party!

We had three birthdays to go to this weekend. Unfortunately we were only able to attend two. One was my Aunts 60th, the other was a preschool friend of Veda and August's. We went to this really great park with huge open spaces and a creek. It was actually pretty nice out too.

On the bad side. I have this awful feeling like I'm about to catch a cold. You know that weird feeling when you swallow and a mild head ache. I also am feeling really tired and skipped my run today ( oh darn ha ha)
Anyway I have a shoot tomorrow, that should be fun. I hope the weather is nice so we can be outside. My most fav place to take photos. Gotta love the natural light!

funny kids..

How funny is that picture. It is from at least a year ago, but still makes me laugh. Then there is this other one...
Rosa dressed Auggie up one of Auggie's first ( of many) girl attire dress up days. He came down the stairs like this ha ha. Funny part is it is a sparkly headband on his chest
Today, after getting after the shower, my hair was wet and not pulled back and August goes "I don't like your hair like that mama" I said I know, because he always says he likes my hair in a pony tail best ( who knows why?) So then he goes "It hurts my feelings mama, when your hair is like that " What? So of course Rosa and I start laughing quietly. Then later when I was changing his diaper he tells me his diaper is too tight and it hurts his feelings. ha ha He is so funny and so doesn't get it. How do I explain this to a 2.5 year old? The thing is he is slightly serious so it makes it hard not to giggle, plus I don't want to ...hurt his feelings by doing it :)

snow?

Yes we had a record breaking late snow this weekend. I'm so over it. I ready for warm weather!! In one day we had hair, snow, slush..you name it. Luckily by Sunday we had more mellow weather. YIPPY!

On the running front, it has been bad. When I got back from our water park trip I ran across the street to get the mail. I felt a snapping sensation in my knee. It hurt for a couple hours then felt o.k. The day after I went to run across a grass field the day after and my knee felt really weak. So I took a week off. I did go to the gym but took it easy and did no weight baring stuff on my knee. So I'm behind and I don't know if I can get back to where I should be..since I have been a bit behind anyway.. We will see. I have a run scheduled Tuesday and I will go from there.

Does anyone watch Saturday Night Live anymore? I have been Taping the episodes now. They are REALLY funny. Amy Poehler is hilarious! Her and Tina Fey are also in a new move together called Baby Mama. It look so funny.

Great Wolf Lodge

That is where we went. We had a lot of fun. The Great Wolf Lodge is a huge indoor water park. There is a kid's story time in the HUGE lobby at 8 pm every night. They have a pretty neat arcade and 4 places to either eat or snack. They also have a teen area which we never saw. It has a wave pool and 5 plus water slides. Plus other water areas. It has a area for pretty much every age child. Unless of course your afraid of everything that concerns water like my Rosa. Ugg you would think that giving her swimming lessons would lesson the strange fear of water..but no..cause first you have to GET in the pool. She LOVES the beach. Will jump waves and wade all day long. It is mostly pools. I thought since this place has kid areas that are about mid calf deep she would be happy. Lets just say the buffet made her smile more ha ha.
The drive was only around a hour an a half from our place. A nice get away on a cold rainy day.

So trying to take a picture of Rosa's beautiful eye lashes tonight..I say "Rosa keep your eyes closed so I can get a pictures of your lashes" This is what she does...

Meet "Man"

SO this is August in his new obsession, a adult size ball cap that Sebastian owns and doesnt really wear. Like I posted before he wants to be called "man"



HEAT WAVE! O.k well sort of. It is April in Seattle and 74 today! I kid you not my kids and their friends are outside on the trampoline in bathing suits! They have the sprinkler going under it to add to the fun. I LOVE this weather. It makes me want to be outside soaking up the sun.

We (actually that would be Sebastian) managed to take out the old "Bee" tree outside..now we are wondering if we should build a playhouse for the kids or plant another tree or garden. It really opens up the place to have it gone, and adds a lot of light. While I'm not huge on taking out trees, the bees LOVED this tree. In the early summer there were hundreds. I could hear the buzzing from the kitchen window. We had thought there was a nest but no, they were there for the flowers. This causes a problem since I'm VERY allergic to bees. I have a Epi pen and everything. I have only been stung once to my knowledge when I was 3. I can still remember my mom grabbing me and putting me in the front seat of the car. She drove as my eyes swelled shut. I can remember being confused as to why I could hear but not see. She said I had hives all over too. They gave me two shots in the hospital. I still cant believe I have not been stung again..yet.

Binki boy

I started this One photo a day for 30 days.. I'm not quite ready for the 365 days yet. Anyway I'm doing over on my flickr account if you want to check it out.
Not much going on today..I may try to blog later when something neat-o happens :)

Exciting day!

Well for my girls anyway. They got to finally change their earrings. They got them pierced about 3 months ago, and now they can put different earrings in. They were excited so I bought them a couple of pairs of earrings.

Well I'm still running.. I did 5 miles yesterday. It was hard. I mapped it out on "map my run" which was nice. The bad part was I put a big hill in the beginning..not so fun. I am beginning to think I wont be able to run the whole half marathon. Who knows... I don't really want to quit, but I also find it hard to believe I will enjoy running for 2.5 hours.


In other exercise news. I'm teaching a yoga for kids class at Rosa's school. I thought it would be fun. I have never taught yoga before. I have only taken the classes from other people. These are going to be k-2 graders so I don't think it will be very hard. I have checked out a few books from the library to aid in my instruction. Rosa is super excited and wants to be my helper! ha ha.

Spring day..

It's spring, its Seattle, therefore its raining.. Yesterday was so nice. I took the kids to a park to play with their little friend. My friend(mother of their friend) and I thought how ironic it was how the kids had the most fun running down the hills, collecting rocks on the hike, and splashing in the water fountain when there was two huge climbing play toys at the park as well. They did play on them, but I swear I saw the biggest smiles when they found wishing rocks and were speeding fast down the grassy hill.
I had big plans for today. I was going to start digging up my shade garden. I already ordered 30 plants for the area. I'm not sure when they will arrive, but I want the are to be ready for planting soon.

August has been sleeping in lately. We all get up and he is still snuggley in the bed ( usually my bed) I'm thinking he is growing. While I love to watch him grow, I really love his silly talk cuddly phase he is in. Yeah he is mischievous and naughty at times, but I just love my little 2.5 year old. I have said it before, sometimes I wish I could just freeze time. That or go back and visit the kids at each age again. It goes so fast.

miss you girls

I spent most the day with August. It was nice to have one on one time with him. He is such a sweet boy...Usually
I do miss my girls. They are visiting my mom and will return tomorrow. It's SO quiet in the house with one child.
Tonight at bedtime. I was reading to August from a book called "Where is my friend?" . He really likes it. So I ask him what animal is on each page. He will ALWAYS get the Zebra right. He can guess most of the animals, the more we read the book. The funny part is, if it is a animal that he has forgotten its name. I will say "what animal is this" and he goes "It's NOT a Zebra" that way he is always right! ha ha Takes after his mom..or maybe his dad..depends on who you ask I guess~!

Bad day in pet land.

My poor Rosa came yelling from her bedroom that Moonlight and Goldie ( her fish) were acting weird. I go up there and Moonlight is starting to float on his side.. I tell her he is dying and she starts crying so hard. Within about 1 minute he is dead. So I take the bowl downstairs and think maybe something got in the water because the other fish is acting weird. We quick put new water in a bow, treat it and put the live fish in there. I start cleaning out the fish bowl and can see that Goldie is also going to die. I tell Rosa who is outside burring Moonlight. She starts to cry again. Then she asks if it is her fault. I tell her no, that maybe there were sick to begin with. She has not had them for very long... So a sad day for Rosa. To top it off I go to hug her and notice her ear is red. Her lobe is a bit infected where her ear was pierced! She goes "This is the worst day EVER"

I was able to take a few pictures of my sweet nephew yesterday. He is SO CUTE I can barely stand it.
Nephew with my dad.

hmm

I swear I think of the best posts when I'm lying in bed or out running. These really intelligent and poignant things to blog about.. Then I get home ( or wake up) and I can only remember a fraction of what I wanted to say. Maybe I should jog with a mini recorder ha ha ha.
So instead of something deep I'm posting a few pics of my little ones. Nothing outrageous, just some silly ones I have.

Rain rain go away..

Yesterday I was tempted with sun..today it is all about rain. I don't mind rain usually, but it is REALLY cold out too. That is not a fun combo. Make me want to sit inside and eat warm food and read or watch TV.

So today there was a door to door person at my door. Usually i do not answer it. Unfortunately he saw me in the big window by the door. He was about college age maybe..probably 20ish. Anyway he started on his LONG no break monologue about what he was selling. Magazines to help inner city youth.. Of course I don't want to be rude. I completely believe in the cause. BUT I hate people pressuring me to buy things. Whether I need it or want it or whatever. I feel door to door as well as phone solicitation is really a invasion. It makes me feel uncomfortable.
I do give and try to help out with programs and charity. A little here and there. I don't need someone to make me feel uncomfortable or bad because I didn't choose their cause (telemarketer!).

I understand that people who work for the telemarketing company are just doing their job. I am polite to at first when I say "no thank you" If they don't get my drift after my first no thank you, then I have the right to hang up. Which isn't my style really, but neither is being nagged about buying or investing or whatever they want from me.
Then going back the the door to door sales..why on earth do people still do that? It seems it could be dangerous even for the salesperson as well. I don't want to be a prude or live in this lifestyle where I'm scared of everything.. At the same time, I don't want to set my self up to be in a dangerous situation either. I have kids to protect as well as myself.
So this turned in to a vent..oops. It was on my mind though.

TV, Parties, and Sugar

So I used to be addicted to Law and Order. Mostly the original and criminal intent. I had to stop watching it because it started giving me nightmares. Seriously , like creepy Law and Order murder freaky nightmares. So of course I stopped watching them... But its back. My DVR is now recording two episodes a day. I LOVE this show!! ( coming soon crazy scary dream posts! ha ha)

Rosa's parties went well. Of course like always I forgot my camera for a celebration or gathering. Seriously unless its at my house, I always forget to bring my camera to birthday parties or events! I will paint a mental image for you.. A bunch of silly cute 5-7 year old roller skating to Journey..eating pizza and waisting dollars at the graby arcade game.( you know..make the claw grab a toy behind the glass) Then in lieu of a gift. The girls all brought a bunch of stickers and we passed them all out and they had a big sticker exchange. I think it was a hit! Even my father in law who came for the party strapped on some roller skates! Very cool!


Easter was fun too. I ate a ton at my Aunts and the kids had fun playing at her house. There is a lot of space for them all to stretch out and just be kids. August didn't really get the whole finding eggs thing very stimulating, once he found there was candy in his basket.. Sadly I must admit he ate almost all sugary foods that day. Seriously he was a boy obsessed. I had to detox them from sugar the next day. Of course I am doing my part by decreasing the amount of chocolate and sugar around the house..yum!!

Its going to be busy.

Well It is going to be a busy weekend starting today. We are going to dye eggs tonight and hopefully make a cake for Rosa's kid party tomorrow. She is going to have a rollerskating party. If I'm a good mom I will bring my camera and have pictures to post Monday.
Then Saturday night we have to buy or make ANOTHER cake for her family party on Sunday. It will be a Easter brunch/ birthday party at my Aunts house. Should be fun for all!

WARNING! A disgusting picture ahead.

So last night I get a call from Sebastian from the ER. Seems he dropped an ax on his foot while breaking down a wall at work. ( He is a firefighter) He thought it hurt but thought not much about it. Later having to take his boot off he noticed there was quite a bit of blood all over his foot. The ax had sliced through his boot, broke and sliced his toe almost in half. YUCK! So he came home from work and has a few days off to rest and heal his toe.

Pork

So today I pick up Rosa from school, and were in the car driving home and I notice that she is laughing to herself in the back seat. I ask her what she is laughing at and she says "nothing". Um I don't think its nothing so I ask again. She says" I'm just laughing at a word I think is funny" What word I ask? "Pork" she says. SO of course I start laughing. Then she laughs and goes "Its such a funny word PORK, like when you say it a bunch of times PORK PORK PORK PORK" I agreed with her it was a funny word. Of course laughing to myself even more since it has more than "meat from a pig" meaning. HA HA I think she will find that conversation funny in 10 years!




I have been tagged by Jess for this next part of my blog entry tonight.
5 ( I say 5 cause I have so many kids!) Random things about my kids..

1. Rosa hums when she eats and is really enjoying it. It sounds like she is saying "yum yum" very nasally. Its is a little weird and funny at the same time.

2. Veda has never had a blankie or a paci. Her one "lovey" is my hair. IT started when she would nurse and my hair would be in her grasp. She would hold on to it while she nursed. This turned in to a twirling, twisting thing later. Now If she is tired she will sit on my or lay next to me and twirl my hair. She actually twirls my hair to sleep! She used to call "turl" and we all thought she was saying twirl. When really she is saying curl. She is "curling" my hair..which is already very curly ha ha.

3. When I work at August and Veda's preschool ( I have a co op teacher trade thing going on) Auggie calls me "Dani"

4. Auggie is completely afraid of our cat Piggy. He will scream and run if she is in the same hallway as him. In his defense She isn't the nicest cat. She keeps to herself unless she wants to be fed or let out. At times she has batted at him if he walks by too close too. This in turn has made him afraid of almost all cats now.

5. Rosa threw a few fits if she wasn't getting her way as a toddler, but she never acted out just to do so. She didn't draw on the furniture ( like Auggie) or spill things just to see what will happen ( like Auggie and toddler Veda). Or just destroy things to see what will happen ( like Auggie). She has always been a HUGE question asker. I think those answers were enough for her.
Hmm I tag Ida, Aimee, and Kristi !