The Gresham Family: Keepin' It "Rail"

"Me and mom spent 4 days up in Seattle. This is my friend, Ry Ry. She's awesome."

Here we are on the "choo choo" getting ready to depart. It turns out rail travel is the way to go (at least from Portland to Seattle).

If you check back to the June 8 blog posting, you will see how the 5 of us became the 6 of us. Congrats Deepa & Erich - Sonia is absolutely beautiful. She was even social smiling at 5 weeks of age!

Here are Kyle and Milo "helping" Reilly rock in her chair, which basically means two little boys amping it up while one very scared little girl hangs on for dear life.

This picture cracks me up because of the kids' expressions: Kyle is oblivious and loving it, Reilly is squished and concerned, Milo is squeezing in and joining the crew.

Ok, Ok. I know. Some of you will not like this photo. But c'mon. How cute is Kyle in a pink elephant bow? And he is obviously not hating the experience.

I dub this photo "Aquarium Awe." It turns out two 1 year olds are fascinated by a scuba diver talking to them through the glass of a fish tank.

"Gentle pets" apparently doesn't translate well to starfish since Kyle tried to rip one out of its cozy tidepool home.

"Hey Reilly. We're riding an orca. Free Willy!"

I think this photo is cute, but upon further inspection...

WHOAA!
This kid is evil. She reminds me of the kid in Poltergeist "They're heeere." And I don't think she means the sea otters.

Jacque Cousteau & his friend the eel.

"This is my mom's version of 'artsy' - a photo of me playing with the trash can."

Reilly's cousin Sam knitted this cute hat for her... who would have guessed that Kyle would want to wear it around the house all night?

The sun was in Kyle's eyes, so he asked to wear his "Bono" sunglasses during breakfast. OK, the kid loves dress up.

"Really, Reilly? There aren't any toys left in the tub? What's that behind you? Nothing you say? OK, then I'll just splash your dad some more and teach you how to bend down and drink as much bathwater as your little belly can hold."

The grand finale! A fun trip with two craaaazy kids.