Sunday, Monday

Ann and Ted returned to Australia on Saturday, and we have definitely been missing them. We tried to cheer ourselves up on Sunday with a special family breakfast of banana & chocolate chip pancakes and strawberry & chocolate chip pancakes. We also had raspberries as Miss LB is so happily displaying.

LB also took the opportunity to practice using her little knife:
Watch those fingers! Fortunately, it's not very sharp.

Afterwards, we drove to Salt Creek, a little recreation area along the water about 20-minutes west of here. Some co-workers told me it is a great place to take kids, and it certainly looks like it must be, but by the time we arrived, the rain was pouring down.
Waiting under a tree for the rain to stop:
Waiting in the car:
Deer don't mind the rain:

Eventually, we gave up and drove back to Port Angeles to the little marine-life center on the pier. It's only $1 a person to get in, and LB had a good play in the sandbox.

And enjoyed the touch pools.
And with classes starting today, I am definitely the working girl. Tom is enjoying his new role as stay-at-home dad. Baby and he spent the day indoors since it rained, rained, rained, and when I returned we enjoyed a quick dinner inspired by the latest issue of Real Simple: quesadillas rancheros.
Yum!