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…to Grandmother’s house we go!
Towards the end of summer vacation we made the trip to Grandma’s house in Fort Collins. Sennet was super excited to see Grandma, super excited to go on a plane, and super excited to be on vacation.
We took our mitts and balls, and while Stacie was at yoga we went to Warren Park to play catch. They had an empty baseball diamond so we practiced pitching for a while. Kid’s getting good!
[wpvideo 3NblXxte] [wpvideo HXnAsjWo]We also spent a lot of time just a few blocks from Grandma’s at City Park: playing soccer, exploring the lake, feeding the ducks, and especially hanging out at the City Park Pool and their big water slides. Sennet LOVED them!
Stacie was able to find some super cute glasses in Fort Collins. Two pair with lenses, in fact for the price of just one pair of frames in Seattle!
We also did a lot of relaxing, and got in one night over at our friends Mike and Heather’s house for a BBQ and so Sennet could play with their kids, Mira and Max (who had a trampoline!)
And it got hot enough one day for Sennet to streak through the hose as Grandma cooled him down!
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say it isnt so but school starts in a week and the weather is getting cooler. We had a play date with Chais and these too have a lot of love for each other. I am putting the video at the top this time and you’re welcome.
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A co-worker gave me two tickets to Tuesday night’s Seattle Mariners game against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Club level seats a bit behind home plate.
Sennet had a music lesson (piano) at Meter Music School just up the street from our house, and after he got home from that we took the light rail down to the stadium for the game. He had a hot dog, pretzel, and cotton candy, and really enjoyed the game. I had a crab melt sandwich – delish! It was a gorgeous summer evening.
The Mariners were struggling and at one point, after the they gave up two runs and Arizona went up 5-1, Sennet sighed and said, “I’m not really happy right now. They are playing terrible.” But it didn’t seem to really bother him too much. He had his mitt and kept waiting to catch a foul ball.
We made it until the top of the 8th inning, and by that time it was almost 9:30 and pretty dark. He wanted to stay for the whole game, but I told him it was time for bed. We left and took the light rail back (in the dark – which he was thrilled with), getting home about 10pm. This was his third Mariners game.
Final score: Arizona 8-4 over Seattle.
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Sennet has been going to a track and field camp this week, sponsored by the University of Washington. His best friend, Chais, is also doing a (separate) track camp and told us about an open track meet on Wednesday of this week. We drove up north to the Shoreline Stadium so Sennet could join the track meet with Chais.
The kids had a blast running and playing with each other. Sennet ran the 100 meter sprint, the 50 meter sprint, threw the turbo-javelin, and ran the 200 meter sprint.
He came in first, by a wide margin, in his first race – the 100 meter.
(That’s him winning, in the picture above, with Chais coming in second in the grey shirt.)
He finished second (by a hair) in the 50 meter – he kept looking over at the other runners instead of powering through the finish.
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We think he probably came in second or third in the 200 meter, but we left before we found out the final times on that and the javelin. The 200 meter had two heats in his age group (5-6 year olds) so we don’t know where he ended up. He started fast but faded a bit at the end and finished second in his heat.
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It took a while to have them sort out the times and medals and such, which is why we left before it was all finished. Sennet was pretty tired (but still wanted to run the mile run/jog… we told him maybe next time). He did go home with two medals and was pretty jazzed. Not too shabby for his first track meet.
UPDATE: I looked online and found out Sennet came in 5th in the turbo-javelin, and 3rd in the 200-meter.
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We didn’t have a six-year appointment scheduled since all his vaccinations are up-to-date until he’s 11.
We had been taking him to a few swimming lessons, and then he got an earache, so it was off to the doctor just at about six years anyway.
Turns out he had put stickers in his ears, and some of it was stuck down in with the wax in his left ear and had caused an infection. Nice.
While we were at the doctor, they weighed and measured him, so at least we have those stats to fall in line with our yearly monitoring:
6-year:
4-ft 3-inches tall (51 inches)
56.6 lbs.
Past milestones:
5-year:
48.7 inches tall – off the charts (once again), Doctor said he is the height of a 7-1/2 year old!
51.4 lbs. 95th percentile.
4-year:
45 inches tall – he’s well off their charts for his age, once again. (3 feet 9 inches)
43.6 lbs, in the 90th percentile.
3-year:
40-1/4 inches tall – just barely off their charts. (3 feet 4-1/4 inches).
38 lbs in the 94th percentile.
2-year:
37-1/2 inches tall – still off of their chart.
31 lbs. right at the 75 percentile again
18-month:
35 inches tall, off their chart. (2 feet 11 inches)
27.7 lbs, and is still right around the 75th percentile for weight.
15-month:
34-1/2 inches – almost 3 feet tall! off the charts.
26.4 lbs – 75th percentile, which is what it was last time – so she’s very pleased with his consistency.
12-month:
32-1/4 inches – If last time he was 95+, then this time he’s 95++
25.3 lbs – 75th percentile, which is what it was last time – so she’s very pleased with his consistency.
9-month:
29-1/2 inches tall
21.7 lbs
6-month:
28-3/4 inches
19 lbs 10oz.
Here are some more pix and video of him at swimming lessons:
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