Cute bum

Yesterday as I was trying to get Sabrina dressed (have you ever tried to snap a onesie while the toddler was crawling away?). As we were pulling shirts out of the drawer, she kept saying "cute". Then she sat down and started playing with the diapers by her dresser. As I was trying to figure out how to get a shirt over her head without her screaming or running away, she surprised me with another word. She pointed to a diaper on the floor and said "bum".

Our latest wanderings

We spent Thanksgiving week at the coast and had such a nice time. We relaxed plenty! Each morning we slept in as late as possible (7:30am with the kids), ate breakfast, slowly cleaned up and pulled ourselves together for an outing, took afternoon naps and stayed up late playing games. I've been feeling under the weather for about 3 weeks now so Rob was kind each morning to let me sleep in about an hour more than the rest.

The weather was nice but very foggy. We hiked a nice trail around Cascade Head (North of Lincoln City) but couldn't see much at the viewpoint. That's ok because Parrish had such a fun time tromping through the mud on the path and asking all sorts of questions like, "why are there trees?", "are we going to get lost?", "why do we have grass?". She's really inquisitive these days. In fact, the other day we were contemplating the meaning of Christmas and she said, "Christmas means carnage". I thought, "how did she come up with that?" Apparently she's watched the movie "Babe" too many times. However, in light of what went on this year on Black Friday, she's not that far off, sadly.

Back to the beach.......we also had Uncle Russ and Aunt Janell with us for half the week. While they were with us, the annual Nelscot Reef tow-in surfing Classic was going on. This event is world renowned and is called 48 hours in advance (read about it here: http://www.nelscottreef.com/). People from Brazil, Hawaii and other parts of the US come here to compete. The past 2 years we have been lucky enough to be at the beach when the event has been called. This year there was a lot of fog so it was hard to see the surfers from the shore. However, there was some burn-off by the afternoon so Russ and Janell watched for awhile. It's amazing the size of these waves. I get scared watching. The winner takes home $7500. Prizes for 2nd and 3rd aren't bad either.

There is always something I forget to take with us to the beach no matter how much we plan. This time it was the camera. I thought Rob packed it, he thought I did....that happens a lot. However here are some photo updates of the girls. Parrish in her usually goofiness and Sabrina showing us a big smile. Life is good. We hope yours is to.

High 5

Sabrina started giving me high 5's today. Unsolicited and totally unexpected. I think Aunt Janell has something to do with this. She watches the girls every Tuesday and Thursday when I go to work.

About typing on the computer with Sabrina in the same room.......I thought I was being pretty clever by placing a keyboard that wasn't plugged in at the front of the desk so when Sabrina came up to type while I was at the computer, she wouldn't inadvertently erase what I was typing. So, it isn't working. Sabrina has realized that something actually changes on the computer screen when you press the keyboard buttons. She was very frustrated with me today. Thank goodness for short attention spans!

Here she comes again, gotta go!

Parrish ran her fun run today

Archer Glen Elementary held their annual fun run fundraiser today and couldn't ask for nicer weather.

I got to the school just as Parrish's kindergarten class started their run. Parrish was fresh and strong with a big smile on her face. Parrish did great! She ran 5 laps in 25 minutes! Almost 2 miles. I think most of the kids ran the same amount, but I have no idea how she compared.

In one of these pictures you can see Parrish's 4th grade buddy. We can't remember his name, however! They set up a little buddy system this year for the kindergarten classes. They meet with them every week. I think it's just to help the kids feel more comfortable in their new environment.

Parrish said to me on the way home, "I did 5 laps and I'm 5 years old". Next year she's hoping to do 6. What a trooper.

Sleepy head

This is what happens at breakfast when you stay up all night partying and watching movies......



Ok, just kidding....I think she was tired because of all this activity........





The other big event this week was Parrish's first day of kindergarten! She asked me, "mommy, am I going to like kindergarten?" Of course, I told her she would love it and make all sorts of new friends. Pretty soon she'll realize that it's not preschool and she wont get to make crafts the entire time. But I'm sure we'll get through it. :)

Ahhhhh, back to getting some sleep.......

I have to admit, I have so thoroughly enjoyed watching the summer Olympics this year, but I'm exhausted! Even though we recorded much of the program on our DVR, we were mostly using it to blast through the commercials. I've turned into a huge couch potato in August. Thank goodness we had such rainy weather last week so I didn't miss much of the coveted sunshine we all wait for here in Portland.

Now things are coming to a close and it's bitter-sweet. We'll have to say goodbye to these games, but at least I wont be staying up past midnight anymore.

Now it's time to focus on celebrating Parrish's birthday and getting her started with Kindergarten! Shhhhhh, don't tell her she's getting a bike this year. It's about time she had one. We've been a little hesitant to get her trained on a bike because we live on such a steep hill. Everyone keep your fingers crossed!

Opening ceremony of Olympics on my Birthday

I have a summer birthday. For those of you who also have a summer birthday you probably understand me when I lament that my birthday is often forgotten. However, I must admit that I often get an email from a friend from my past that surprises me with a Happy Birthday message. How did they remember? Well, my birthday is on 8-8. This year is very cool because it's 8-8-08 and it's also the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in Bejing. But not as cool as when I turned 16 on 8-8-88. This makes my birthday easy to remember and adds a little fun.

This Friday, I hope everyone has a great day!