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woggle goggles

gog.gles n pl : protective glasses set in a flexible frame that fits snugly against the face

kyla is crazy about goggles, or as she likes to call them "woggle goggles." the swimming lessons that she previously attended insisted on their necessity. now, she will no longer swim without them. last time she was to go for a swim at grandma's house she refused to get in the water because she did not bring her pink goggles. you can imagine my dismay when we were twenty minutes away from home on our way to our first day of new swimming lessons and i realized the goggles were back in maple valley. we made a quick stop at the local big lots and came out with these crab cuties. they were a hit! especially because we got taylor matching crab woggle goggles.

Summer To Do List

My friend Lisa's Summer Bucket List has inspired me to make a to do list of my own for this summer. Not a traditional to do list of tasks that are mundane or chores but a to do list of FUN activities to do with the girls before the weather turns back to cold and drizzly. This is what I have so far. If you want to join us (if we know you and like you) for any that sound particularly fun let me know or if you have ideas of additions that need to be made tell me that also! We are trying to keep the costs levels down and the fun levels up so keep that in mind and anything that makes for a good picture is a plus. I know not everything will get checked off this list but that's okay. If we accomplish one or two a week we'll be HAPPY!

* Go to the movies (the free kid kind).
* U Fish at the Olsen Mansion (this would be a good one with Daddy).
* St. Edwards Park in Kenmore....we've heard nothing but good things.
* Go back to the sprinkler park! Bring your water shoes, its a little dingy but still fun.
* Story time at the library for days that are not the most sunny.
* Visit the Renton and Maple Valley Farmer's Markets.
* Remlinger Farms. Not the cheapest but we didn't make it there last year.
* Camp in a tent in the back yard.
* The Little Farm at Windwater in Auburn (thanks Lisa- looks fun)
* Swim Swim and Swim!!
* Get the boat out of the garage and try out the new tube that we got for Christmas.
* Lots of bike rides with the new bikes.

This picture screams summer to me. I love it.

We Love Dad

Taylor, Carrie, and Crystal

Right now as I type this Kyla and Heidi are playing Taylor Swift and Carrie "Woods" (Carrie Underwood). I happen to really like Taylor Swift and have all her CDs. We listen to them in the car and Kyla knows most of the songs. That is how they know about Taylor Swift. Carrie "Woods" on the other hand? I do really like her too but we don't really listen to any of her CDs on a regular basis. I'm thinking they got it from their little friend Addison who loves CU.

Kyla: "I'm Taylor Swift and this is Carrie Woods"

Heidi: "I Carrie Woods!"

Kyla: "We will do a show for you, come on Carrie Woods"

Heidi: "Ok Taylor Swift"

Too funny. I'm pretty sure Heidi doesn't know who either is but she's going along with the game. I was thinking..when I was little what singers did I like? I'm not talking 4th grade Paula Abdul but 3, 4, and 5 years old? Then it hit me. I LOVED....

Yep its true. I'm pretty sure it was the long hair that got me.

She's...

Our little Heidi Hosers is 2 today!

I can hardly believe how fast one year has gone by...

..let alone two.

Heidi is so much fun these days. She's talking up a storm and is so stinkin cute. Her and Kyla are playing so well together and are turning into great little friends. Kyla is teaching her new things everyday.

(this was not my idea)

She has always had a cute little voice and she is using it a lot. She loves to say "I missed you" and "I love you" and we think it is adorable every time. And her "Thank you God" is pretty darn cute too. She has a little sense of humor and thinks Kyla is hilarious. You should see her dance. We love our little Heidi.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HEIDI BABY!

The "Big Show"

Today was the last day of Dancing School and so the girls got to perform their ballet, tap and gymnastics for us. It was pretty cute. Every once and a while the girls would catch the right step but mostly it was a free for all. Kyla loved that Heidi, Grandma, and I were there watching and she would randomly run to us in the middle of the show and give us hugs and then run back to her place.

This is the whole class after they received their medals and got to individually stand on the big platform. Kyla loved this part and gave a great big "ta da!"

Heidi of course wished she could be out there dancing and tumbling with them the whole time. At the end I distracted her by letting her think she was video taping.

PIXIE

Yep, that's her name. Well, it wasn't this morning but now it is. We changed it this afternoon. She's so fun and we love her. She reminds of old Jam Cat a little bit. Sometimes Heidi (who really shouldn't even be able to remember Jammer) slips and calls her Baby Jammer. She is super playful and has followed the girls around from the moment she got her. She is not afraid of their constant attention at all. In fact, she plays quite nicely...

Casey hasn't gotten to see all 3 girls interact yet. He got home late last night after they were already in bed and then off to work before they were up. I can't wait for him to see how much they are in love with her tonight.

What a great kitten. She doesn't mind at all when Heidi wraps her up and holds her like a baby while they watch their shows. This afternoon she took a nap with Kyla in her bed. Heidi said "crib mom" wanting Pixie to take a nap with her but when I said no (I think that might be a bit too much) she looked sadly at me and said "please mom." So cute. She loves her.

Hopefully we enjoy her this much for years to come. I'm going to be hard core and not start any bad habits with this one :)

meet the newest addition...

She doesn't have a name yet but she's fitting right in. Heidi especially loves her. She isn't shy at all and has followed the girls all around the house. Notice they decorated her house with Dora stickers. More details to follow once we give her a name.

P.S. If you have a cute name idea. Leave a comment.

The girls and I were trying to come up with ideas on the way home. Zoe, Annie, Minnie, Dinah, Daisy, Frankie???

scratch patch

A fun new place to take your kids, The Scratch Patch. Ya ya and I took the girls to this little find by Greenlake. Its pretty cool. There are two separate rooms where the floor is totally covered with these shiny mineral rocks. You can walk, sit, (or lay) on them. Each girl got a little bag to fill and take home. They have been playing with their rocks at home today. Kyla has some in her pockets as I type this. I would think it would be even more fun in a couple of years when they could really get into which rocks they were choosing. Yesterday they kept filling the bags and then dumping them out and filling them up again. All the rocks were pretty though. I've attached the website below.

www.scratchpatchusa.com

Street Rats

Yes, that's right I said Street Rats! That is what the local car club is called that hosts a car show behind the Covington Walmart every Friday night. Oh yeah...we went!

Casey's two uncles took their classic cars and we took the Dodge (it technically isn't ours but it lives in our garage). It was a fun Friday night out. I will say, Heidi enjoyed it MUCH more than Kyla. I think she might actually have a future as a car model.

"Our" 1965 Dodge Pickup

Biddy's Convertible Corvette

Cary's 1970 GTX

To see all 3 pretty cars in a row and the girls camped out in their lawn chairs like real Street Rats click here.

(Jess, make sure you show Grammie this one.)

Splish Splash

Chelsea and I took the girls to the Lake Wilderness beach park. We have been really enjoying this HOT weather for the last couple of weeks and have been including a water activity every day. The girls love it. As soon as we got there, there was NO hesitation. They jumped right in.
Heidi kept doing this. She would say, "Look Mom!" and then bend down and get her hair wet in the water. Of course her head is touching the dirt here. The water isn't even an inch deep. You can imagine how dirty she got.
She literally did this twenty times.

She would stand up and swing her wet bangs into the air and laugh every time.

Before we left for the Beach Chels pulled this brand new SUPER CUTE swim suit out to show me. I almost said something to her about how she might not want to let Pearson wear it. I knew these girls were going to get so dirty and sand is so hard to get out of a swim suit. But I didn't say anything. Look how cute she is in it.

It turned out to be fine because Pearson, unlike my girls did not get anything dirty but her feet. Even that was not her favorite at first. She was so cute walking around with her sippy looking at Heidi and Kyla like they were out of their minds.

I tried to convince them that this would be a great idea but no one fully bought into it. Kyla did put her leg in the sprinkler but no one would run through.

I have a feeling we'll be spending a lot of summer days at LW gettin' dirty or as Kyla would say playing in the "muddy mud."

Oh Happy Day

Crafty!

I "crafted" something and I think its super cute (if I don't say so myself). I made some really cute headbands and clips with these felt flowers from the scrapbook store. Super easy but I just love them. I'm now on the look out for more cute things to make hair accessories with. You'd have to pay $12 bucks for this at Gymboree. I think this one here was probably less than $1 to make.

This is Kyla checking out the penguins at the zoo.


Heidi isn't much of a headband girl so she got a clip.