Coastin'

All Brandon wanted to do for his birthday last week was to head out to the coast and see some birds. We did both.
The girls are already embarrassed when they have to be seen with their parents, especially when a kind stranger who volunteered to take the picture tries to get them to smile.


The idea of the Octopus Tree was enough to coax Rocky out into the rain but when we got there she was disappointed that it wasn't really an octopus. Luckily the downpour stopped to let the rest of us get a good look.

We also had to stop at the Tillamook cheese factory which, even though I've been there a bunch of times, still is super fun.

We saw 2 adult and 4 juvenile bald eagles, kingfishers, herons and all kinds of other cool birds.
Since this trip Rocky likes to tell anyone who will listen that we went to the coast and "Mommy wouldn't let me hold the ice cream cone." She also always mentions that she ate a corn dog and that she "really, really liked it."
I for one am glad that Brandon and I are filling the lives of our children with nature and learning.