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spring break + pdx.

12 Friday Apr 2013

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Trains, streetcars, buses, light rail, Mythbusters at OMSI, Oregon Zoo, Powell’s, food, food, and more food. Our Spring Break trip was pretty great. Well, mostly pretty great. That’s another post, though.

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making dinner gangnan style.

10 Wednesday Apr 2013

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Just another night making dinner. (I’m can’t seem to insert the video into the post so just click on the link…)

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elves + jammies.

19 Wednesday Dec 2012

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Santa sent his elves doorbell ditching with their annual jammy drop off…

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happenings.

02 Monday Jul 2012

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We are two weeks into summer and have been going nonstop. Thankfully, we have a quiet week ahead with no camps or swim lessons. Z is hard at work this morning painting super heroes and the big kids are having some movie time interspersed with a lot of chores. Lucky for me, they are happy to be helping around the house because it means they are earning rewards. The promise of ice cream or a trip to Chuck E Cheese means I suddenly have kids who want to clean bathrooms, fold laundry, sweep, vacuum, and pick up after themselves. I think I may be a genius.

Z and A finished up two weeks of swim lessons last Thursday. They both did fantastic and got promoted to the next levels. A was especially thrilled to earn her swim license (meaning she can swim by herself at the pool now) and to jump off the high dive. Z has no fear of the water and his favorite part of class is jumping off the edge. Whether or not his teacher is watching, unfortunately.

Saturday we woke up early and headed to the annual Rotary rummage sale and auction. When the ropes dropped we all raced to get everything on our lists. A headed to the piles of skates and scored a pair of rollerblades for $3. J and I headed to the sports room where he found a lacrosse helmet and shoulder pads for $18. He then found a couple Nerf guns for $1 each. Needless to say, he was a happy boy. Z found a big boy bike and some new Hot Wheels. Mr. D found a hedge trimmer and leaf blower for the yard. Then we fought our way through the piles of tables in the gym and came away with a couple bagfuls of books. Nothing is as exciting and exhausting as Rotary. We love it.

 

 

 

 

 

three more days.

18 Saturday Feb 2012

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I can’t believe we are going to be on the road out of here in only three days. The movers come on Monday. It’s been a weird experience to not have to pack anything. But, packing enough clothes and Legos to last for a month (until our stuff gets there) has kept us busy. That and trying to clean the house while still living it. Which, quite honestly, is impossible on a good day, let alone when it needs to be clean enough to get our deposit back.

Z had his last Super Hero class (OT) with Miss Karen yesterday. It was so sad to say goodbye to her. She’s made such a difference in our daily lives. Life with Z is so much better now. He spent almost the whole session pretending that he was packing a big trip with “all our a lot of stuff” and taking it to his “new strange house.” I guess he does realize what is going on.

A and J had their last day at their great little school yesterday. I’m going to miss that place. Good friends. Amazing teachers. Staff who care about them. We went to the school auction last night where I discovered Mr. D* is crazy serious about winning what he bids on. My mom will actually have a birthday present next week and J was thrilled we won his class project. Wine, tacos, and great people – it was such a nice way to go out.

We get one last night with the Wiltsee Crew on Monday night. Pizza and beer. It should be a great time. And I’m not thinking about how hard it will be to say goodbye.

moving. again.

09 Thursday Feb 2012

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After 18-months of sunshine and life in the Bay Area, Mr. D* accepted a job up in rain of the Pacific Northwest. We just can’t seem to stay in the same place for too long. That’s how we roll.

This time it feels like we are going home.

My favorite part of the move is that we have movers and I don’t have to pack a thing. My second favorite part is that some friends offered us their ginormous house that sits on an acre of land. Z will have room to run. A and J can ride their bikes again. Everyone is looking forward to ferry rides, old friends and island life.

The sad part is saying goodbye to some great friends and a school community that we love. J is already sad about saying goodbye to his best buddy so we’ve been getting as many sleepovers in as we can. I don’t know how we are going to find a new OT for Z. No one can compare to his Miss Karen. We have friends at church who we love and will miss tremendously. I don’t know how I will survive without Heidi, my go to BFF for last minute kid pickups and nights out at the wine bar.

Bittersweet seems to be the operative word.

no one is ever eating on the couch again

22 Tuesday Nov 2011

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pumpkin patch outtakes

09 Wednesday Nov 2011

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pumpkin patch time

31 Monday Oct 2011

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This year we managed to hit not one, but 4 pumpkin patches.

Z and I got invited to go along with the kindergarten classes because he has “Pez” (J‘s teacher from last year) wrapped around his little finger. After some hay bale climbing, cow milking, farm animal petting, tractor riding and potato digging action, he got stung by a bee. We hit the road shortly thereafter since he quickly developed a fear of anything small and flying. Although, at one point, Z managed to highjack my camera and take some pretty amazing pictures of me…

This may be my new favorite picture of myself.

This is definitely one of my favorites of him. Love those boots!

Last week J‘s class went to another pumpkin patch and Z and I tagged along. I’m not sure if the highlight at this one was feeding the horses or watching the kids scream in disgust as they tried to feed the cows…

Those cows had some seriously huge, slobbery tongues.

This weekend we managed to make it to two pumpkin patches in one day. The first one was near our house and involved…

an incredibly expensive session of bounce house jumping,

crazy wooden cutouts that have nothing to do with fall,

and pumpkins that were even more expensive than the bounce houses.

After a few tears when we informed the kids there was no way we would be paying $25 per pumpkin, we headed up the highway to farmland and the best pumpkin patch yet.

The pony rides were the highlight. (Really, how could they not be?)

Z tried on a pretty stellar hat.
Biggest pumpkin she could carry!

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10 Wednesday Aug 2011

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I guess this is one way to clean the fridge out. Also, I thought Pyrex containers were supposed to be pretty much unbreakable.

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mom of 3 stellar kids. wife of mr. d*. coffee addict. jesus follower. book lover. baker. traveler. wine lover. wannabe photographer. michigan football fanatic.

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