Going to the Beach

(written February 15, 2018) *Author’s Note: The photographs in this blog entry are all my own (unless otherwise captioned under). I respect that it may be easy to save them and print them on your own. But they are copyrighted and use of them is prohibited without my knowledge and consent. If you wish to use them, please send me an e-mail and we can discuss their use or purchase.  Thanks for your cooperation.

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~ Nissa Rae

This graphic fell off the back of Google into my lap..

Living in Washington, you are surrounded by salt water (Pacific Ocean water) ...  We went to Island Lake Beach

Island Lake is a fresh water (not salt water) beach with fishing for Rainbow Trout and Large Mouth Bass.

You can rent the the community center there for a party or event.

Park Features: Lake access, swimming area, fishing pier, walking trails, picnic areas, picnic shelter, playground, restrooms, community center, parking lots and life jacket kiosks. Park restrooms open April 1st-September 30th.

Screen capture off Google ^^^

The sand was really hot that day...  little toddlers don't like burning feet! LOL

This dragonfly came and landed on me....

Nathan - who doesn't like being dirty - was very out of his element ...

Calahan (with his hand up) and Noah (with the yellow floatie) out in the water...

Kaedyn waving to his brothers ...I can just hear it "Come on Kaedyn!  Come in the water,,,"  Kaedyn is saying ... "Nope I'm good!"

Taking the boys out to the water ...  this is there first time at water like this ...  well, Nathan was at the river in Eau Claire when he was real little... so I should say this is the first time of them at this fun age...

We decided to make a sand castle ...  don't judge...  we're not good... LOL....

The beach was a very welcome reprieve from the heat....it doesn't get hot in Washington, not in our area anyway, but for maybe a week or two during the summer.  There really is no more than a month of hot weather.  And it doesn't "rain all the time" like people say or think.  During the winter, yeah.  During the summer, nah.

The little boys didn't venture too far in the water... and I'm not a fan of fish nibbling my toes...  but I did swim out a bit when the boys were being watched by their dad and/or their Nana (my mom).  DB swam more than I did though.

It was a lot of fun, it was also very crowded on a hot day, which is to be expected.

THIS IS SOMETHING WE WOULD RECOMMEND AND WE WOULD DEFINITELY GO HERE AGAIN

A Trip to the Poulsbo Library...

(written February 17, 2018)
*Author’s Note: The photographs in this blog entry are all my own (unless otherwise captioned under). I respect that it may be easy to save them and print them on your own. But they are copyrighted and use of them is prohibited without my knowledge and consent. If you wish to use them, please send me an e-mail and we can discuss their use or purchase.  Thanks for your cooperation.
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~ Nissa Rae

Swiped from Google, I take no credit.

Nana worked in Poulsbo for awhile at the newspaper until the office moved to a different area.  Sometimes we'd have to go and pick her up.  Sometimes we had time to kill.  So this particular day in August - we went to the library there to check it out.   Their children's area wasn't as big as ... say...  Bremerton's (which is the only other library in the area I've been to.) ..  but.... they had these adorable statues and things out around the library ...  

So we went and played a little bit to pass some time.  It's a super cute library! 

There are great events held at the area libraries all the time.  Not only do they have "Baby Storytime,"  "Toddler Storytime," "Pajama Storytime," and "Family Storytime" ... there is also "Young Writers Club," various STEM classes, Lego Club, "R.E.A.D. to a Dog," Genealogy Classes, Teen Games & Gaming clubs, Art Walks, I have even seen Chess Club for all levels, and Anime Club.  So it varies. But there are all kinds of amazing things to do ... and it's not just about checking out books (cuz I get too attached to books, I keep them all! LOL!)  You can check out the CALENDER OF EVENTS for something you might like to join! 

Are you local?  Be sure to check it out!!

Ice Cream at CJ's

(written February 15, 2018)
*Author’s Note: The photographs in this blog entry are all my own (unless otherwise captioned under). I respect that it may be easy to save them and print them on your own. But they are copyrighted and use of them is prohibited without my knowledge and consent. If you wish to use them, please send me an e-mail and we can discuss their use or purchase.  Thanks for your cooperation.

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~ Nissa Rae

On our way home from the park we decided to stop at the store across the street from the park and ended up getting some ice cream!

Swiped from Google

Swiped from Google

CJ's Evergreen General Store   <--- website

The Littles (Nathan & Kaedyn) got one scoop of rainbow sherbet

Noah got a scoop of chocolate and one of vanilla

I got a waffle cone with chocolate

Cal got a Cookie Dough and Chocolate 2 scooper ...

HE GOT MESSY .... cheeky little monkey ....  

REVIEW ....

We were disappointed with the higher cost of the food staples they had,  but the  Ice Cream was REALLY good.. . They also do catering - I can't talk about that, never had their catering food.

As a store ...  The ONLY reason I want to do a thumbs down is because of the pricing.  It's a tiny store ... it's nice to have though if you live right there (like we did) and needed something - which happened to me a few times....