Kiddie Fair

The first day in Portland we headed off to a fair which has been around since 1905.  Anyways...for 2 hours in the AM adults are free and kids under 6 can ride anything they want, as many times as they want.  

Scott's favorite was the giant slide.

Sydney loved the cars.  She took her ride very seriously and kept both hands on the wheel at all times, 10 and 2.  

I just love this picture.  Sydney was the first one on and held her arms up until they put down the green bar.  You can see the girl on the end watching and raising her own arms.  Eventually a few others copied as well.

Bunk Beds

Since Sydney has spent the last several months sleeping in Scott's room on an air mattress we decided to make a bunk bed purchase.  It didn't seem likely that Sydney would be leaving his room anytime soon so it seemed like the next logical step.  They trade off top bunk every other night.  One day Sydney will realize how great her big brother is...he lets her sleep in his room AND shares the top bunk with her!



One last paint...

It's days before our trip to Portland. 

When we get home it will be crazy busy getting ready for back to school.

So let's get painting!

Gather your materials...rocks, check!

Scott asks for every single color in the paint stash. 

He uses one - black.



Dry your painting so you can add more...

It took too much effort to dry so there was no more added.

Sydney's Rainbow (actual title)

Don't forget to paint your nails.

Whew!  I think we (mom) is good on painting for awhile.



2 wheels in 1 try

Today the training wheels came off Scott's bike.  This is the first video of Scott trying to ride.  I didn't even get the part where Eric was holding on.  I'm not even sure if i saw that part.  It happened that fast!

Over the next 30 minutes he perfected his stop and was finally able to get on and start the bike by himself.  

Here is his perfected stop.

Honestly it couldn't of happened any other way.  He knows when he can do something without injuring himself which is wonderful because if you've ever been around him when he's gotten a teeny-tiny, often invisible to the naked eye, boo-boo...  

Biggest Bubble Bath

After swimming with jello you are a bit sticky.

Solution: bubble bath

Well we were downstairs and the actual bubble bath was upstairs so I poured in some body wash.  Then I poured in a little more and some more and why not more?! 

I don't think this girl stopped laughing...

No, that is not a real razor.  

Shaving cream on one side yet she's shaving the other cheek.

Mark another off the list...

Right now I live vicariously through my kids' lives so I thought they could help me check one off my "goals for my life" list.  Seriously I think I made this list in high school.  See that pretty design on the back?  A mother of 2 does not have time to do that.  And yep, there it is...number 10 on the list...sit in a tub of jello!  Check!

6 boxes of lime green jello...

My new shadow

It's happened slowly over the past many months.  Jack has come out of his shell.  He has taken over as my shadow since Ally has been gone.  He's still hesitant of loud noise, aka children.  He religiously jumps on me about 5:15am every morning, purring and kneading.  He loves to sit on the lap top you might be trying to work on and most nights he sleeps in the bed now that he doesn't have to fight a dog for space.  

Perhaps one day people will know we have a cat...