Last night, I was really ready for the kids to go to bed. It had been a long day (not a bad day, just long) and I was running low on patience and energy by evening. This evening was completely different. Gerry made a tasty dinner, then Reed started asking for bath time, but it was way too early for bath so I told him he could play. He was being a rambunctious two year old and after asking him not to throw his slinky several times, he started throwing other toys. I told him, "It looks like you really want to throw some toys, let's go outside and play with a frisbee," and Reed was excited about it! I always feel so good when I come up with a good solution like that. Anyway, Reed and Spring and I all went outside and played with the frisbee. Then we blew bubbles and Reed thought it was really fun to take turns popping the bubbles with Spring. That made my day because we're definitely struggling with the sharing concept right now so if we could get good about taking turns, that would be good progress. Then we had a fun bath time, and Spring practically passed out after stories. I wish all evenings were this good!
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
I love it when it goes like this
Last night, I was really ready for the kids to go to bed. It had been a long day (not a bad day, just long) and I was running low on patience and energy by evening. This evening was completely different. Gerry made a tasty dinner, then Reed started asking for bath time, but it was way too early for bath so I told him he could play. He was being a rambunctious two year old and after asking him not to throw his slinky several times, he started throwing other toys. I told him, "It looks like you really want to throw some toys, let's go outside and play with a frisbee," and Reed was excited about it! I always feel so good when I come up with a good solution like that. Anyway, Reed and Spring and I all went outside and played with the frisbee. Then we blew bubbles and Reed thought it was really fun to take turns popping the bubbles with Spring. That made my day because we're definitely struggling with the sharing concept right now so if we could get good about taking turns, that would be good progress. Then we had a fun bath time, and Spring practically passed out after stories. I wish all evenings were this good!
Saturday, June 27, 2009
A visitor
We had a busy Father's Day weekend and I had a busy work week, so I'm just now getting around to updating. Gerry's unlce John came and visited us over Father's Day. Reed and Spring absolutely adored him!! 
We took him to the beach and made a trip to the Pike Place market, where we stopped for the obligitory pig picture! :-)
And we put uncle John to work too! Gerry's building a fence in our front yard. Here's what it looked like before John's visit.
And here's how it looks now! Nice work eh?Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Smooth move
Reed's not much a fruit or veggie eater, but recently we discovered that he likes to make smoothies and drink them. I figure it's a great way for him to get some balance in his diet. I can even sneak a handful of spinach into his smoothie without him noticing. So lately, we've been making a lot of smoothies around here. Reed was enjoying a blueberry, blackberry, banana smoothie when I thought it would be cute to get a picture of his smoothie 'stache. I ran for the camera and came back to this...
My mom asked "Aren't you glad you've got the hardwood floors installed?" Yep!!
Reed was holding one of Spring's teething toys which also got smoothied. Reed chose to lick it clean. No smoothie wasted there!
And we did get some good mustache pictures too. Fortunately, the whole smoothie didn't spill, only about half.
My mom asked "Aren't you glad you've got the hardwood floors installed?" Yep!!
Reed was holding one of Spring's teething toys which also got smoothied. Reed chose to lick it clean. No smoothie wasted there!And we did get some good mustache pictures too. Fortunately, the whole smoothie didn't spill, only about half.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Rejoining the world of the living
Long time no post eh? That's because last week, our whole family fell ill and it seems we've just now finally recovered.
It all started two weekends ago, with our first family trip (with the four of us) to Lake Chelan. Gerry and I were a little worried because Spring is a less than enthusiastic car rider and doesn't sleep well in the car. What baby doesn't sleep well in the car? Seriously, most people I know put their baby in the car to put them to sleep, but not our Spring... The thing that made the car ride survivable, was that I figured out how to nurse Spring while she was in her car seat. Comfortable? No! Easy? No! Private? No! (Until I finally got tired of staring out at the other cars and semis and put a blanket in the window.) But these are the things mommies do for the babies they love! And the bonus was that not only was she full, but she could fall asleep nursing as she loves to do.
When we got to Lake Chelan, Reed was okay, but by evening, he was really out of sorts. We thought he was just tired, but then I noticed a bunch of gunk in one of his eyes. That night nobody slept because Reed and Spring kept waking up unhappy. The next day, Reed had a fever and was fairly miserable. Spring was starting to get the cough Reed already had and my throat was getting sore. Great... It was not the successful first family of four trip to the Lake we were hoping for. By the time we had to go home on Sunday, Reed was doing a little better, and the rest of us waited until we got home to get really sick.
As you might imagine, we didn't take many pictures while we were there, but we did manage to get a good one of Spring and I with Hama.
It all started two weekends ago, with our first family trip (with the four of us) to Lake Chelan. Gerry and I were a little worried because Spring is a less than enthusiastic car rider and doesn't sleep well in the car. What baby doesn't sleep well in the car? Seriously, most people I know put their baby in the car to put them to sleep, but not our Spring... The thing that made the car ride survivable, was that I figured out how to nurse Spring while she was in her car seat. Comfortable? No! Easy? No! Private? No! (Until I finally got tired of staring out at the other cars and semis and put a blanket in the window.) But these are the things mommies do for the babies they love! And the bonus was that not only was she full, but she could fall asleep nursing as she loves to do.
When we got to Lake Chelan, Reed was okay, but by evening, he was really out of sorts. We thought he was just tired, but then I noticed a bunch of gunk in one of his eyes. That night nobody slept because Reed and Spring kept waking up unhappy. The next day, Reed had a fever and was fairly miserable. Spring was starting to get the cough Reed already had and my throat was getting sore. Great... It was not the successful first family of four trip to the Lake we were hoping for. By the time we had to go home on Sunday, Reed was doing a little better, and the rest of us waited until we got home to get really sick.
As you might imagine, we didn't take many pictures while we were there, but we did manage to get a good one of Spring and I with Hama.
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