My kids are silly August 31, 2006

Here’s what I came home to today.. Paige had been riding in the cop car with the motorcycle in the back that plays “Born to be Wild”, wearing her sunglasses with a big grin on her face. Cammy hopped on top of the car and grandma pushed them around the house.

Then the kids were watching something relatively scary and Cam told Paige she should get up on the chair with him in case she gets scared. How sweet is that?? I had to get a photo for evidence.

When Jeff got home, I got to go out and have a pedicure. It feels so nice to have someone massage my feet and legs… *sigh* It’s supposed to be very warm here this weekend. I hope it’s as nice in California. Mom and I are going to Disneyland. WOO HOO!!!

Paige eats nasty things August 30, 2006

I forgot to tell you this story about Paigie.

Cam wanted a tuna sandwich, but all we could find was canned cat food. He asked if he could eat that and I said “NO WAY!!!” Then he asked if he could feed it to the cat and I said that would be fine. He got it out, scooped it in a nice bowl and set it out for the kitty. Paige pulled a chair over to the counter where the cat was and while I wasn’t looking, she pulled a table knife out of the silverware drawer, dipped it in the wet food and took a HUGE bite. I turned around just in time to see the look of horror on her face and cat food everywhere. She did a big thbbbbbttttt with her tongue, sprayed it everywhere and hollered for me to get a towel to wipe off her tongue. Poor little girl! I asked how the cat food tasted and she said “Yucky!” I think that’s a good sign. Maybe she won’t do it again.

The frogs are kind of creeping me out. I don’t know why. I thought I’d like them, but they are a little creepy. I don’t know how to explain it. They have tiny eyes and a pointy nose and they just look funny. They seem nice enough. The sharks are fine. The biggest one jumps a lot so I’ll have to make sure the lid stays on. The loach swam straight inside the Sponge Bob house straight away much to Cam’s amusement. He’s been asking why the fish don’t go in the house. One of the frogs was in there today too, so maybe they’ll go in more often. My friend has a phobia about fish and I never understood, but those frogs… Reminds me of some Stephen King book. It would start with some person saying the frogs were creepy. I must go to bed now. Three posts in one day must be some kind of a record for me.

videos August 30, 2006

My camera does video! Let’s see if I can post them..
Click on the picture to see the video.

Sharks! August 30, 2006

I went out tonight and got three little sharks and a loach for the tank. Here are some photos, including one of the froggies.


It rained a lot today. Just like typical Seattle fall/winter. It was dark at 8:00. Kind of depressing..

The kids and I slept all afternoon, so there isn’t much to report

Yay for a new yard! August 28, 2006

Friday and Saturday, Mr. Kevin landscaping came and fixed our yard. I’m so happy!! He still has a fence to build for the dogs, but the parts won’t be in for 2 weeks. Still, YAY!!! He put chip under the fort, helped level out the ground and laid new sod. It looks SO much better than before. The dogs are not allowed on the grass. No digging and no pottying! Jeff and I went out and bought some bark, flowers, ground cover and stones for the border near the deck. I need to go back and get more flowers and stepping stones, but it is looking very nice. Here are some photos.

Oh, the photos were taken by ME on my new little Nikon Coolpix camera. SO not an SLR and not as great as Jeff’s camera, but I’m totally thrilled with it. I’m going to take it to CA with me next weekend. Okay, it’s really OUR camera, but I’m going to call it mine for right now. I don’t know what Jeff would want with it anyway when he has such a fabulous D2X just sitting there.

This weekend we went to Wenatchee for a wedding Jeff was photographing. Check out his site soon, I’m sure he’ll have a new slide show up. There were a lot of fabulous photos, of course. The kids, Mom and I spent Saturday together making cards and we also went to Smallwoods Farm which has a petting farm area. We fed the silly animals tons of carrot sticks. Later, when I saw a cow on the way home, Paige yelled “I want feed him carrot!” After Smallwoods, we went to Leavenworth and checked out the shops and finished up at Cold Stone Ice Cream. yum yum.

When we got home, Jeff met with a bride who chose him to photograph her wedding next month at Shilshole Bay.

Tomorrow, we need to get more flowers and I think we’ll round out the fish tank with some pretty fish since the frogs have survived the first few days with us. I’m so excited they are still okay. I feel like I’ve accomplished something by providing them with a decent habitat

Good night.

Back in Wenatchee August 26, 2006

Yay, we made it to Wenatchee again! Jeff has some new fancy thingy bobber that lets him surf the internet while we drive or rather while I drive. Pretty slick.

Paige screamed about 1/2 way over here. She screams until she chokes herself and then throws up. All because I wouldn’t roll down her window. I bet that if I HAD rolled it down, she still would have screamed because the right song wasn’t on the radio or because it was too quiet or too loud or too cold or too hot or something. She was SO MAD. She’s better now. Really tired so we’ll head to bed soon.

Our backyard is a disaster! I’m very excited though, it’s looking really great for being such a mess. The guys brought in top soil and were spreading it out as we left today. I’m so excited for fresh dirt! They are also going to put chip under the kids’ fort and they ordered the fence stuff we need, but they’ll have to put that in later – about two weeks for it to arrive. Okay with me though, the fence will be really nice. Better than we expected. I gave them some pizza and they gave Cammy some Vietnamese food for lunch. Such nice guys.

Then, the Schwan’s delivery truck showed up in our neighborhood and the driver is the same guy who delivered for us when we lived in N. Everett. Yay! I really liked him He even remembered me which is weird. Super nice guy.

Cammy has really had a better attitude the last few days. I’m so proud of him for working so hard on it. We took a walk this afternoon so the dogs could go to the bathroom since our backyard is unusable. We walked up to Jenn’s house to deliver the gifts we brought home from Paris. Jenn is home again from the hospital and doing better. Her new organs look great!

Heather got a job at Children’s Hospital. YAY HEATHER!!! Congratulations!

Oooh and the frogs are still alive. Yippee All is well here.

Frogs! August 25, 2006

We got frogs! Two African Dwarf Frogs. This one isn’t ours, but it’s what they look like. So cute

Fishies! August 25, 2006

I forgot, the other day, we were standing in Blockbuster and someone commented on Cammy’s Superman T-shirt and he said “What am I doing, standing in a store?! I Have to go save the world!” It was just perfect.

Yesterday we went out because Jeff was meeting with someone. I’d been wanting to get a fish tank so we can have some of Mom’s baby goldfish and maybe a little water frog or something. I found a tank kit and then I found fabulous Sponge Bob accessories! Here are some pictures.. I also have little jelly fish that float, but they aren’t in the pictures.

We also got a new kitchen faucet since ours turns off all the time. Here, Jeff was installing it and the kids climbed under the sink to help him.

Yard work, dogs, kids, Mom August 22, 2006

We hired Mr. Kevin to fix our back yard and I’m SO excited. Mr. Kevin’s name cracks me up. I think it really might be his last name, but I don’t know. Anyway, he is going to come and build a small fence to contain the dogs on the side of the house so they can’t dig and ruin the lawn. Then, he’ll till the yard, rip out the current grass, level with topsoil and then resod. I am SO excited. He starts on Friday and said it will probably take about 3 days. I’m not sure if he works on the weekend or not. It doesn’t matter because if I had to do it, it would take 3 years.

Dogs are home. I had to wait until today to pick them up because the vet isn’t open on Sunday. I don’t think they’ll go there anymore. The people are so nice, but the dogs don’t get to go outside to play and that’s hard on dogs! They were totally thrilled to see me. They are sweet doggies. Genevieve got a bath and she smells much better.

Paige had a bedtime setback today. She screamed and screamed when we put her down. I sure hope she gets this going to bed thing figured out soon. Cam is still kind of disagreeable, but he’s working on it. When he cheers up, we’ll set up a fish tank for him so he can keep some of the baby fish from Mom’s pond. Paige had her hair in the most adorable pig tails EVER today when I got home from work. She ripped them out before grandma even left, but she was soooo cute. I love it. I wish she’d leave them in though.

Mom brought Cammy back today from Wenatchee and is spending the night. She has to leave early in the morning, but I have to go to work anyway and I’m really glad she stayed. The kids loved it too. Actually, it’s probably part of why Paige had such a hard time going to bed tonight. She wanted to stay up and play. Cammy is sleeping downstairs with Mom tonight. Lucky boy. He’ll go to preschool again in the morning.

I put this picture on my desktop today. It makes me smile. Diva Binks.

Trip to Wenatchee August 20, 2006

We drove to Wenatchee last night and spent the day there today for the annual croquet tournament. Turns out Cam is a pretty good little croquet player! He started off with a few handicaps, but it didn’t take long for the adults to restrict him to the adult rules. We also made some cards and wrapped some lavender. Dad and I went fishing up at fish lake. We caught maybe four rainbow trout, but they were all too small to keep. I didn’t mind though because I’m not interested in eating them anyway. I just like sitting on the water and reeling in fish and then letting them go. Cam went to Gracie and Nolan’s house to swim and play in the sand box. He ended up falling asleep at the dinner table at Grandma and Papa’s and we ended up letting him stay there. Mom is going to bring him back on Monday. I think he will be happy about that when he wakes up!

Jeff and I booked our Chile tickets last night. I was so excited about it, but the second I clicked the button to pay for the tickets, I got really sad and wanted to cry. I’m very excited about the trip, but so sad about leaving my children for seven days. I love them so much! It will be nice to have some time with Jeff on a vacation, but I sure will be thrilled to come home to the kids.