Spring Fair

A week ago Friday, the boys and I had a chance to visit the Spring Fair, with Kjerste and Kaiya. It was not very spring like, and should rather have been called the winter fair. I think we all had a great time, despite the cold and wet weather. It did actually snow while we were there, but most everything we wanted to see was indoors.

We were able to see a good number of the animals, and even got to see a sheep getting a hair cut. This was no small sheep, like I had envisioned it to be. We saw part of the Noise Guy, which was ok, and then closed the day with a brief stop at the pig races. While we were trying to find our way to the pig races, we were stopped by a news crew sticking microphones in our faces and bombarding us with questions about our time at the fair. Couldn't they tell that we were moms on a mission? We did end up making it on the news for a whopping 20 seconds or so. At least I have heard. Neither Kjerste nor I have seen it, but rumor has it that we were there. It was good for us moms to get out and do something different, and the kids enjoyed being along for the ride.

Playing Catch Up!

Well, I am finally back into blogging world after being without a computer for nearly a week. I might add that it was a long week, but very good one for me. Loosing your connection to the outside world is harder than I thought, but I better move on to share what we have been up to lately lest I make myself look any more pathetic. I will try to remember everything, so here goes.

Let's see, in baby news, Philip is now doing an army crawl. I know, you can all weep along with me. He is still behind what Levin was doing at this age, but Levin was always way ahead on everything.

We recently put the boys together in the same room, which has been going really well. We have been getting up a little earlier, but I think that could also be in part because we put Philip to bed earlier now. It seems that the boys have not yet figured out that if one of them is going to sleep in then the other one should too. Not sure we have had a day yet where they both slept in on the same day. Hopefully they are working on that. A Saturday would be a good day to practice, but that would just be a suggestion from the mama of the house.

This will have to conclude this post before I start running things together and boring you all. I will be back later to share on our trip to the Spring Fair, and our adventures of going to see the Tulips.

Good as New!

Rather than work in the yard this afternoon, I decided to spend my time washing the car. For some strange reason I actually enjoy doing this. It may not be the case one day when our car is not so nice and small, but for now it's fun. As I recall, the car was only washed once last year, so it took a little extra elbow grease to get it looking good as new.

Jason's grandma stopped in on her way home, and so she helped me dry the car. I might add that I had never known to dry the car off after washing it, until I was married. It sure makes a difference though. So here are a few pictures to show for my work, because who knows when it will look this clean again.

How often do you guys wash your cars?

Just look at those hubcaps shine!

Peas? Not so much.

We started Philip on solids a few weeks ago, and so far he has enjoyed them; that is, until last night. Of course all he had had up to this point was rice cereal, oatmeal, cheerios, and puffs. Since it seemed like Philip was getting the hang of eating with a spoon, I thought it might be fun to change things up a bit by introducing something new, peas none the less. Yes, I know peas have a rather strong taste, and I myself do not care for them, but it was Levin's first food, so I had to keep with the pattern. It quickly became apparent that peas were not going to be a favorite for Philip. Hmm...that makes two of us. I mixed mostly rice cereal with a small amount of peas, and he still did not care for them He eventually caught on and quit taking any bites at all. Well, we will try again another day, but we sure had fun watching his expressions as he ate his first peas.

Look Out!!!!

As of last Friday, Philip, discovered that he can get to what he wants by pushing himself forward. I would not consider it a crawl or even a really a scoot, but he definently gets around. He does not get too far very quickly, but I am sure it will only be a matter of time before he has it all figured out. It seems that I am the only person not encouraging this knew found freedom, wonder why?

Don't get me wrong, it is good to know that he is developing normally and doing the things that a baby should do, but it would be fine if he waited a few months to begin moving. I should be very thankful that he is not as quick as his older brother, who crawled right at six months and began to pull up on furniture by seven months. Yes, Levin has been a busy boy from the get go.

Speaking of Levin, I must share one of our latest Levin stories. We recently checked out an old classic, "Make Way For Ducklings" by Robert McCloskey from the library. I am not sure a day went by without reading the story at least once. Needless to say, we all began to have the book memorized, even Levin. Those of you who are familar with this story may enjoy this, and those who are not will want to be.

One day while Levin and I were out working in the yard I heard him quoting from the book. It went something like this: " Malard looking place to live.......every time malard found place...it was no good......Look out said malard..no place for children...." I suppose I should not have been so surprised at how much he remembered from the book, but I was.

Both boys are at such fun ages!

Tagged!!

I've been tagged, so we'll see what I can come up with.

1. Ten years ago...

I would have been just over half way through with my first year of high school. Still in the midst of my some what awkward stage, trying to find out where I fit in. Spent a lot of time with Alissa P. that year. I believe I would take drivers ed that summer.

2. Things on my to do list today:

a.Vacuum
b. Finish washing laundry
c. Fold laundry
d. Finish vacuuming
e. Mop the kitchen and bathroom floors
f. Make dinner
g. Freeze the baby food that I made the other day (ran out of ice cube trays)

...my goodness, guess I better hurry and finish this here post so I can get something checked off my list before the kiddos wake up.

3. Things I would do if I was suddenly a billionaire:

Hard to fathom having that much money, but I will try to imagine. Guess I would buy a home in north Tacoma with lots of character and then have it moved to our current lot. Hire a gardener to weed all my flower gardens for me, and then put the rest into savings.

4. Bad Habits

Afraid I have too many to list, but here are a few:

Leaving the folded laundry in the basket, hoping somehow it will get put away. Why do I dread putting away the clean, FOLDED, laundry?


Letting the kitchen garbage get too full.

Waiting till my children's diapers can hold no more, and then changing them. Sorry boys.

5. Places I've lived:

Chattanooga, TN, and Tacoma, WA. How boring.

6. Jobs I have now or have had:

Babysat all through high school. Had a summer nanny job. Worked for fives years as a chef for a local catering company, and now am a busy stay at home mom. Oh, and I have done some roofing though the years.

7. Things people don't know about me:

Clutter stresses me out

Elevators make me feel sick. Used to always avoid them till I had children in strollers.

I can pop my shoulders in a weird way, that tends to gross some people out.

8. Things that make my life super fabulous right now:

Its raining right now-yes I'm weird.

This week looks to be less busy then last.

Heather will be home "for good", we hope, next month.

Done at last!

Now I get to tag three more people: Amy R., Brenda H., and Hilary K.:Your It!

When did you say the housekeeper would be here?

I could only stand in amazement this morning and wonder how my house could already look this before 8:30am-and no, it did not start out this way! Ah what fun. Jason is always good to remind me that it is good for me to learn how to cope in a messy house. I am learning, but do look forward to the end of the day when most everything is put back in its place.