christian had some key kicks and did a great job. I’m really proud of him.
Today, we intended to go to the zoo. We hadn’t made it all summer, and Alyson has been asking to see the animals. First, I looked up the info online and was shocked… admission and parking were going to cost us $64.50! Holy cow! But it’s the zoo, right? We needed to go. So we packed up the family after lunch and headed down to Woodland Park Zoo where there was NO parking, in any of their many lots. (Probably divine intervention to save our budget.) We ended up at Seattle Center, where we paid $6 for parking. There was a festival going on, Fiesta Patrias (Latin American independence), and there were several bouncy houses for the kids to play in for free. The massive fountain was also going, so we had to spend a little time watching the water spout, and feeling the mist carried by the breeze. We stopped in the Center House and had ice cream (or fudge) before heading home. It was a great afternoon.
