I've realized that my girls are musical bed sleepers. I put them to bed in one place and then find them sleeping somewhere else sometime later. They also tried out each room and bed trying to find the perfect place to sleep. I was going to try and get pictures from each location but then we ran into some bedtime trouble....and we were all to exhausted for the next week to remember... It was still funny enough to document.

Summer Day Fun July 5-9

Recovery without visitors is slow-but there is school lunch every day, the library on Wednesdays, the Zoo, birthday parties and PETER PAN!

We have returned to the Cafeteria at the local school for "Hot" school lunch. It's a lot of hit and miss with the kids, but it's a fun social situation to run into friends and playing on the playground afterwards. Last year I struggled with monitoring to ensure that mothers were not eating or stealing their childrens lunch, but this year I've come to terms with it and have resolved to keep myself honest and support the government and appreciate that I don't have to make or clean up lunch.

We also returned to the Library where Miss Anita is telling stories and leading the kids in crafts. Tate wasn't feeling good which worked out well for me as he just wanted to sit on my lap the whole hour. The girls enjoyed the stories and coloring and putting together a paper train.

We also went back to the zoo to pay the rest of the animals a visit.

The Peacock was the animal/bird of the day. Tyler was our photographer: She couldn't get enough!

There are some beautiful bushes in full bloom

We caught the last half of the animal show in the outdoor ampitheater.

The zoo is always funner with friends so happy to go with Miss Genny & Elana.

Saturday Tate went to his 1st birthday party-an outdoor swim party with a big jumpy castle. The weather was perfect and we had a great time getting to know Kingston and his parents better. Only wish I'd gotten some pictures. It was nice to see another kid Tate's age-always makes me feel a little better about the developmental behavior of my lil guy.

The girls and I were treated to a Night Out to See Peter Pan. It was the first play they've seen and they Loved it! The music, the dancing, the singing, We LOVED It!

Cathy, SJ, Tanner & Leslie-

Afterwards the girls were able to get their pictures taken with some of the actors/actresses. I was afraid they were going to be a lil shy, and Tyler did fight with it...but she did it.

Smee-who was hilarious

Tiger Lilly

Peter Pan

Wendy-who had an amazing voice!

Tinkerbell

The Lost Boys

Thanks Cathy! We had a great time!!!!

Movie Clips-

These are a couple of our favorite moments from the 4th of July

Capturing Tate's excitement over seeing the Horses is priceless!

Just goofy real life fun in the Sprinklers

Playing down at the fountains outside the Children's Museum/Pacific Science Ctr

Too young for makeup

This last Sunday, Sis Haraguchi, a nice friend donated some old make-up for the girls to play with on their dolls. They had a great time playing while Tate napped,

I must have been very naive to think it would've stayed on just the dolls. I left for a while to lay with Tate and encourage a longer nap from him and I woke up to a makeover on not just the dolls, but my beautiful girls whom I now barely recognized...actually almost mistook them for raccoons, but my girls are in there somewhere.

Who am I kidding? This is how I wear my makeup and I taught them everything they know. :)

Singing Heads...

Thank you Grandma H for the Summer time toys-for those days the sun forgets to come out. Entertainment for hours....

(Singing one of the songs from the Movie, "Island Princess")

Many Faces...

The girls wanted to catch on film their different emotions and faces. See if you can figure out which face goes with which emotion. It'll pry be a good guide for me for the future.

Rainbows

I'm sure that in Tyler's Heaven it is full of Rainbow's and White pieces of paper that are just waiting to be painted on.

The Results: McKenna's & Tyler's (Bottom) Rainbows

Tangled-Girls Day Out!

For New Year's John treated the girls and I to an afternoon out...to the movies. Disney's Tangled Movie came out last November. The girls and I have been itching to go but have "patiently" been waiting for the dollar show. I was thrilled to be able to spend the afternoon with my girls watching a girly movie.

It was a fabulous movie and we are excited to go back and see it again, at the dollar show. :)

John didn't fare out too badly-Tate woke up about the time we got out of the movie and we met them at our good friends the McClellan's for some pizza and to watch the Rose Bowl.

It was a great New Year's.

Girls Weekend!

What do the girls do while the boys are out of town?

1-We go to NW Trek to see the bears, the wild cats and dogs, and ride the tram to see moose, goats, buffalo, deer and elk.

Our tour guide & Barbie even came along

Our friends Trip and his Mom Tasha came along

Me and my Girls on the Tram!

2-McKenna had a birthday party for Natalie, a girl from school. It turned out to be a double birthday party for Natalie's sister who just turned 4 and so invited Tyler be a part of the party too. The girls had a great time.

They ate pizza, drew with sidewalk chalk, played at the park, had a scavenger hunt in the hay, and played musical squares. It was quite the party! The girls had a great time, and actually so did I-especially the part where I didn't have to chase an 18 month old around.

Natalie had a Barbie head cake & her sister had a Bear Cake

Interestingly enough McKenna ate the bear and Tyler the Barbie...made me chuckle.

3-Last but not least spent the weekend working to clean & Sanitize my house, also did the yard up real nice and cleaned the Van & Truck out. So many things more I wanted to get done, but I'm not complaining. It was amazing how clean my house stayed with just the girls and I. It was wonderful to actually fell productive during the day.

Tis the Season for Bunnies

As mentioned Grandma Harris made the girls a couple of petti-skirts. She also made them some shirts to follow and with accompanying bunny ears...well these are my kind of Bunnies.

Some of the best Hoppers in town