Along Came Our Monkeys

Wednesday, April 02, 2025

Life with teenagers

Alia is in track this year. She has been running the 1600 and the 4x4 relay.

2nd place in the 4x4 relay.

The ice bucket challenge is back. Atticus nominated Alia and Alia nominated Avery.

Avery and around 85 other seniors on Vashon played Senior assassin. It's a game where each kid gets assigned someone they have to get out with a water gun or gel gun. They have a week to get their target. If they succeed they get another target the next week. If they don't get their target, they are eliminated by the end of the week. Avery was unable to get his target before we left for our trip. The game finishes with one winner. There are safe zones like school, work or home except on purge days. You are also safe if you wear googles. Avery wore them every time he left the house. You can see your target on a map which sounds easy to get except most kids hid in the safe zones. Avery's friend Anden had him and he decided to camp out in our neighbor's bushes to try to get Avery on the way to work. Little did he know, our neighbors were watching out for Avery and we were immediately alerted. Avery decided to let Anden get him so Anden wasn't eliminated as well because we were leaving for the weekend.

The stand-off

The cherry blossoms were beautiful at this park in Tacoma.

Pet sitting Bonnie and Clyde

Friday, February 07, 2025

Happy 16th Birthday Alia!

For her birthday, Alia decided to have a sleepover in the tiny house.

Atticus and Alia's birthdays are a day apart so they decided to celebrate together. Atticus made the cake.

Fun face masks

Matching pajamas

Macaroni bar

Breakfast pancakes

Alia made a pop out card for Atticus and got him a food box with food from other countries.

The birthday schedule Alia created

Alia and Banana age 16

Yearly Questions:

1. Favorite color: pastels

2. Favorite toy: Instagram

3. Favorite game: Roblox- Dress to Impress

4. Favorite food: green, crunchy grapes

5. Favorite animal: fennec fox

6. Favorite book: Any book by Natasha Preston

7. Favorite thing to do outside: run

8. Favorite holiday: Christmas

9. When I grow up I want to work with animals or do Real Estate

10. Favorite subject: art

11. Least favorite subject: history

12. If you could buy anything what would you buy: a car

13. What do you like most about yourself: I am organized

14. What is your biggest accomplishment this year: Getting my driver's license

15. I like to collect: dangly earrings

16. Favorite thing to do: hang out with friends

17. Favorite thing to do with Mom: watch Instagram reels

18. Favorite thing to do with Dad: cook

19. Favorite family tradition: Christmas pajamas

20. Favorite memory this year: Hawaii with the Davis family

Thursday, January 02, 2025

Skiing Winthrop WA for New Years

This year we decided to check out the cross country ski trails near Winthrop Washington. We skied the Methow trail system skiing Sun Mountain, Gunn Trail, and the Winthrop trails. The trails were amazing and the dogs were allowed on some of them. We had great weather and really enjoyed the snow. This was the first year we were skiing in the mountains and we all enjoyed the views. Our max elevation was 3,300 feet and we did 1,100 feet of climbing. The first time down the mountain was scary but we all got better controlling our speeds by the end of the trip.