Spring 2009

Hi all,


One last post before the arrival of "baby sister" in June. No increadibly wild adventures to post since spring break but Hadden continues to grow. He's been going to the zoo a lot the past few months as the weather has warmed up and the rain has calmed down. Typically he's at the zoo at least twice a week. It sure is convenient to have it so close by.

We finally went to a Mariners game this year. I told Hadden that we would go after his nap and then I left for the hardware store. That kind of freaked him out because he thought I was leaving for the game without him. As it turned out, he got up from his nap about 30 minutes after the game started so we headed down late. That day, of all days, was the day the game was over in only 2 hours and 2 minutes. So we got to see about 4.5 innings. Actually, that was fine. Saw Beltre hit a HR and Ichiro make a nice catch. Hadden clapped for Ardsma when he got the save. He had a great time although I'm not sure he really knew what was going on.

Hadden and me enjoying the game - we both brought our Mariner hats

After the game but still at the stadium

Also, I recently made a sandbox for Hadden. Not because he asked or anything, just because I thought it was a project that I could actually do (it's a 12 inch deep box - not too difficult). Also, Hadden does really enjoy the sandbox at the park. So I looked around on the internet for sandbox plans and ideas for a week (don't ask me why - it's a box). I spent even more time researching sand to put in the box because I was convinced that the regular "play sand" you buy at Home Depot wasn't good enough. Growing up in Hawaii has made me a "sand snob". So I looked around and the best I could find was "safe sand" that comes from the Bay Area. A quick calculation showed that it would cost us about $1,200 for just the sand in Hadden's sandbox. Turns out Home Depot "play sand" isn't that bad after all. That's what we have. We built the box over two days and Hadden helped lots. Mostly he liked to direct me on what tools to use: "You use the drill daddy". This is okay until you actually need to use the circular saw. We got it done and, without the least prompting he said, "Thankyou my sandbox daddy". Worth it.

Making the sandbox

Next post: Clara.

steve