a day at the park.

We had the perfect little family day today.  It wasn't super sunny or warm but we decided to get out of the house anyways.  After an early morning grocery trip and short nap we headed down to Bellingham's 2nd Annual Rendezvous Day.  Matt read about it online and apparently they have lots of food vendors, music and some of the Tall Ships on display down by the bay.  Needless to say, I don't think we'll be attending the 3rd annual day next year!  There was 1 food vendor (the Kettle Korn stand) plus a vending machine (okay, so 2!), a radio station broadcasting live and 3 tall ships....which I have to admit were really cool.  Luckily, Carter was happy with a lap full of kettle corn.  

We then headed down to Marine Park.  Even though it was a gray day Carter spent over an hour throwing rocks in the water, chasing seagulls, eating more kettle corn and playing in the sand.  

 Matt tried to teach Carter how to skip rocks.

 Carter preferred to just throw them in and make a big splash.

 Lots of wandering around in the grass, back and forth, back and forth...

 Having a snack!

 Lucy slept the entire time.

 He hunted for seashells.  Matt had a great idea to take some home and get a box to start collecting them over the summer whenever we go to a beach.  Carter thought it was more fun to just throw it across the beach and lose it.  Oh well.

 He then saw some older girls playing on these concrete benches.  He wanted to be just like them and join in on the fun.

 This girl was so nice to help him jump over and over and over again!

 We ended the day at yet another park.

Such a great Saturday.