Fun in February!

It’s been another couple of silent blog months - but if my sweet sister can find time to put up about a dozen posts whilst winding down her four children’s school years, prepping and selling their house, and planning a cross country move - certainly I should be able to find a few free moments to catch up our own relatively calm lives a bit.  No rhyme or reason to this story: just February adventures.

Nomi Ann and Papa Kay bought us a membership to the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium for Christmas this year.  While the PDZA is certainly no Henry Doorly Zoo - its location is beautiful and  closer than Nebraska.  This was our first chance to use our new pass. Eila enjoyed watching the big kitty cats.

Here kitty, kitty!

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At 14 months old, Eila is positively the terror of Sacrament Meeting each Sunday.  Most weeks we need to take a walk around the building once or twice to get the wiggles out before attempting Sunday School and Relief Society.

Catch me if you can!

Every tot needs a place to park themselves when she gets home.  Since Eila kept stealing Zoe’s bed we decided it was time for some munchkin sized furniture.  She seemed to get the hang of it pretty quickly.

“The Mangler” busy at work.  All board books with moving parts have been removed from Eila’s reach for the foreseeable future.  

February can be gloomy in Washington, so anytime we get clear skies we go outside as much as possible.  One of our favorite weekend adventure spots is the Chambers Bay Park in Tacoma that comes complete with a pedestrian bridge across train tracks, an off-leash dog park and beach, and a pier that jets out over the water when the tide’s in.

Life’s pretty sweet.

Another February Wilhoit tradition is when Adam ships me off somewhere in the state to manage one of the Washington Junior All-State choirs.  While the original plan was for Adam and Eila to come and enjoy the wonders of Yakima along with me, Eila came down with a good case of the stomach flu.  An executive decision was made that the very LAST thing I needed to bring to town crammed full of young musicians was a stomach bug - so they stayed home and partied without me.  

My charges.  2016 Jr. Mixed All-State hard at work. 

Clearly Eila was plenty entertained without me.  When the cat’s away...

The best part of coming back from Yakima was finding my Valentines waiting for me.

Some women ask for chocolate and flowers for Valentine’s Day.  Me?  "Can we PRETTY PLEASE get a storage unit so that we stop drowning in our own stuff?"

Room to spare!

Another great part of February is spending Presidents Day as a family.  This year we celebrated by going into downtown Tacoma to explore. We started with lunch at Freighthouse Square, then hit the Children’s Museum, and enjoyed mass transit.

Eila’s first ride on the Tacoma Link

A visit to Tacoma’s Children’s Museum was fun, but busy!

Ahoy, mateys!