MLK day

Yesterday August and Rose attended their first political event, the Martin Luther King Day march in Seattle. It's a pretty low-key march as marches go - and no chants! - so it seemed like a good way to introduce some activism. We were glad to run into Julie (in the red sweater above) who know through mutual friends in the Tacoma crowd and had fun catching up with her.
Though we were enthused to introduce Rose and August to democracy in action, we're pretty sure they were thinking, "Why do our parents insist on putting all this clothing on us?"
On Sunday, eager for some outdoorsy action despite the cold, we took the kids to Country Village in Bothell. It's a collection of quirky/kitschy shops with an outdoor courtyard that's inhabited by lots of ducks and a few chickens. It was the perfect break for us - watch some ducks, run into a shop to warm up, do it all over again. The above photo is Becky and August by the duck pond.