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Something interesting.......

http://alameda.patch.com/blog_posts/please-dont-help-my-kids


Something funny.......

 

 

 

So much stuff......

I've been too busy to blog all last week but as always lots of silly stuff has happened-

Abi pretending she is a princess in a dress going to the ball. "Come on Ben lets go to the ball", Abi says while Ben follows her around yelling "balls, balls" wearing a pink cowboy hat.

Ben purposely trying to toot while I change his diaper and belly laughing when he is successful.

The kids playing kitchen, pretending they are making jello shots and coffee. Hmmm........ I wonder where they are learning this?

Joint bath time for the kiddos may be coming to an end since they both think it's hilarious when Ben puts cups and rings on his privates.....

I bent over to get the laundry out of the dryer last week and split my jeans open across the bum. I started laughing so hard the kids thought something was wrong with me. It was one of the highlights of the week for sure, I had to call Brad at work to tell him. That's what I get for buying cheap Target jeans, thank goodness I was at home.

Sloppy joes-Oh yes I made homemade sloppy joes (or manwich if you will) in the crock pot on Sunday and it was de-licous!! I highly recommend this forgotten 90's cafeteria dish -with grated cheddar on top piled on a toasted bun, eat with a fork.

On another note, my 32nd birthday was on Friday and it was lots of fun. We went out for Mexican then chilled with friends and had yummy carrot cake. I opened a present full of Victoria Secret undies in front a group, never awkward.... but it was exactly what I wanted. It was my first b-day without my mom (the one that brought me into this world) honestly it was too much to process so I'm still pushing it around in the back of my mind.

Tubing at Snoqualmie

Honestly, I wasn't sure if tubing was a good idea. The kids might freak out or refuse to go after driving all the way up on the mountain and buying tickets. BUT, they did great, I was impressed! We told Abi we'd go down the slow, not steep lane (there was no such thing) and she was OK with that. Abi rode in a tube with Brad and Ben rode with me. After two reluctant runs they were both hooked. At the bottom they both said "Fun, again!" It was snowing crazy the whole time so the kids weren't crazy about getting blasted in the face with snow but they tolerated it. Ben was the littlest kid there and people were pointing at him because he looked so cute stomping around in the snow. If the kids can handle going down a steep hill fast spinning around backwards (I even thought was scary) then it gives us hope that we can get them skiing next year.

 

 

Ben was not impressed at first.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weekend at Papa's

We spent the weekend at Papa's and got to see our extended family and hang with my Sister and Evie. It is near impossible to get a picture of these three. Ben is picking his nose, and this was the best one! I got the girls these cute matching shirts.

Sunday morning we went out to breakfast at Slappy Cakes a hip Portland restaurant. They have griddles on the table and you make your own pancakes while they blast 90's dance party music. Then we went to a kid adventure zone in P-town.

Evie is so darn cute I can hardly stand it. She was so excited.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was trying to get a picture of Abi and me when I got nailed in the head with a ball.

 

Big slide with Papa, again!

 

Must be time to go, too tired to stand :) 

 

Fire station

Abi's preschool went to the Paine Field Airport Fire Station.

 

The fire station was right next to the landing strip and we got to watch this giant plane land (and a few others) and taxi right by us. I even thought it was pretty cool.

 

 

 

 

 

Ben sat in the fire truck but Abi refused.

 

 

 

Little buddy's hair cut

Mop top, helmet of hair

 

All trimmed up. He didn't like it but we both survived. He got a treat when I was done. I used Brad's clippers for the sides and sissors on top. I cut Abi's hair too, she was easy. The mop is gone.

 

Another crazy weekend

This is the G-rated version of Jeremy's b-day weekend. We had a blast! Can you see what number is written in the jello shots? 

 

 

 

Oh, and all the kids were there too and had so much playing with their friends.