"Oone" (Phone)

For some reason, last night, Jensen would not go to bed unless he got to take my cell phone (the "One" in his words) with him. So being the great parents we are, we conceded. Yes, our son slept with his binky, his blanky, an empty cup (he cuddles it after he drinks his warm milk), and my cell phone. About an hour after he had fallen asleep, I walked by and heard this muffled half-asleep, half-awake "one?" "One?" I go in there and he's searching for it in a stupor. I re tuck him in with the "one" in hand and he's a happy little camper. This happened a couple more times throughout the night. Joe and I couldn't help, but laugh. Now the question...does anyone have an extra un-used cell phone??? I'd like mine back at some point!

Little Stinker

Jensen has turned into a bit of a "Stinker" lately. Always climbing-yesterday it was on the kitchen counter. Still not sure how he managed to get up there since there was not a chair/stool/etc. in sight. Into everything, including my make-up, lotion, brown sugar. The bad thing is...he's just to darn cute to get mad at. If we tell him "NO" in a firm voice, he turns his head to look over his shoulder and looks at us with these devilish little eyes, from the corner of his eyes.

Today, we were playing in the backyard, I had stepped inside to refill water bottles, when Faith starts screaming at the top of her lungs, "YOU'RE A BAD BOY! A BAD, BAD BOY!" I run outside to find Jensen laughing hysterically at about 10 of Faith's stuffed animals that are now floating in the pool. You see, the problem is, Faith thinks these animals are "real." And her "friends" don't know how to swim. Uh-oh! Faith and I did manage to rescue and resuscitate each and every one of her friends. I did manage to snap a picture of a few of the last victims when Faith wasn't looking. They are currently lounging in the sun with a cold beverage in hand, while the "BAD BOY" is napping. Oh wait. That's my day dream sneaking in there. At one time or another each of Faith "friends" have gone somewhere with us. At this time, there are 4 buckled into the back of the van. She dresses them up, names them, plays with them, changes their clothes, changes their names, takes them on walks, etc. I was never a "stuffed animal kid," so it's not something I can relate to, but I do think it's really cute. And hey, these "friends" give me one more excuse when we are running late. Oh, and waiting on those little buggers to all be buckled in has made us late before!

Different topic. Remember in my last post (just yesterday) about the poop issue. Well, it happened AGAIN today. This time thankfully we were outside. Jensen's came walking over with dog poop on his bare foot. Problem is we don't have a dog! Apparently, his waterlogged diaper fell off, he pooped, and then stepped in it. Thank goodness we were outside. I sent Faith in for soap and scrubbed him down in the hose. Not his favorite shower, but it worked!

Funny Faithism: "Daddy, there's a giant spider in my room! Don't worry it's just little. It's a mama short legs!"

Fun Day

Today was one of those perfect days, with just a slight "bump" in the road. Faith and I were up bright and early and enjoyed breakfast outside in the crisp temperature. After breakfast Faith was working on painting on the deck and I got some housework done while Jensen was still asleep. I love mornings like this. Then...Jensen woke up. In less then 3 minutes he managed to wreck havoc on our peaceful morning. I got him out of crib and took his anchor-like diaper off. He went screeching down the hall, bare buns, to see what Faith was up to. Upon coming out of his room with a fresh diaper I notice a GIANT turd on the living room floor. Faith didn't think this was so cool and her "foot soak" (in the living room) was upset at this time. While I'm cleaning up the artifact left by the little one, he proceeds to dump the bucket of water all over the coffee table and carpet. I manage to get him in a fresh diaper and send him outside with Faith. Look out the window and he's painted himself and finished off his morning work by dumping the paint water (black) over his head. Lovely Jens. A morning bath is a great idea, but let's work on the quality of the water. All I could do was laugh at this point.

However, the "bump" passed quickly and we had a great day complete with haircuts for the kids, lunch with grandma, a trip to Louie's U-pick corn, and ended the day at a concert in the park. Great day!!! I've included a few pictures, but didn't manage to capture our morning on film.

Funny Faithisms lately:

Yesterday, as were passing DQ: "Phew. I sure am hot! Why don't you swing on into Dairy Queen and pick me up an ice cream."

While Watching Olympics: "I'm going to win a medal for Gym-Nasinecs." (our friends last name is Nasinec)

Watching the Sunset: "Look everyone! That's God smiling at us. He's telling us he loves us!"

"People get old and their hair gets short and then they go to heaven."

"I'm going to wear my dukini (bikini) today."

(Almost) Camping

Don't know why, but we have yet to brave camping this year. Possibly the ongoing morning/all day sickness I've had. It's so much more fun to lay around on the couch and feel sorry for yourself for weeks on end. Nothing like it.

The first weekend in August, Joe's cousin was home (Tacoma) visiting from Wyoming. The family was all getting together at Alder Lake, near Eatonville for a camping trip. Joe couldn't go, but I had actually resolved to camping by myself with the two kids. Must have been some sort of psychotic moment or something. I figured it couldn't be too bad with grandparents and other relatives there. Plus, I didn't want his family to think I'm a total whimp.

So, I packed the kids up and headed to Eatonville. Only to discover that grandma and grandpa had no intention of actually camping at the lake. Yeah me!!! We were just going to drive up for the day/evening since it was less then 20 minutes away. None the less, the kids and I got the whole camping experience minus sleeping in a tent and attempting to get two kids to sleep while in the great outdoors. We swam, had a campfire, played in a camper, dug in the dirt and came home plenty dirty and stinky. What a fun day we had with the cousins!!!

Water Slide Fun

Our good friend is on bed rest with their third little one. We had their kids to play for the day and borrowed their water slide to add some variety to our water toys. The kids LOVED it!!! I always thought these things would be such a pain, but it was super easy to set up. I'm hooked and could totally buy one now! I seriously, had to drag the kids off of this thing for lunch, and later for a break from the 95 degree sun. Faith has loved having the girls over often this summer. She's always asking for "little people" to play with. Guess I'm not that fun!

Ephrata Water Park

We finally ventured the the Ephrata Water Park this summer. It's one of our favorite places to go with little kids. It's cheap (5 and under free), not crowded during the week, fully fenced, has a playground/big toy, and has the perfect water activities for little kids.

My friend Andi and I were trying to dodge the Ellensburg wind so we checked the weather forecast, which looked great (78 and 3 mile winds), packed up the kiddos and lunch and headed on over to Ephrata. Get there. Freezing and windy. Oh well, the kids had a great time, which is what really matters. Their lips didn't stay blue for too long after! :)

The Flu

May seem like an "odd" thing to ask for prayers for, but the flu has been going around our house since Wednesday night. Wednesday night, after going to be (of coarse) Jensen threw up all over and continued through the night. He was fine by the next afternoon. I was next to follow Thursday-Saturday. I thought we were all in the clear and have totally disinfected EVERYTHING. However, after going to bed tonight, Jensen has once again thrown up EVERYWHERE (down the wall, on the carpet, all over his bedding and crib, in the crack of the baseboards) you get the picture. Please pray that our family is healthy soon and that Faith and Joe remain unaffected. Between morning sickness (which is still going on at 14 plus weeks) and the flu, we have had our fair share of vomit for awhile.