PIANO!!!

I'm so excited. By the end of next week, if all goes well, I will have a beautiful piano sitting in my already over crowded living room. My grandma decided a while ago that she was going to give me her piano. It's currently sitting in her living room in Idaho. I made arrangements a couple of months ago to have it moved here, we are closer to Idaho now than I think we ever will be and I want to get it before we are living on the East coast again. I hadn't heard from the movers in ages and I finally found time, when I actually was remembering, to call them up and see what was going on. Happy day! they surprised me with saying it's scheduled for next week! WooHoo! (you can't tell I'm excited or anything can you?) I can't wait to start refreshing my playing skills.

Fun Times!

My dad was able to come visit, twice, for a total of about 2 weeks. We had so much fun. We were able to go do all the touristy things around Washington, well at least as much as you can with 2 young children that need to nap. Here is a collage of our travels. We took a day and rode the ferry up to Seattle. We also took another trip out to Ocean Shores on the Pacific Coast. We stayed the night in this great little hotel right on the beach. I would go back out there in a second. What a great area. We ate dinner at a quaint little Irish pub, so good. Charlie crawled all over the beach and got soaking wet and sandy. He crawled right into the ocean and let the waves lap around him. Leah and I built our first ever sand castle. Not the best, but it was freezing that day on the beach. My dad went out early and found dozens of whole sand dollars on the beach. They were beautiful. It was a great time. I can't wait to do it again.

Look at these two!

Seriously if they were dressed nondescript, I don't think you could tell them apart. I, sadly to say, can't pull up Leah's baby face in my memories. I remember her actions and personality, but I can't remember her face. I just happened across some pictures while I was cleaning up the computer and I think I found out why...they look too much alike. I tried finding pictures of them in similar poses. Without too much looking, because it's passed my bed time, I found these and decided I needed to take another 5 min and post the pictures for all to marvel over.

Long Absent

Life as a parent is tough, life is even tougher when you find yourself doing the job alone. I find myself incredibly busy now, some of it out of my control, a good portion of my own doing. It's good to be busy, it makes the time fly by much faster and I really want that right now.

Leah and Charlie are both doing well. I know I have pictures somewhere I should post, but you may have to wait for that. I'll see if I still have time when I finish writing this up.

My Dad has come for a visit and we have been having a lot of fun. So far we have hit the Farmer's Market, the book store, checked out the tugboats and gone blackberry picking. Leah is an excellent blackberry picker. Better than most kids because she won't eat the blackberries she picks. Doesn't like the taste of them. We had Belgian waffles with blackberries for breakfast this morning. Yum, Yum. It's fun having another adult around because I can cook again. We have been feasting my my house the last few days. I made some decadent crab cakes the other night. Thank you Erica for sharing the recipe with me! They truly are magnificent. I've had crab cakes from a restaurant and these top any I've ever had. I will post the recipe for all of you to try. I didn't take a picture of them because we were too hungry to wait for the perfect shot. I'm sure I'll be making them again soon and I'll try to get an appetizing picture.

Let's see if I can find some pictures I haven't shared with you all....

These are from our first trip to Seattle.

We rode a ferry there and back.

Leah had a blast on the big boat.

Charlie on the way to our first Ferry ride.

Charlie and Daddy on the Ferry

Leah playing in the fountains at the Ferry Station

Leah and Daddy on the Ferry

update

This is only a quick update. I hope to find time some night and give a good and proper one with pictures. I wanted to let everyone know we are all doing well. Charlie is on the mend and so am I. He ended up with an ear infection but we got some meds and now he's feeling much more like his old self. Leah skated through our colds without catching it. I'm glad for that. One sick kid is enough to deal with and Leah is not a happy sick kid, charlie is much easier. Well that's my update. Stay tuned for more...

Sick Babies

I hate having sick babies. It always breaks my heart to watch them suffer and not understand what's wrong. Poor Charlie, somewhere he picked up a bug, probably from Leah, but who knows. He started feeling crappy a couple of days ago and I caught it from him yesterday. It's not the most pleasant cold. He's in relatively good spirits, but I can tell he doesn't feel well. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day.

Reverisble Bird Seed Skirt GIVEAWAY!!!!

Reverisble Bird Seed Skirt GIVEAWAY!!!!

Such a cute skirt. I love these givaways. Maybe I'll get lucky.