Leavenworth's Last Hurrah!

The Holstein property in Leavenworth has been sold, but before it changed hands we had one last family gathering. We had a great time playing lawn games, riding the tule trooper, hiking and eating! The weather was cool for memorial day, but we made the most of it and had a great time. I remember saying to my mother-in-law "why haven't we done this before?" The answer is obvious. It is a much shorter drive to see them in Maple Valley and if we drive to eastern Washington we visit my family. So good bye Leavenworth and hopefully we will welcome a Summit Lake house soon!

Say Cheese!

This is what Harper has started to do in response to "Say Cheese!" I LOVE IT!

The Accident

In preparation for Father's Day, I was taking pictures of the kids holding the letters "D" and "A." I gave Nathan a frame that holds three pictures for his first Father's day and each year have taken pictures of Baron holding the letters to spell DAD. This was the first year to have both kids in the frame. I was so excited, but the kids were not really into it.
Shortly after this picture was taken, Harper fell back into the bush. I picked her up and was brushing off the back of her head. When I brushed off what appeared to be a red berry blood started gushing from the back of her head. This was the first head wound on either of my children and the amount of blood made me freak out! I was yelling at Baron to follow me into the house. When the bleeding didn't stop, we walked/ran next door to our neighbor Rob's house. He is a fire fighter and I just needed reassurance that it was not as terrible as it seemed. I believe I was saying "Baron, HURRY - we need to go to Rob's house. Harper is hurt." He followed me in a two-year-old-hurry-speed. Long story short - she was fine and now we are good enough friends with the neighbors that they like to tease me about it. The best part is that the next day Baron hit his sister with a bowling pin and she started crying for obvious reasons. He looked at me and said "Hurry mom, we better go to Rob's house."

Oh the things we do...

We go to great lengths to entertain our children some evenings. Tonight is a prime example. Nathan stuck Harper in a tree to "give her a different view." She clapped like it was the best thing that had happened all day.

Of course if you do something for one child then you must do it for other - right?!! Baron is entertained so easily (and I love that about him because he makes me feel like a rock star as a result).
He didn't want to get down. He wanted to pose. I think this one I will save for his Senior year book.

Do you see what I see?

At first glance out our window I saw the two WSU symbols. Now all I see are the resemblance of the daddy daughter duo.

Friday the 13th

We were hit with some sort of flu. I can just look into their eyes and know they don't feel well.

That was a peaceful dinner....SHOOT it was peaceful...

Really Baron.? This time it was not just my fault! The kids ate fast and then wanted to play. Nathan and I were not finished so we sat at the table eating and having a nice conversation. All of the sudden we smelled a perfume type smell. Sitting (quietly) on the couch was our innocent 2 year old son with everything from my purse dumped onto his lap. In his hands was an empty bottle of smelly Victoria Secret (AKA super strong scented) lotion. In his hair was the majority of the lotion. The remainder was on his face, body, my purse and the couch. Will we ever learn that peace and quiet is a BAD thing when you have a curious 2 year old?

It's Quiet...SHOOT It's Quiet...

Slience and a two year old are never a good combination. I was starting to make dinner and the kids were playing in the living room. The diaper bag was also in the living room. How in the world did I not hear the loud noise from the velcro that shuts the bag? All I know is that I had this thought "Wow, it is quiet...oh no...crap...it is quiet." I turned around and this is not what I saw. I actually saw a half naked child, laying on his back with legs up over his head. He was applying desitin. It was not pretty. I could have freaked out that a Costco size bottle of Desitin was spread all over Baron. I decided to be thankful it was not all over my couch or his sister. He really was trying to use it in the correct application. So I tossed a wash cloth over his naked parts, grabbed the camera and then added Desitin to the Costco list this week!

When Brother Sleeps In...

Sister plays with his toys!