I love you a bushel and a peck...: September 2009

Monday, September 14, 2009

We had a blast with the Parrishes in Yellowstone!

Saturday, September 12, 2009

Picking flowers...

I had fun trying to change the color balance on these pics of Emma and Liv. While I still don't really know what I'm doing with all the editing, it is fun to mess around with one picture to see how the image changes...

Fun with Grandad, Nana, and Uncle Robert

We had a wonderful time with Uncle Robert, Grandad and Nana at the Tracy Aviary. The kids had their fun feeding the birds, and we met up with uncle Rob at the park after that. What a great day!

Isn't it fun to see the Ward family resembelence?

Friday, September 11, 2009

A Day at the Zoo!

We had oodles of fun at the Deception Park Zoo with Myles' work. The kids had a ball. We'll be back soon.

Berry Pickin'

We get such great berries in the Northwest. It has become a tradition to go berry picking for strawberries, raspberries and blueberries every year. We've found some fun farms, and the kids look forward to see how full they can get their buckets. We picked 12 pounds of raspberries this year and 11 pounds of blueberries. We had a blast, and then got a real treat: Myles made raspberry jam. Thanks, hon!

Fun at the fair!

Daddy Jeff and I were able to take the kids to the fair this summer. While it is nice to have another teacher friend to do things with in the summer, we both wished Myles and Lalisha could have joined us. The kids had a blast petting animals, riding rides, and hangin' out with horses. Lucas and Addison even joined in a tractor pull!

Kid-isms

When we asked Alivia what was on top of Mt. Ranier, she replied: "Mush. Mush cold wike [s]now."

Liv likes to say GUTS like Ramona does. I told her her guts were her insides, that everyone has them. One night I tickled her guts, and she cried out, "I can feel the seeds in my guts!" So cute; she thinks her guts are like pumpkin gusts therefore she must have pumpkin seeds insider her own guts.

As we are setting up the Nativity, Alivia saw the shepard and shouted, "Mary, Mary with her lamb!"

Addison says that Jesus is a little closer to home on Christmas.

Myles was asking the kids about helping to crack the eggs for our french toast. Liv declared that she knows a lot about eggs and Addison knows 'little bit.' She held up 5 fingers for a lot and 2 fingers for Addi's 'little bit.' Needless to say, she got to crack the eggs!

Alivia has learned to lock her door. Yes, I will be changing the knobs, but for now, I'm forced to use a pin. Yes, we've talked about how she's not supposed to do that, but when does that ever stop a three year old. Yesterday, while I was trying to unlock her door, I said, "Alivia, if you don't unlock your door now, you will lose a toy." She pushed a book underneath the door and said, "You have this book. It in time out." She didn't unlock the door.

I reminded Addison about Jayden's upcoming party at Chuck E. Cheese. I was surprised to see a worried look on his face.
"Mom, I'll go, but I don't want to eat the cake."
"Why not?"
"I don't like cheese cake."

I drove home today right when Addison was walking home from school. As I turned onto our street, I saw a little boy peeing in the road into a drainpipe, pants around his ankles. He heard the car, looked up and grinned. "Mom, that makes the best sound!"