All Dressed Up and No Place to Go.... Yet.

Ken is preparing to play in a now annual alumni football game for Mesick. This last week before the game they are practicing quite a bit. The kids have taken quite an interest, especially in the gear. They'll have to wait until Saturday night to see Daddy take the field.

Blue Skies and Brown Eyes

Owen had a visit with the pediatric eye doctor today and the report was good! YAY!

The day was completed by some quality outside time. It was finally warm enough to let the kids play in the sprinkler today.


Lucy is picking up several words a day, and can even put some 2 and 3 word phrases together. She likes to say "six-it", "wush", and "onk! onk!". Any guesses on the meanings? :) Her other favorite activity is coloring, which she will do for 30 minutes at a time, long outlasting her brothers. This morning, unfortunately, she thouroghly colored her belly with navy blue marker. It required a full out bath to get it clean enough to put clothes on.

Owen is doing remarkably well with wearing his underwear. He is now at the stage of potty training that every time he sees a bathroom, he says he needs to go. He is now working on earning a trip to go bowling. He loves riding his bike and playing catch.


Mitchell is riding his bike nonstop and playing catch as well. He loves Bakugans. He asks lots of questions about everything. Typically he is very helpful, but he's had a very rough few days with me lately. He is growing like a weed.

Our garden is growing pretty well; we've already picked some zucchini. I'll be trying my hand at Dad's zucchini bread recipe here soon. Hopefully I'll remember all the ingredients (haha).

It's supposed to be relatively warm here this week (70s, maybe even an 80!) but fall-like again next week, so we'll be out enjoying the weather while we have it.

Go, Cubs, Go!

Our trip to Chicago was fabu-tastic. Friday we hit the Shedd Aquarium, and then had dinner at a great Italian place downtown. Saturday we hit an art fair on Michigan avenue before lunching and going to the game. Cousin Manders joined Ruthie, Ken, and I and we all made our way to Wrigley. Ted Lilly pitched a beauty and the Cubs won 5-3 over St. Louis. YAY!!!! This night was capped off by dinner at an awesome Japanese/Sushi place -- even cousin Matt joined us for the feasting. As if dinner wasn't enough, we walked over near the water tower place and managed to partake in some serious chocolatey ice cream goodness at Ghiradelli's. If ever there was death by chocolate.... it was last night. It was an admirable way to go.

Happy Campers, Big Bikers, and Proud Parents

Last week was a busy one, but fun despite the Seattle-like conditions. We had 5 days straight of 55 degrees with rain. Normally prolonged rain and 3 children = disaster; however, with the boys going to day camp, it made the best of a dreary situation. Mitchell spent all day at Camp Torenta each day, and Owen attended a preschool program for a few hours twice during the week. Good experiences were had and the boys are already asking to go again.

I woke the kids up to go watch fireworks at Linda's house on the lake. Very nice also. The next day Owen repeatedly asked me if I had really woken him up for "something special at Linda's house" , as if he thought it was a dream.

Saturday we headed to Chuck E Cheese, as Owen had earned his potty training goal. Very fun. Next goal=bowling trip.




Sunday Mitchell and I went to pick out his big 2-wheeler, the prize for mastering biking without training wheels on his little bike. He picked out a "cherry red 2-wheeler" and described the day as the best ever. I can just hear Dad saying, "it just doesn't get much better than this..."

Lucy is trodding along. Interesting tendencies... loves to play with shoes, but most often refuses to wear any shoes outside. Her current favorite phrase is "fix it". Also--freaks out if she is wet. She will repeatedly say wet as she tries desperately to remove the offending article of clothing. She also can now take her own diaper off (cringe).

Fun news--This Friday Ken and I are headed into Chicago for our now annual trip to celebrate our anniversary. We will as usual be able to enjoy a Cubs game (thanks Lee!) and we will even get to meet up with Ruthie and Amanda. YAY. I think the Harry Potter exhibit is also on the to-do list for the weekend.