Thursday, April 30, 2009

entertainment

My girly loves the computer (and so does her momma). The 2 of us are total media junkies!!! I've been having to set time limits or else we would easily be on here ALL day. Some sites we love are:


...we also just came across some vintage Sesame Street clips



Sunday, April 26, 2009

tulips

Tulips & tulips and tulips... as far as my eye could see. The kids ran free for 2 hours and I loved letting them. I filled the whole memory card (all 479 slots) in my camera with washed out pictures. Only these 10 turned out. The sun was so bright I couldn't actually see what I was taking pictures of half the time. Fin slid down an enormous slide made out of PVC pipe, climbed through bails of hay got her face painted and took a pony ride. It was her 1st time on a pony and she LOVED it! Poor Tuck just sat in the stroller. I let him loose for photo opps.



Sunday, April 19, 2009

one week ago.


Easter is my very favorite holiday.
I love celebrating Christ's life.

We spent the week remembering His teachings and sharing them with the kids. This cutout was their favorite. On another night we listened and watched This clip of music. We had the classic egg hunt where we learned the story of Christ's last week of life. On Thursday (the night of the Last Supper) we had our own version of a traditional Near Eastern Supper. The kids loved it. We ate Mediterranean take out on scattered pillows next to a low table that Fin and I constructed in the family room. We ate lamb, hummus, rice, olives, pita, flat bread and baklava. Delish!


On Sunday we all came home after church to an Easter egg hunt that the Easter Bunny set up some time during priesthood.



Monday, April 13, 2009

The Saturday Market

City Life: the life I always wanted.

Saturday morning we hung out and took pics at our friends loft. He has some amazing views from his place! It was fun to daydream what life in a high rise would be like. Close to all the action, my favorite Italian food around the corner, fresh flower shops & boutiques, the farmers market, art museums within walking distance, amazing architecture, spectacular views...


Life would be perfect until I remembered the dog and what it would be like to haul 2 kids and the dog down from the 10th floor and search for a patch of untainted grass where Wrig would feel comfortable enough doing her "business", she's very picky. Not to mention the rain (like every day) and the smell of wet dog and muddy paws being tromped through the impeccable lobby on our way back up.

Then there would be the hate mail from the neighbors below or on either side threatening us to KEEP IT DOWN or else... (our kids are anything but quiet). Don't even get me started with grocery shopping or daily errand running. I'm exhausted! How do you city dwellers (w/kids and dog) do it!


Tuck lately cannot be seen without a ball under his arm. He even sleeps with a ball. That kid is ALL boy.

Finley on the other hand couldn't be more of a little girl. She is very excited about her upcoming PINK princess birthday party where she will be turning "2 1/2 years old". She has 3 little girlfriends and 5 little boy friends "my boys" (as she calls them) that she want's to invite to the "tea party". Hope the boys like pink... and tea!


I spent most of the time seeing the sights through the tiny viewfinder of my Nikon.
The image below was captured by this shot.


After we left Nate's loft we walked through the city to the Saturday Market where we grabbed some steak and cheese sandwiches and the mandatory elephant ear and watched the craziness.

Here is a tour through our city.


One armed guitar player


Chinatown or more like China gateway and one street lined with red lamps.
Not much to see there.



Straight out of her mouth...


"O, Z, Y & H. A Letters. Letters Dad. My glass slippers. Cookies. Cookies for Dad. My cape. Hands, fingers. Jesus. Baby and Mom. And Treats, treats are the best. Green treats are best. I love them, I love them Dad."

We asked Finley if she wanted to send her grandparents (in Germany) a letter and of course she said yes. Then we asked her what she wanted to say and she replied literally with a few letters and then started naming things she saw around the kitchen.

The other day I was sitting on the couch reading a magazine when she came over and looked down at my legs. Noticing they were unshaven she said with a very alarmed tone,

Oh mom what is that?... What is on you legs, mom!
It's just hair Fin.
Oh mom that's gross we gotta get that stuff off, we gotta get that off right now! MOM!!!


Later that same week I handed her an apple. She asked me if the Wicked Witch had given it to me (we have been reading Snow White lately). I told her no, it's safe to eat. She said Oh, OK mom.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Whale Watching

We spent Saturday out at the Coast in hopes of spotting some whales. No such luck, this was as good as it got.

After 20 minutes of searching we decided to head up the coast to Indian Beach and play in the sand and let Wrig run. We love this beach. The kids played for hours in the sand.

A shot of me, my sweater & a popped collar from the 80's




This is my favorite photo of the day (below).


We ate a bucket of steamers and to-die-for clam chowder before we left for home. We may not have seen a single whale but we loved our day at the coast.


Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Saturday, March 14, 2009

The Contest


This has been a big part of our week. Thank goodness the Talent doesn't mind dressing up in capes and running around the house.

I hesitate putting this up because I surely do not need any more competition. But here is a rough draft of my first video tell me what you think! More are on their way.

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Week of Ocean

This week the ocean took over. I absolutely love the ocean, so it happened to be a GREAT week!



Friday we spent the morning at the Zoo.
As always the kids loved the Sea Lion exhibit.




Story time at the Library on Tuesday was all about Pirates.
And so was the rest of our night.


We spent our weekend at Cannon Beach with friends.
It was completely beautiful weather.
We couldn't have picked a more beautiful day out at the coast.




Handsome kid!
Loved, Loved, Loved this frisbee.




Tide pools at haystack:
random Girl
Dead Crab
and giant star fish


The Kiss