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Seattle Aquarium

Thursday, April 21st, 2011

Our friends, the Rafers, had a couple of coupons for free admission to the Seattle Aquarium that they were planning to use earlier in the week, but were unable to go and had offered the coupons to us. Hooray for free fun! It turned out that Christi and I were able to take the girls together and it was a fun day for all four of us! Beatrice was really excited to see “fia! fia!” and she truly enjoyed the aquarium. Here are some photos for your enjoyment:

Beatrice was really impressed with the large tank at the entry. She didn’t know what we were doing and then finally looked up and was thrilled!

She was not a fan of the touch tank, but she enjoyed watching me touch things!

She was especially fond of seeing the fish come close enough for her to “touch” them. At first she was afraid she’d fall in, but once I showed her that the glass was protecting her from doing that, she had a blast watching the fish swim past her!

Thanks for such a fun day, Rafer girls! We’re looking forward to more adventures with you!

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Cake Decorating Class

Saturday, February 19th, 2011

Our church offered a cake decorating class at the beginning of the year and it’s something I’ve been wanting to do for awhile. It was also nicely timed with a certain sweet girl’s birthday celebration, so I signed up! It was a really fun class taught by three great women who have a wealth of knowledge.

Here are some photos of our final class and the delightful cakes Brenda and I completed:

Brenda working on her final cake

The final products:

Finished products!

Please don’t ask me to decorate a cake for you. The pressure might be too much. I’m not kidding. This ungraded cake decorating final was more stressful than I imagined!

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Happy Valentine’s Day!

Monday, February 14th, 2011

This is possibly the least flattering photo possible, but it really is the best I could do. I hope it cheers your heart and makes you happy! Happy Valentine’s Day from us (please pretend I’m wearing make-up and Beatrice is smiling and didn’t bust open her lip this weekend; oh and please forgive the mess. She crawled away and pulled everything off the shelf before I could get a photo).

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A Mid-week Adventure and a Pickle

Saturday, February 12th, 2011

On Wednesday, Beatrice and I went to Home Cake in Seattle with Brenda. This place is a gem! It’s also rather like sorting through the spare bedroom in my grandparents’ basement. If you go here with small children, make sure they are well-rested and not hungry. If they are small like Beatrice, put them in the baby carrier. Here is a photo of us and a little explanation of why you need to cover your bases if you’ve got little ones with you:

Home Cake Seattle

After picking up some supplies, we stopped at Panera for some lunch. Beatrice was able to have her first taste of pickle!

Mmm! Pickle!

She liked it! This is a good thing because Jonathan and I are big fans of dill pickles.

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Little Beatboxer

Thursday, February 10th, 2011

While Beatrice certainly isn’t worried about figuring out how to walk, she’s picking up new skills all the time these days! Last Sunday, Jonathan taught her to beatbox and we were able to catch some of it on video. For some reason, hearing her “bmch bmch bmch bmch” sounds makes me sing MJ’s Billy Jean, which is really quite fun!

It is a little long, but here is a video of our sweet girl beatboxing and doing a little dancing to the beat. Happy Thursday!

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In The Heights

Thursday, October 7th, 2010

Last night, Jonathan and I were able to enjoy the Seattle performance of “In The Heights” at the Fifth Avenue Theatre with our friend Carrie. It was such a fun show! “In The Heights” is a fairly new musical, debuting off Broadway in 2007, but it is a gem! It won the Tony Awards for Best Musical, Best Choreography, Best Original Score and Best Orchestrations in 2008 and boy, can you see why! This is a fun, witty show that makes you want to get up and dance!

Here’s a little youtube clip for your enjoyment.

And a photo of us after the show:

In The Heights will be in Seattle through the 17th. Tickets can be purchased here. If you go, let us know what you think!

A BIG THANK YOU to Erin and Kelly for spending time with baby Bea so we could go out and enjoy the show and to Carrie for getting us some sweet seats and letting us join in the fun!

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Ethiopian Cooking Class

Monday, September 20th, 2010

For my birthday, Carrie gave me a coupon to take a cooking class together. The time came this week when we took an Ethiopian cooking class at Cook’s World in Seattle.

Mulu Abate is the owner of the Pan Africa restaurant here in Seattle. Carrie and I had not tried Ethiopian food before, so we were excited for an adventure!

We started out making sambusas, which were DELICIOUS and fun. Here is Carrie stuffing a sambusa, it seemed tricky, but she was much better at it than I was:

After enjoying our little appetizer, we got to work on the full meal. We were informed about the various foods and then got to work on preparing them. Ethiopian food requires LOTS of onions. We didn’t get a photo of them, but trust me on this one. I was able to help prepare the collards:

The FEAST: Lamb tibs (on the burner), doro wot (chicken stew), misser wot (lentils), greens, injera

My eyes were bigger than my stomach:

It was the BEST hard boiled egg I’ve ever eaten! Such good food! I was surprised at how spicy Ethiopian food is, but it was very, very good.

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August Catch Up Time-Part Four: Camping at Kalaloch

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

We decided before she was even born that Beatrice would get a taste of the great outdoors this summer. Kalaloch Beach campground tends to fill up quickly, so we planned to make our reservations as soon as we could, which was six months in advance. A BIG THANKS to Carrie and Dan who made the reservations for us as I was too pregnant and tired to stay up till midnight to do it! The traffic getting out to the coast was terrible and I’m so thankful Jonathan was able to take Friday off so we could get to our campsite early and set up before dark.

We had a great time with Carrie, Dan and Frankie. Beatrice was a trooper and we think she really enjoyed sleeping in the tent! She LOVES anything that involves all three of us so all three of us all night long was a joy! It was tricky getting her to nap, but other than that, it was a breeze. We walked along the beach, ate camping food, had campfires, toasted marshmallows and enjoyed spending a whole weekend with our friends in the great outdoors!

Beatrice “supervised” while we set up the tent:

By the campfire:

Being held by “Aunty” Carrie and “Uncle” Dan:

Uncle Dan gives her a great vantage point!

Hanging out with her Daddy:

The whole family on the beach:

This happy girl loves being in the tent:

Playing by the campfire with her Daddy:

It’s such fun for us to introduce new activities to Beatrice and what a joy it is for us that she enjoys being outside!

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August Catch Up Time-Part Three: Aunt Rachel Visits!

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

Rachel had been in England all of Bea’s life, so their only meeting up until August had been via skype, which Beatrice enjoys very much, but it’s not the same. We were thankful that Rachel was able to stay with us for a couple of days before she headed south.

While Jonathan was at work, we hung out, took Bea for a walk to Victor’s,put a flower behind Bea’s ear, danced around the kitchen and generally had a good time.
Here is a video of Beatrice hopping in the jumperoo to hot chip. She’s hilarious:

And we had a little party at my parents’ house:

You can’t see it, but Beatrice’s shirt says “As cute as my aunt” there are many times when I look at Baby Bea and catch my breath at how similar she looks to Rachel. It might be that she has almond-shaped eyes like my sister. Or it might be the way they both smile. Only time will tell if she looks like her Aunt Rachel in the future!

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Eskesen Family Photo Fun!

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Rachel has returned to the US of A! We celebrated, drank coffee, enjoyed a trip to IKEA and took family photos to commemorate the occasion. Here are some photos for your enjoyment. What a bunch of lookers, eh?