Back in Time

Because I was such an awful blogger this summer, I am going to go back in time and share a few of our adventures during school vacation. Dan was working on the 4th of July, so Lori and Erik along with their kids, as well as John and Sue, came over to our house for a BBQ and then we walked down to the Lynnwood fire work show. Cerise was quite scared before the fireworks and I almost took her home, but once the fireworks started, she was in awe. The anticipation of what was to happen was much scarier than the actual event. We had a great time although the mob of people leaving after the show was a bit chaotic.

Arizona Trip

I just spent 9 days in Arizona with Tristan, Lindsay, and Logan. Unfortunately, I arrived with a cold and felt pretty miserable for the first couple days (this is my third trip in a row to Paul and Amy's where I have been sick with a cold!!!) but we did manage to go see G-Force at the theatre as well as hang out at the pool. The kids had already started school, so during the day I spent time at the pool and also ventured out to the Outlet Malls. We celebrated Logan's birthday by going to Peter Piper (very similar to Chuckie Cheese, but much less annoying and noisy) and we also went to a school fundraiser at Baskin Robbins. I discovered that I don't remember how to do 7th grade math anymore (I must have known how at one point) which I hope didn't ruin Tristan's grades for the week. We also had a Friday night movie at the house and watched Open Season which made me feel right at home since that is what Tobias wants to watch over and over again. I missed seeing Mimi and Chu-Chu by 2 days :( but needed to get home for the start of school for Tobias. I can't wait for the next visit so I can see those babies! Come up to Seattle and see us, Amy and Paul!!!!!

Shocking News!

Yes, this may come as a shock to most of you - our family has adopted a cat. I can't believe it myself. About a month ago, a cat showed up on our deck and the children (darn them!) let him right in. He has not left since. We even went camping for a weekend and he was still here when we returned. So, being the sympathetic person I am, (yes, really I have a sympathetic side) I bought it some food especially since it was looking quite thin. Every morning when we wake up, the kids race to the back door to let the cat in and it is chaos from then on out. They laugh, scream, and chase the cat - it happily obliges them - and when things calm down it sleeps for several hours wherever it can find peace and quiet. I finally broke down and took it to the vet because I imagined all the diseases that it was exposing my lovely hyper children to. Ugh is what I said when I saw the bill...... The cat is still here and according to Cerise and Tobias it will stay forever. That remains to be seen, but for now I am taking extra allergy medicine and gritting my teeth. Oh, and the children named him Bill.

Rock Star Cerise!

And now she is singing P!NK. Don't mess with this girl!!!!

Cerise has discoverd REO Speedwagon! Actually, this song was at the end of the Horton Hears a Who movie and she loved it. Her words are a bit off, but if I think you'll get most of it. Here's the real words for those of you who were so unfortunate as to never know REO Speedwagon:

And I cant fight this feeling anymoreIve forgotten what I started fighting forIts time to bring this ship into the shore And throw away the oars, forever..........

Check out these singing kids!

Check these two videos out. My friend Cindy had this posted on her facebook page and I thought it is too good to pass up. How I would have loved to have a music teacher like this one! And the kids are great! They are a group of fifth graders from a New York City Public School.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IL0aDXekfyM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_tcE4rWovI

Bowling

For Terra's birthday, we were invited to go bowling! Tobias had been bowling one time before, but this was Cerise's first time. They were both so excited to go. They both think they are experts at bowling (thanks to Wii bowling!) so I was just a tad worried that they might get frusterated at how much harder it is to really bowl. For most of the game, Tobias had the high score but Dan pulled ahead at the last minute. Here's a few clips of them in action. I made the mistake of holding my camera sideways while I videoed, hence the sideway shots. I can't seem to find a way to turn them 90 degrees. Ugh!!!! And yes, Cerise yells, "What the heck?" after her throw.