Summer Blitz

D: I want breakfast burritos with eggs, flashbrowns, and no meat!
Me: Done!

J: I just need short pants!  (aka shorts)

J: I want the upgraded glass!  (meaning he wants a tall glass)



D: This one is all aired-ed out.  (deflated)

D: Are you gonna steering wheel the car?

C: Adult Swim isn't really inappropriate, it's just stuff kids aren't interested in.

Me: That's because it's inappropriate for kids.

D: I am still hungry. My tummy wants something like... potatoes.

Me: Today is a good day for you to make money.
C: How?
Me: I dunno. That's what your zodiac says.
C: GIMME ALL YOUR MONEY!

C: Root beer is made from the roots of Angry Orchards!

J: We got beer ice cream!  (root beer floats, lol)

D: If guys drink hot chocolate, then it gets warm out. If guys drink water, then it just gets too chilly.

Eating Lucky Charms ~
J: I eat all the bad ones, and all the color ones too.

Waking J ~
J: Just 5 more seconds!

J completely circled the pool by holding onto the edge ~
J: I'm America's Ninja Warrior!


(8/22) Work day for Dad & me today, and the boys were with Amanda and got to go to the beach.  I went out and cleaned up the landscaping at the old house tonight after work.  I think the boys got the way better day!


(8/23) Work day for Dad & me today, and the boys were with Amanda.  I went over to work on the old house again tonight.  Three garbage cans full of ivy, and I am finally done. I won't miss taking care of that landscaping.  Inspection Thursday... cross your fingers!


(8/24) Work day for Dad, and the boys and I hit the gym for Zumba, grabbed subs, and then headed to Flowing Lake with Sarah and her boys.  The temp was perfect to take our chairs out and park them in the middle of the swimming area to chat while all the children swam & played.  C spent the night at Jor's tonight, so once the twins finally went down, it was pretty quiet.


(8/25) Work day for me, and Dad had the boys. The twins and Dad helped a friend shop for a car in the morning, and C was returned in the afternoon.  I met all the boys at Sushi Spott for dinner tonight, and it really did hit the spot!


(8/26) Work from home day for me, and Dad had the boys.  I got off a little early today so we all could attend the adoption party for the siblings of our teenager.  I'm just thrilled for their family!  We brought the teenager up too ~ it's always great to see her! She starts school next week, as well as turns 15.  Gulp! Not sure how that happened.


(8/27) C had hockey tryouts this morning, so went with Dad to those, and then over to Dad's fantasy football draft.  I took the twinsies to the gym, and then to the park.  It was cold out, so we stopped for some hot chocolate on the way. After lunch, I picked up C for the second round of tryouts. They ended up starting 30 minutes later than the email said, and C was just in no mood to play this afternoon.  He said he hates hockey, and ended up sitting on the bench for most of the session.  I did make him go through exit interviews, because consequences, and then we came home. The whole process took *forever* and I was beginning to question my sanity by the end. We got home, the littles had dinner and were put to bed, and I clocked off for the evening.


(8/28) The boys and I headed up to Nanan's to pull up the carpet to get her house ready for new flooring. We met Uncle Jake there, and then went back to his house to have some play/chat time.  So nice to get together ~ we don't see each other often enough!  We met Dad back at the house and he had dinner ready for us as we walked in the door.


(8/29) Work day for Dad and me, and the kids were with Amanda.  D rediscovered his "TiVo" today (aka Leapfrog pen for reading).  He sat contentedly on the couch while the other two boys engaged in WWE smack-down, living room style.

(8/30) Work day for Dad and me, and the kids were with Amanda. Dad made tacos tonight, which the boys inhaled.  The twins treated me to a rendition of It's Raining Tacos. They now know all the words.


(8/31) Granddad and Grandma took us to the aquarium today.  It was a typical drizzly Seattle day, so an indoor activity was perfect!  The boys had a blast - we kind of zoomed through the first time, stopped for a delicious lunch of fish n chips (though I admit, it felt weird to be eating fish there!), and then went back through for a closer look.  Tonight I went to orientation for the twins' pre-k class.  It's gettin' real!


(9/1) This morning I worked at the preschool and helped get it all set up.  It's really coming together and starting to look like a preschool!  (The location has changed, so this is a brand new spot for all of us.)  We are on our way to Lake Chelan today, and since we couldn't be there until 6pm to check-in, we stopped at the fair.  The boys all won swords in a fishing game. J and C did bumper cars with me, but D wasn't quite tall enough.  We went through the fun house though afterward and loved that!  J insisted on doing the roller coaster at the end, and we had enough for just one more ride, so I took him on it.  Dad said he looked bored from down below.  Once we had consumed all the traditional fair foods, we headed to Chelan.  We stopped in Wenatchee for dinner at Sonic, and sugared up C til he was practically buzzing.  We got in about time for the twins to go to bed, and they had a hard time going to sleep, but eventually did.


(9/2) It's chilly, but gorgeous here in Chelan today!  I took D out to the playground while the boys played their video games. It started to cloud over this afternoon, so we checked out the indoor pool and hot tub.  After swim, we went into town and had ice cream at the Lake View Hotel (which was one of Gordon Ramsey's re-dos).  So cool!  Then we grabbed a couple of movies and movie night treats for tonight.


(9/3) Beautiful morning today!  I took the boys out to the playground and we played a round of mini golf.  When we got back to the condo, we had lunch, and then headed up to the outdoor pool.  C immediately found a local friend ~ he has a knack for that.  Dad headed home after swimming with us for a while, since he has to work tomorrow.  Womp, womp.  After we were all pruney (or as D says "crooney"), I took us back for a run into town.  We picked up another movie, some popcorn, and root beer float fixins. After dinner and the movie, I sent the boys all outside with their swords to battle each other, and get out of my hair for a bit.  They ended up in the lake for a sunset swim.


(9/4) Today we hit Slidewaters.  The boys had a blast!  D rode down the first water slide on my lap and then was good to go.  He did all the beginner/intermediate slides by himself, and raced C a few times.  C was all over the park.  He did the big slides, tube rides, and would come back and hang with us in the lazy river.  J was insistent that he was not going to ride water slides and only wanted to hang in the kid area. After we had lunch, I scooped up a screaming J and took him down one of the beginner slides.  We got to the bottom and he was ready go again. And again. And again!  His favorite was one of the intermediate slides, White Waters.  I lost count of how many times we went down.  At about 3pm, I hauled them out of the water, so we could head toward home. It was a very fun vacay!


(9/5) Happy Labor Day!  We're appreciating the typical cloudy weather back home on the west side of the mountains.  We've been so busy lately, and a down day sounds fab.