Soccer Walloping St. Louis

Today we saw a Sounders game at Lumen Field.

We watched Seattle take out the St. Louis City trash.

I was just recently opining that it was sad there's no Anheuser-Busch products at Mariners games. Well there's no such deficiency at Sounders games.

If we’re cheersing at home Ernie likes to clink with every cup on the table including ones no one is using and empty ones. Sometimes we cheers food as well. It’s funny at first that seemed very silly but then I stopped to think about it and it makes just as much sense as cheering drinks I guess.

I love this "Welcome to Green Hell" banner in the fan section. It's sort of beautiful and sinister at the same time.

Cheers Dada

One of Ern's jobs is to make sure every rock surrounding Lake Washington is returned to the water.

Ernie made sure everyone knows he's a real fresh Italian over at Totem Lake's Due' Cucina.

Parenting is bittersweet because I know he’s not mine forever and one day he’ll leave and make his own life.

We were sitting on the balcony and having an idyllic moment with Ernie and Lydia made the observation that we used to buy fancy beers to drink at home and the bars were full of Budweiser but now the bar beer is fancy pants and Bud Light only happens at home. You can’t even buy bud light at the ballpark!

Ernie said his first full sentence today. I was having my Bud Light on the porch and he walked out with his cup and said “cheers dada”. He loves cheersing and it’s not strange for him to do it 10 times a meal.

True Pastis from Marseille

Our friends Renaud and Julie had a baby shower at their house.

Their parties have got to be one of the largest gatherings of French people in King County. One of the guys introduced me to Ricard, a French liqueur. The drink was invented after the French government freaked out about people getting too rocked on absinthe and banned it.

They also have the best food spreads.

Ernie likes it when I make elephant sounds and for the last week or two greets me with his own elephant sound.

Baaing and Splashing

Ern visited the animals at Kelsey Creek Farm in Bellevue, Washington.

Ernie was BAAing loudly at the sheep.

We met up with the Germans at our local splash pad.

We bought him a little deck chair and he looks like a contemplative old man sitting in it for some reason.

Denny Park Hike

Today we did a little hiking around Denny Park in Kirkland, WA.