Andrew

Andrew went through another one of his growth spurts where he wakes up and seems older/different. These are just a few things he's up to lately that I didn't want to forget.

Andrew has caught on to the fact that I like pictures... Last night, the boys sat together in our chair and Andrew asked me if I wanted to take a picture. He's done that to me a couple times, and who am I to turn down a cute offer like that?! : )

And he's into robots. These are a few examples of the ones he's been building lately. He plans to take them for sharing day on Friday. He's tricky because you're only allowed to bring one item, but these guys snap together, so he's planning to turn them into one to follow the rules but take them apart to be 3 when they play so he and his 2 friends can have one. Genius.

Andrew dressed up like Buzz Lightyear dressing up like a superhero today. He's such a goof.

fresh produce

Our garden is starting to produce! This is fun!

We're also hoping for peas, green beans, and carrots...we'll see.

just another {fantastic!} beach

Today we went to Chism Beach to catch the Blue Angels. We had a great time at the beach, but once you've seen the Blue Angles while standing on I-90, watching them anywhere else just doesn't cut it! But, since we can't do that, we'll take what we can get. And really, seeing them in the distance is awesomer than not seeing them at all.

slip 'n slide 'n splash 'n pool

We are taking advantage of every minute of sunshine! I picked this bad boy up at Safeway for about $6 - best $6 I've ever spent!

blue angels

We watched the Blue Angels practice today. The boys had fun, but I'm pretty sure I had the most fun of us all. I love the Blue Angels - love them!

we're lovin' the beach this summer!

We've been to more beaches this year then ever before and we're loving it! Andrew loves to be in the water and Mason loves the sand. (And just to be clear, Andrew likes the sand and Mason, the water, so really it's the perfect place for us to be!)

concert in the park

We headed to the Kirkland waterfront to see Recess Monkey this morning. I'd never heard them before, but the Leonardson's are big fans and knew we'd love them too. It was a very fun show and I'm sold. I now have two favorite kid bands and I've seen them both play here. Booyah!

A nice, natural smile from Andrew. : )

One of their songs is about jumping on the bed. It starts out slow so the band suggested the kids take a 2 minute nap to relax. : )

Even though the kids were done about 45 minutes in, we stuck it out for the full hour. I love live music, being outside, hanging out with friends and soaking up the sun - no chance I was leaving early! We played for a while before finally heading home for nap time. Fantastic!

play ball

Kai's tee ball game was at a school not far from our house, so we headed over to watch his game tonight. Cute stuff.

Andrew watched for a while and then asked to go to the playground. It had a ton of different version of monkey bars and he insisted on trying them all out.

we camped

We finally made it out for our first camping trip since having kids - it was fantastic! We went to Chelan (25 Mile Creek) with a group of friends and couldn't have asked for a better weekend!

I was pretty sure the boys would love camping since they both love being outside - the one thing I was worried about was bedtime. No need to be worried - they slept like champs!

Our tent became a bit of a bouncy house because we had 3 air mattresses and not a lot of rules about not jumping... We had three because we weren't sure what would happen at bedtime. Andrew has his own but has never wanted to sleep in it and we weren't sure what Mason would do, so we planned for all options. Andrew loved his bed so we basically all had our own mattress. We plan to get a sleeping bag for Mason for our next camping trip - we're pretty sure he'd sleep just fine in one.

We lucked out with a great campground - our camp sites were nice and they had a great swim area.

This creek was across from our campsites. It was separated by a little driveway/road that made a very obvious boundary for the kids but was close enough for us to step in anytime we wanted. On top of it just being really cool looking, we're pretty sure the sound of it is what helped the kids sleep so well.

At one point we had 7 kids between us. Jeannette thought it'd be fun to line them up by age, so of course I took advantage of the lineup. It turns out it's not real easy to get a picture of 7 kids.

Even though we've seen Charlie and Annie a few times over the years, this was the first time that Andrew and Charlie really had time to get to know each other and hang out. They spent a lot of time together and are slowly becoming bff's for sure.

Since we camped over my birthday weekend, Jeannette brought a s'mores buffet to celebrate! Andrew chose the classic, with a few m&m's on the side.

And I must say, it was one of my best birthdays ever!

They guys... I couldn't resist including my favorite picture of Krust. : )

Mason picked up this new trick today. It's a great way to end the trip - thumbs up. : )

give it time

It took a while, but we ended up with a pretty nice day today!

my advice: never leave home without your camera : )