May was the busiest month I'd had in awhile! After my luxurious trip to WA, our family kept busy with end-of-school-year activities.
Audrey had her 8th grade promotion, which means in August she starts HIGH SCHOOL.
Declan got to enjoy some fun activities in the last few weeks of 4th grade. He went back to school half days in April, and the school did a great job to end the year on a high.
He even got to dissect a squid! To be honest, I was more bummed than he was that fourth grade was distance learning, because I've seen my other two kids go through fourth grade at Forest Grove, and it is FUN. There are so many cool projects, field trips, events, and most of them didn't happen. He did get to make a volcano and watch the videos of his classmates making theirs explode, and he got to dissect the squid, at home watching the scientist's instructions on Zoom.
On Memorial Day, we finally got to go back to the Aquarium for the first time in 15-16 months. I'm so happy that they got to re-open. We had a great day exploring.
Ian earned his blue-green belt test in a very physically and mentally tough test. He didn't want to finish, but he persevered and was proud of his achievement.
On one of my walks along the beach path, I came across this cutie--I never see snails here!
One Saturday morning, Spencer and I got up early and met some friends at the tide pools for a negative tide. We saw a lot of beautiful creatures and then went out to breakfast afterwards.
My sister gave me a pie bird for my birthday and I finally got to use it for our Memorial Day pie. It was delicious! I think the bird helped pull some moisture from the filling, causing the crust to be extra flaky and it was really fun to see that little guy in there.
