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Summer Fun Part 2

Last week, Buddy begged for us to go to Country Village so he could go to the "train coffee shop".  We hadn't been there in months, so we made a day out of it.

After mommy got her coffee and the boys had fun playing at the Village Bean Coffeehouse, we headed over to the pirate-themed playground.  Buddy climbed up the Crow's Nest all by himself.



We also just had to do the fun train ride around the village as well since we hadn't been there in a while.  Buddy really wanted to ride in the Caboose.  The boys both loved it.



Another new and exciting thing for us this summer is the addition of a tent!  We don't have any camping trips planned except for backyard camping.  The boys LOVE playing out there.  It's like their own personal playhut.  We took our beanbag chair out there along with a bunch of toys.  I'm pretty sure we will be using our tent in rainy days as well since we get the impression of camping out!




More park days!  We went over to Bitter Lake one morning to play on the playground and watch the ducks and geese in the lake.  Seattle is so beautiful when the sun is shining!



And finally (at least for this post!), we went to the Greenlake Wading Pool.  Buddy loved playing in the water, although Button wasn't sure what to think about all the crazy kids in the water.  I think he had fun though.



He really wanted to "float" like he learned in swim lessons.
 Even more to come!  (Obviously, I'm a bit behind on my posting!  =)  )

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