Monday, October 27, 2008

Fall Fun Party


Friday night our church had our Fall Fun Party. The kids had a blast!!! Logan went as Darth Vader and Chloe went as SilverMist- a friend of Tinkerbell's. Chloe has 2 costumes this year so she will be wearing the other costume to another party this Friday. Logan has a hat that goes with his costume but he doesn't like wearing hats. It really wasn't worth the fight- as soon as I had it on him he would take it off before I could get a picture. I didn't really get any pics of Chloe because I never really saw her! One of our leaders wanted to hang out with her so off they went. Logan and I went to Kiddie Land where they had games and inflatables for kids under 5. Every year Jeremy is the MC and I help out wherever they need it. That means our kids are there from 5:30-9. Chloe played games for the first hour then decided to play on the inflatables the rest of the night. Logan liked the games because he liked getting candy. We made it into a few games before he realized what they were giving him. After that he was all about the games- and candy! The other hightlight for Logan was the KidZone band. He loves music and dancing so he really enjoyed them. I think he was the smallest one out there but he stayed for every song. It was a fun night. I know the Fall Fun Party is a lot of work for the Children's Ministry but every year they do a fantastic job with it.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Latest Obsession

I have always enjoyed doing some online shopping. There are just some things that I can't get here in Seattle. But lately, I seem to be doing it A LOT! I don't know why. I guess I just don't want to deal with the malls, or the kids, or driving to different stores. I get tired of taking the kids out of their seats, running in for a few items, then buckling them back in just to run down the road to the next store and do it all over again. And since our lovely Seattle weather doesn't make it pleasant to walk several blocks with 2 small kids, I have begun to resort to online shopping. Actually, I really enjoy it! I don't have to leave the house with the kids, TONS of places are doing free shipping right now, I'm not wasting my gas or my time. I just place my order, wait a couple of days, and the nice UPS man brings it right to my door :) I have a rule that any Christmas shopping that is not done by the first week of November will only be done online. I don't have to battle the crowds at the malls, I don't worry about an item being out of stock or out of a particular size/color/etc. and I don't get rained on! Although stores aren't too bad right now, I have enjoyed Christmas shopping for people from the comfort of my home. I did lots of shopping for the kids' fall/winter clothes online, a few things I probably didn't need, Christmas gifts, even some things I needed from Nordstrom I did online simply because they offered free shipping and I didn't have time to get what I needed. Currently I am still going to the market for food, but I bet if Stocker Farms delivered, I would do it!!!! :)

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

I know, I'm posting again! But I wanted to get this down before I forgot it. It's just a few cute tidbits about Logan. I haven't been feeling good lately but he has definately brought a smile to my face!

Every once in a while Logan will wake up around 8:30pm and want to be out of his bed. Last night was one of those nights. Occasionally I will get him out and let him stay up with me. Jeremy was planning on going to bed early so Logan and I snuggled up on the couch and he watched Marie Antoinette with me. He laughed when I laughed. He clapped with they clapped. It made my heart melt.

He is starting to repeat things you say. Some of it is still pretty mumbled but there are usually a few words we understand. I'm sure we are the only ones that actually understand him, though. For instance, Chloe is Ki-ee. Drink is Dink. Choo (shoe), etc. While Chloe was at school today, Logan snuck into her room and played with her toys. He showed me a Barbie so I tried to get him to say Barbie. It came out Boobie.

We were playing outside earlier and Chloe found a caterpillar. She was enjoying it, touching it, trying to get it to climb on her finger. I thought it would be cute to show Logan. So I brought him over to see it. I showed him how to gently touch it with his finger. He looked at it, looked at me, said "Oooooh." Then SMASH! He whacked it with a rock.

Tonight I had taken the trash bag out of the can and had it ready to take to the garage. I wanted to put just a few more things in it so I didn't take it just yet. As I was walking back towards the kitchen, Logan came around the island dragging the trashbag, saying "tash." He then helped me "carry" it out to the garage. :)

He also is into putting on shoes. His, Chloe's, mine, doesn't matter. The look on his face when he puts them on is so priceless. He is so proud of himself for putting them on! Then he walks around the kitchen stomping as loudly as possible.

Ok, this is the last one, I promise- for now. During the day, he will wear my ipod and dance around the house. One day I will have to tape him dancing, because it the funniest dancing every! It doesn't matter how fast or slow the song is, he bounces, spins, and bobs his head the same on all of them.

Ok, thanks for letting me have my Mom Moment.

Monday, October 13, 2008

Pumpkin Patch


On Saturday, we took the kids to a pumpkin patch just down the road from our house. It turned out to be a great day to go! It was very sunny but still cold. We got there early enough that most people hadn't ventured out yet. The Pumpkin Festival area had tons of things for kids to do: hula hoops, a corn box (instead of sand), kid crafts, bubbles, picture spots, inflatables, trout fishing, make-your-own-band area, hay rides, barrel train rides, hay bale jumps, etc. I think we played for hours!!! Stocker Farms also has a HUGE corn maze. Someone was telling me that a lot of people were being pulled out early from the maze because they would get so lost and then freak out. We decided to not to do the maze this year with Chloe and Logan. Maybe next year we will take Chloe and a few friends. When we were done playing, the kids got to go into the pumpkin fields and pick their own pumpkin. Logan touched every one we passed but never tried to keep one. Chloe, however, wanted all of them- one in every size, shape and color. Finally, we got her to choose one!
Stocker Farms has a great market with tons of fresh seasonal fruits and veggies. And it is completely chem free and not expensive! I think it might be one of my new favorite markets.

Nothing new to really tell right now. The kids are great, Jeremy and I are great. We are settled in and have adjusted nicely. We keep a pretty full schedule. I have 6 cakes over the next two weeks. Yay! Christmas money! Jeremy has lots going on with work. I still enjoy being home with the kids. I love that I can be home yet still make some money through my cakes. Despite the world's news around us, our life is really good right now!

Thursday, October 09, 2008

Pics from the last 2 months

Camping Trip

Bowling
Logan's New Ball Pit

Veggie Tales Live

First Day of School