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Wednesday, January 7, 2009
K.G. is 3!
My sweet little Kyle is now 3. Although it seems as if he's been 3 forever. Such a bright little boy. So full of imagination and quite passionate about most things. He loves any animal and always makes sure there's a mommy or daddy and a baby. If there isn't, he'll find something to pretend. Oh yea, and he can turn just about anything into being Buzz Light-ear.We decorated the kitchen the night before his big day with cut out 3's hanging form the ceiling fan and streamers. The next morning, from our bed, we hear - "It's my party! I like it!"
Who couldn't love that face! Oh, I could just kiss it all the time! Uncle Darin made this crown for him and days later, he still has it on whenever he can. He has even tried to sleep in it!
The cake. What little boys don't want to eat dirt? So much fun.
The homemade pizzas. YUM! The boys got to make there own little pizzas. Which was a hit. I'm working on a Nora friendly pizza. If anyone knows of a crust w/o wheat, soy, dairy, egg, potato... I think that would be enough of a birthday gift for her!We were lucky to have Darin and Charla drive down from Seattle to spend a couple of days. Pat's dad and brother came for the party as well. Kyle was spoiled with lots of goodies. Lane and Nora were only "slightly" jealous.
We had a wonderful time. I love little parties and making my kids feel special. Because they are. I can hardly wait till the next one.
We love you Kyle Parrot!
Are You Ready?
We did it! We actually went on a date - its TRUE!
I had the blog post all planned out. Of course I would have my camera and document the evening. The drive in Pat's car - with no car seats! The beautiful restaurant positioned along the river with a table facing out to all the amazing boats adorned with Christmas light. The food! Oh the FOOD! There are few words. This restaurant receives fresh fish daily. Scallops, rare seared Ahi, Dungeness Crab with shrimp and brie cheese stuffed salmon. All melt in the mouth fresh. *the menu boasted of having King Crab from the Early Dawn Vessel from the 'Deadliest Catch' show. I found that humorous.* We had no problem using all $100 of that gift card. (A present to ourselves from credit card reward points.) I'm sure you can see what's coming.
With the chaos of getting ready for the babysitters. Yes, 2 babysitters. 4 kids ages 4 and under...you need 2. Works out that we know 17 year old twins. Perfect. Anyway, there's so much to remember and prepare for when we leave these little ones. Last time we left (the Urgent Care incident) we had the older 3 asleep. Not much prep needed. But to think about PJ's and bedtime routines. And this girl needs this much formula and this one needs this much and then some again. And the older pink can't eat this or this or this and so on. Really we should just have a chart of what she CAN eat. That would be much shorter. Poor thing. Its really so sad.
I FORGOT THE CAMERA. So you'll just have to take my word for it that it was wonderful, glutenous and oh so worth the wait. The waiter took us on as his favorites of the evening. Never a bad thing. Well sort of cause he talked to us a lot but we got a free dessert out of it. Curious?
We're parents - we mentioned our kids. He said that he's been married for a year and a half and he and his wife want to have kids but they're scared so they think that they should get a puppy first for practice. This is when we both laughed out loud. Not nice - it got worse.
Pat - "That's stupid. What's a puppy going to teach you? If you want a baby, have a baby!"
Me - "Seriously. You'll never be prepared until you have one. Just do it. Its wonderful, crazy and so much fun."
Waiter - "You're right. Its just like that with most things, I suppose." "I'm just happy to see two people so enthusiastic about families and kids. Its not something one sees too much of these days."
Which is why he gave us a free dessert. Even though we were so bold. I guess its nice to be admired for what the "world" thinks is insane.
While we were driving home at 8:30. Yes, 8:30!
Me - "Wow! We're pretty cool to be coming home so early. Shouldn't we be wanting to take advantage of this freedom and go do something else?" In my younger days we would've gone bowling or saran wrapping cars or...
But what? We're too tired to think of anything else to do. So lame, I know. But oh well...we'll work up to that. On our next date. In 8 months! No way that's going to happen again. I really do like my Husband. We need to be better to each other. New Year's goal?
I had the blog post all planned out. Of course I would have my camera and document the evening. The drive in Pat's car - with no car seats! The beautiful restaurant positioned along the river with a table facing out to all the amazing boats adorned with Christmas light. The food! Oh the FOOD! There are few words. This restaurant receives fresh fish daily. Scallops, rare seared Ahi, Dungeness Crab with shrimp and brie cheese stuffed salmon. All melt in the mouth fresh. *the menu boasted of having King Crab from the Early Dawn Vessel from the 'Deadliest Catch' show. I found that humorous.* We had no problem using all $100 of that gift card. (A present to ourselves from credit card reward points.) I'm sure you can see what's coming.
With the chaos of getting ready for the babysitters. Yes, 2 babysitters. 4 kids ages 4 and under...you need 2. Works out that we know 17 year old twins. Perfect. Anyway, there's so much to remember and prepare for when we leave these little ones. Last time we left (the Urgent Care incident) we had the older 3 asleep. Not much prep needed. But to think about PJ's and bedtime routines. And this girl needs this much formula and this one needs this much and then some again. And the older pink can't eat this or this or this and so on. Really we should just have a chart of what she CAN eat. That would be much shorter. Poor thing. Its really so sad.
I FORGOT THE CAMERA. So you'll just have to take my word for it that it was wonderful, glutenous and oh so worth the wait. The waiter took us on as his favorites of the evening. Never a bad thing. Well sort of cause he talked to us a lot but we got a free dessert out of it. Curious?
We're parents - we mentioned our kids. He said that he's been married for a year and a half and he and his wife want to have kids but they're scared so they think that they should get a puppy first for practice. This is when we both laughed out loud. Not nice - it got worse.
Pat - "That's stupid. What's a puppy going to teach you? If you want a baby, have a baby!"
Me - "Seriously. You'll never be prepared until you have one. Just do it. Its wonderful, crazy and so much fun."
Waiter - "You're right. Its just like that with most things, I suppose." "I'm just happy to see two people so enthusiastic about families and kids. Its not something one sees too much of these days."
Which is why he gave us a free dessert. Even though we were so bold. I guess its nice to be admired for what the "world" thinks is insane.
While we were driving home at 8:30. Yes, 8:30!
Me - "Wow! We're pretty cool to be coming home so early. Shouldn't we be wanting to take advantage of this freedom and go do something else?" In my younger days we would've gone bowling or saran wrapping cars or...
But what? We're too tired to think of anything else to do. So lame, I know. But oh well...we'll work up to that. On our next date. In 8 months! No way that's going to happen again. I really do like my Husband. We need to be better to each other. New Year's goal?
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Old or Boring...
I logged into my facebook account and saw all the threads of people looking for something fun to do tonight. I thought, "what's the big deal...its Wednesday!" Good Grief...how lame is that? My focus tonight was folding the four loads of laundry I washed throughout the day! Not that it was New Years and MOST people are excited about that and enjoy finding ways to celebrate. Sad...
We do have fun plans this weekend. What's in store for us?
**Darin and Charla are coming tomorrow. To stay the entire weekend. So excited for that!
**Hold your breath...we have a date on Friday! Its true! We turned in some reward points for a hefty gift card. For some long anticipated scrumptious sea food!
**Kyle's B-day party on Saturday (his real b-day is Monday - but he's three - he doesn't know.)
So, now that I'm temporarily in reality...HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
We do have fun plans this weekend. What's in store for us?
**Darin and Charla are coming tomorrow. To stay the entire weekend. So excited for that!
**Hold your breath...we have a date on Friday! Its true! We turned in some reward points for a hefty gift card. For some long anticipated scrumptious sea food!
**Kyle's B-day party on Saturday (his real b-day is Monday - but he's three - he doesn't know.)
So, now that I'm temporarily in reality...HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Sunday, December 28, 2008
THANKS
We were told that this area only gets snow only a couple times a year and that its not much...maybe an inch or two. Well, we got a lot more than that! First it snowed about 6 inches. Then we got freezing rain that added about a 1/2 inch layer of ice and then another 6 inches of snow. Even though we didn't have the proper attire to "enjoy" the snow. We still managed! Before we had the second pounding of snow - It was so funny to see Lane stomp and crush through the ice layer. And little tippy-toes Kyle was able to walk right on top of it. Nora was happy to lick all of the icicles that had fallen.
Lane who would be happy and content on a liquid diet anyway couldn't stop eating the snow. Because we live at the bottom of a hill in a little 4 house cul-de-sac, and we weren't prepared with chains, we didn't get out for a few days. We stayed busy enough. I'm so grateful that Pat has had this last week off of work. We played a lot - took turns shoveling the driveway. We happen to also have the longest and steepest driveway of all of our neighbors. I was happy to be out there - even if my foot wasn't. Enjoyed watching the full of false hope cars attempting to get up the hill and out into the "world". It was right before Christmas when everyone is supposed to be out spending all of the money they don't have on things they don't need. We were content to just stay home.
I Love seeing Pat take some down time with his boys. Watching Buzz and Woody. Any guess as to what Lane got for Christmas? Thank you Craigslist! He hasn't taken it off much. I'm so glad that our house is all wood and laminate flooring so he has been able to ride his bike all over the house.
We didn't feel the need to fill our house with more big plastic items. And since our kids love to pretend to cook and now have new aprons and equipment (thanks Grandma Suzanne!) Pat decided to build them a kitchen with left over boxes from our move. Fully designed with a microwave, fridge (w/shelving) oven, sink (w/faucet) and pantry shelves. What a COOL dad!
Here's June Pie. We like her still. Even though she's been quite cranky lately and not letting us sleep much. She smiles and coos and all is forgotten...until the next night when it starts all over. We sure do love our babies! We feel so blessed and grateful! Even though we are surrounded in chaos most of the time, we wouldn't have it any other way.
How many families have to have a prayer chart so their kids won't fight over who's turn it is? And I don't mean, "it's not my turn! I said it last!" Its more like this, "Its my turn today! Not yours!" How cool is that? And that their favorite FHE activity is having pretend church. Now if only that would carry over till Sunday. I love their sweet testimonies and their tender understanding of what is important in life. Their unwavering love and Christlike forgiveness. I'm working on living up to that. There are many reasons I could feel discouraged or weighed down in this life...but I don't. Because I choose to be a mom. I choose to be happy and have hope and faith. Aren't choices wonderful?
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
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