Ten on Ten

Ten on Ten
the idea: "take a photo once an hour for ten consecutive hours on the tenth of each month. document a snapshot of your life and find beauty amoung the ordinary things of your day"

Disclaimer: I am not pregnant. But someone I know is!

Jessi is here!

My cousin Jessi is here visiting for the week from the Tri-Cities before she goes back to school soon. This is her third summer spending a week with us and the girls LOVE IT! We went for a total adventure today. The girls are wiped out and are asleep in the car right now. I thought I'd blog this while I have the chance, especially for our family who will love to see the pictures.

Last week my friend Stacey told me about the King County Water Taxi that runs from Alki Beach to the Seattle Waterfront. You can ride for $3 (the kids are free) and then $1 back. It was really fun and I totally recommend it.

After getting off our taxi we walked up the stairs to Pike Place for some pears and flowers.

So, I'm totally embarassed that my 2 year old knows Hannah and Troy. I know, its so bad but such a funny picture.

Back to Alki for $1.

A picnic and fun on the beach with our cousin! Today is Ten on Ten so stay tuned this evening for my 10 pictures on the 10th....these aren't them.

Lollipop Lollipop

Okay, so I admit, I don't normally take my children to the playground with huge lollipops in hand. But today I decided to take them down to the school and let them have at it with two huge suckers. It was mostly out of boredom but I am also trying to capture some cute photos for a craft project I'm working on.

Here are some factors that I wasn't considering when we headed down for the photo shoot:

1.)They had just spent the night at Grandma's and stayed up an hour and a half past their normal bedtime (or at least that is what she reported to us).
2.)They did not take naps...I tried to make them both but neither one actually fell asleep.
3.)Wipes...I didn't bring any.
4.)They knew I had the lollipops all along so I couldn't get any photos before they were totally sticky.
5.)Kyla does not understand the concept of a sucker. They should call hers a biter.

I'll remember these things for next time (if there is a next time).

Old Navy

Yesterday we went to Old Navy to see if there were any new fall clothes. There weren't. But we did score 5 clothing items for $9.50 total. Pretty good. Heidi was oblivious to the screamin deals because she was engrossed with the manikins. You know the ones they have at every Old Navy store front and talking in the commercials. She did not want to leave their side and was very happy to pose for a picture with them. I'm sure the employees were weirded out by us. Oh well.

No Bite Tonight!

If you don't already know, this week is SHARK WEEK on Discovery Channel. So I've been watching shows with names like Deadly Waters, Great White Appetite, Top 5 Eaten Alive, and Sharkbite Summer. I normally do not like to watch ANYTHING scary or bloody. But I do LOVE to watch shark shows. I don't know what it is but they fascinate me.

Last year I did not allow myself to watch any of Shark Week because it was my first summer of triathlons. I have a fear of swimming in any body of water that is not chlorinated. So I thought I better leave the shark thoughts out of last year's already nerve racking open water swims (as irrational as they may be).

I couldn't resist this year though, I caved and have watched several. The Danskin Triathlon is 11 days away and Nichole and I thought we ought to practice in the lake at least once before the real deal.

One thing I have learned from all my documentaries is that sharks often mistakes a swimmer in a wetsuit for a seal. Eeek!

I know these fears are totally ridiculous out here in Lake Sawyer but none the less. I can't help but let the thoughts and images creep in.

We did it though & next week I'm sure those fears will make me even faster!

We brought Chelsea along as our photog. Isn't she cute?

Weekend Update

Casey was gone so we had a few adventures of our own this weekend. Saturday afternoon we headed to Salt Water State Park with Enzo and Taryn to play in the sand for about an hour. It was pretty crowded and the tide was in so we didn't stay long but still a fun outing. Here are a few cute pictures from that.

Sunday, after church we got ready to go to Tiffany's bridal shower. Kyla is the flower girl in the wedding and so she got to attend the shower. She asked to have her hair curled so I obliged. Heidi of course wanted hers done too. So we used real hot rollers on Kyla and the ones from the play beauty shop set on Heidi. They loved it.

How fun to drink OJ out of special glass. As you can see, the curls are already gone. This girl has stick straight hair.

A classic bridal shower game...make gowns out of TP. Here is Chelsea, Morgan, and I with the real bride to the right of me. Corinne was on my team and she came up with the concept of my onsamble. Click here to see my faux wedding booty. Pretty funny. We won!!!

Binky Update & Best Friends

Well, no more binky has turned Kyla and Heidi even more into besties.

The two of them have been playing, laughing, and snuggling non-stop for the last few days. They did this previously but it seems like even more since last week.

After night one of binkyless crying, we decided to distract Heidi by letting her sleep in Kyla's room in her big girl bed. It worked and they both loved it. That is what has been happening all most every night since. I'm still deciding if I want to make it permanent yet or not.

Still not napping though. I'm going to keep trying.

As I type this...I can hear a fight brewing. I might have jinxed all the sweet sister play with this post. Uh oh...gotta go.