A black bear runs across East Main Street between Green Street and Barner Drive toward Centralia?s Seminary Hill Natural Area Tuesday evening.
 

ME: "Let's take it easy today?"
KINDERGARTENER: "What's a neasy?"

We have a science book on our classroom with a picture of a gray haired scientist on it. My students are all convinced that he is God.

Kindergartener: "If you say you'll marry me I'll be on your baseball team."

I got my hair cut! 

While in Olympia we took some time out to visit our favorite place, the walmart supercenter. Just kidding, here is Paul at starbucks in downtown Olympia. 

Our quest for an alternative grocery store stops here, a mere fourty minutes away from our house. The Bayview Thriftway is like walking into a Trader Joes and Wild Oats rolled into one perfect grocery store. We had been able to find some natural foods at an odd store called Shop N Kart, but the experience was marred by the twenty foot "yard bird" gracing thier entrance. Otherwise, we are doomed to the Walmart Supercenter with it's long lines, screaming children and appalling lack of soy ice cream. 

Our place: From this side it looks more like a house than a barn. 

Mt. St. Helens: We have not been able to see it for a few days. Just as we were coming home today we caught a glimpse of a SNOW covered Mt. St. Helens, something we have not seen all summer until now. 

You had probably guessed that Paul's fascination with mountains has not suffered since we moved north. Last week he drove to Mt. St. Helens in the hopes of being caught in the path of death and destruction. Sadly, he missed the mountains latest hiccup by an hour. You can see the last of the steam plume hanging in the crater and the news media in the foreground. 

Paul took his grandpa to see the salmon at Bonneville Dam. 

Paul's Grandpa, Paul Smith, has been visiting the Northwest from New Jersey. Here is a picture of Paul and Paul in Paul's parents backyard. Interesting fact: both Paul's grandfather's names are Paul.