Ephraim would bounce and then purposefully fall backwards. He now does this at home on the couch. 
The slide was Ephraim's favorite part. 
We ended our fun morning by having lunch at Baja Fresh and then Ephraim and I went home with the Brownlee's and my mom returned to her house.
I wasn't sure if Ephraim would get painting, but he had a blast. I was really impressed with how focused he was at painting and how well he did at keeping the paint on his canvas and not expanding to other mediums. 
Ephraim decided it would be a good idea to paint his hand and then paint his canvas with his hand.
Gracie hard at work. 
I love how intense these two little artists are.
We went on opening day to the Puyallup fair. It was great because before noon you get in free, but we did not foresee the traffic and it took as over an hour to get there. After lunch, we went to the dairy barn. Elisa had an "a-ha" moment when we were watching the cows getting milked and realized that is how we get milk that we drink. We were lucky to be able to pet one of the cows as it was walking back to its pen. 
We went to several other animal barns. Sadie and Ephraim rode in the wagon and loved it. At the horse barn, Sadie was making the correct animal sound and Ephraim was quacking. Sadie gave into peer pressure and started quacking at the horses too. 
It had been a long morning and none of the kids had napped. We stopped for some ice cream before leaving the fair. 
Ephraim didn't make it. He fell asleep as soon as we moved him to the stroller. 
The next morning we headed out to the Point Defiance Zoo. We have a membership and were able to get everyone in for free. I love the polar bears and they were our first stop. I have never been to the zoo in the morning, and after this trip I will only go in the morning. The animals were being fed, and were so much more active than they are in the afternoon. 
Ephraim pushing Elisa in the wagon. 
We loved having the Wachob's here for a short time, and wish they lived lots closer!
Does anyone know how I can get a banyan tree for my own yard?
This is the only picture I have of my child standing still at the aquarium. And it is right at the beginning of the trip. Yes, I do realize that my child has no pants, but they were falling off and I didn't have another set of shorts with me. 
A Hammerhead shark. The very last exhibit is a large tank with all kinds of deep sea fish - sharks, tuna, large rays, etc, and there is a tunnel you walk through. Ephraim would not sit with me and look at the big fish swimming over his head and continued to run back to the jellyfish tank. 
we played shuffleboard. Ephraim liked to try to move the discs with the sticks, but usually ran around us. I started off kicking Forrest's booty, but the last few games would be ahead until he would score 30 plus points in one turn and I lost. I told Forrest he needs to put a shuffleboard area in our backyard so I can practice more. 
Ephraim would then play in our condo until dinner. He loved the curtains on the big window and would play peek-a-boo with them. 
Matt and Malaika had this great tent they brought for Beckett and Ephraim enjoyed trying it out. If we go to Hawaii next year I am buying one for the new baby. 
Ephraim would find treasures in the sand and would make piles. Later in the week we bought him a bucket with some tools that he loved.
This is how Ephraim saw the Iao Needle. He was sound asleep until we left. 
The Iao Needle. I am glad we went, but don't know that I would make the trip again. 
Ephraim would spontaneously give Beckett kisses and I was able to capture it on camera. 
This isn't a picture of a bug, but Ephraim is pointing out the baby gecko we found in our condo. I did kill a giant cockroach in our condo, but thankfully don't have any pictures of that.
The food was good, but the service was excellent. There was a drink waitress who came by and offered us any beverage we could think of. Included with the meal was 9 mixed drinks, 9 wines and 9 beers. They made all of the mixed drinks non-alcoholic for me, and Ephraim and I enjoyed several pina coladas and banana freezes. There was one person in our party who was allergic to gluten and dairy. They made him special versions of every course that were brought out on a seperate plate (everything was served family style). 
Ephraim loved the dances and was glued to their every move. The luau took over 3 hours, but he did a great job at sitting still and tasted quite a bit of the food. 
Our waiter was fantastic and had the chefs make Ephraim his own bowl of white rice (even though none of the courses came with rice) without us asking him to, and then he brought us a warm towel to clean up the mess of rice that Ephraim made after devouring the bowl. 
Ephraim was so sleepy and fell asleep during the dessert course right before the fire dancer came on stage. 
Every other luau I have been to you are greeted with shell leis but they gave us flower leis and Mark decided to try all of ours on.
A family photo. Ephraim LOVES water and was not happy that we were not letting him down in his nice clothes. 
Jason the photographer. He works with Forrest and Brent and is a professional concert photographer. 
Before the ceremony Forrest let Ephraim play on the rocks and explore. 
Ephraim was having a lot of fun and did not want to get down for the ceremony to start. 
Brent and reshma. Resh is from India and wore a beautiful sari that was covered in gorgeous beadwork. Brent also dressed in Indian attire. 
I wanted to get up and touch her gown, but decided that probably wasn't appropriate. 
It was a beautiful sunset and a nice sweet ceremony. Forrest got a kick out of the officiant's mullet and made sure to get a picture. 
The boys celebrated by stripping down to their shorts and running into the ocean. This hadn't been planned so all of them were wearing their nice shorts with nothing to change into as we left to go to the post-wedding party. 
