These past two weeks have begun rounding out my Provisional year in the Junior League of Seattle. It’s been so much fun connecting with new friends, volunteering in the community and learning more about the area’s needs; I’m excited to continue on as an Active member next year. To make it extra special, this year was the Seattle League’s 90th anniversary and we celebrated at the Museum of Flight:

We had the entire place to ourselves and it was packed with planes and exhibits. I do love a non-crowded museum.

This was the first time many of our small group’s significant others got to meet.

Six out of the nine members of my dear Bumblebees. Each JLS Provisional is part of a neighborhood based small group for the year which serves to help introduce you to the activities and processes of Junior League. This year’s Provisional groups were all named after cities, mostly the large ones like Paris, Milan, NYC, etc. Our group was named for Bumblebee, AZ, a tiny town where horses outnumber people. Having such a unique name totally fit our special little group which is made up of women who work on developing apps and in tech start ups, a former teacher, a medical examiner, a (fancy) hotel manager, a dental resident, a YMCA manager/non-profit consultant, an international volunteer coordinator and a law firm event planner.

The museum was really cool and reminded me of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space one.

You could even go into several of the planes.

It was the perfect occasion to wear my paper airplane earrings from ohhellofriend.com that I found at Seattle’s Urban Craft Uprising in December! For the longest time Jeff thought these were mouse icon (the image for the computer mouse clicker) earrings.. oh hun.

And since JLS was founded in 1924, I thought a Great Gatsby-esque headband was called for.

The party was so much fun, but we didn’t go all night because the next day Tavia, one of our small group members taught a Barre class at the Y. If you’ve never done Barre it’s like an evil mix between Pilates and ballet that leaves you feeling pretty sore at the end:

But it was well worth the calorie burning because we met up with the rest of the Bumblebees (and some extra guests) at Coastal Kitchen in Capital Hill:

Well earned, delicious Bloody Mary

Love these women!

Part of the Provisional year requires you complete a project with another committee to learn more about different aspects of the League. I was lucky enough to be on the Kids in the Kitchen committee which focuses on preventing childhood obesity by teaching kids how to cook healthy foods. I’d been to several of the events in the past where we taught 30-35 first through fifth graders at the Boys & Girls Club and now it was our turn as a Provisional Group to plan and execute the night.

We had plenty of fruits and veggies for the kids!

Our main course was chicken, tortellini and veggie skewers.

All in all the kids seemed to learn something about making healthy food choices, tried a few new veggies and left full and happy.

Thanks to such an awesome team for helping this event come together!

I ended last week with my last official small group meeting. We’ve already decided that we’re going to keep getting together at least once (but probably more like twice) a month, even though it’s not required. These women have become a dear part of my Seattle family and I’m so lucky to call them friends, and soon, fellow Actives when we’re voted in next week. They’re truly something special, and I love them, even when they coerce me into 5:30am runs around Greenlake: