week 18 in pictures

sunday: dave and shane went for a bike ride around lake samammish, and layla put the idea into micah’s head that he wanted to go along. so dave pulled him in the chariot. all. the. way. it was quite the ride, but micah did great. he was loaded up with books to read and his leapster to play with. they also stopped for ‘refueling (snacks) at a gas station and micah got to eat some oreos, so he thought it was the greatest ride ever! they all made it back in one piece – which is always my concern! at the end of the ride, shane took off and beat dave home by a good 10 minutes!

monday: watching my kids eat spaghetti is way more entertaining than it should be.

tuesday: finally made it to costco to pick up my pictures. I usually go every week and pick them up when I shop, but with everyone being sick last week, I didn’t manage to get there.

wednesday: the cherry trees by the library are in full bloom!

thursday: not really, but I needed a picture. dave was tackling our room (as in, packing, cleaning, sorting, etc.). he took apart our bed frame and while he was doing all of that, he tossed all of our pillows and bedding into micah and layla’s room. ginger found it to be just the place to lay down and get cozy.

friday: so… I hate to admit it, but with all the packing and sorting and all of that going on, paired with the fact that almost all of the toys are boxed up, my kids watch way more tv lately than they should… this picture is added somewhat sheepishly!

saturday: here we are, watching the mariners beat the twins in a safeco field suite! someone donated a suite to the church and it was first come, first serve for the tickets! we snapped up 5 of them right away! (notice what my brainwashed daughter chose to wear to the game…)

and then there are the instagrams… not quite as many this week, thank goodness!

and then I have a bunch of pictures that I took at the mariners game on saturday. I got a pack of design G of becky higgins’ PL photo pocket pages. I love these pages because they have some of everything. on each side, there are slots for 2 horizontal and 2 vertical 4x6 prints, as well as 2 3x4 (or 2 journaling cards). I also love that they are 10x12, so they will sit slightly inside the edges of the 12x12 regular pages, which makes it kind of clear that they belong ‘inside’ the week in which they are sitting. if you don’t get it, don’t worry. I do, and it’s my book!

next week should be interesting… packing packing packing… and we move on saturday!

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first day of school

so, we started school today. this is a big deal because it is OUR first day of official homeschooling. you know, here. at home. most everyone reading this is already aware of the fact that shane has been homeschooled since first grade, but that he has spent the majority of that ‘school’ time, with my mother as his ‘teacher’. this was a fine arrangement, she was willing and more than qualified, and he was learning. but for a variety of reasons, not the least of which being my mother’s current cancer issues, it had become clear that it was time for me to take over. AND,with layla being 4 now, i really wanted to do a little bit more preschool stuff with her. being a little bit of a chicken flake, i (with much urging from my loving husband) decided the best route to go would be with a packaged curriculum. i figured it would be the most time-effective way to cover what we needed to cover, and be somewhat dummy-proof, but at the same time, having the option to supplement with as much

i have "done something"

about shane's room. if you notice over there on my BIG FAT TO DO LIST, for ages now, i've had "do something about shane's room" on the list. and it has sat there on the list, doing nothing. well yesterday, we "did something". i couldn't put "clean shane's room". that wouldn't really cover it. i wasn't sure exactly how to phrase what is was that needed to be done in there, mainly because i don't really know the proper grammatical term for "set off 4 sticks of dynamite followed by much jackhammering and industrial vacuuming". needless to say, it was a pit! every saturday, one of his chores is to clean his room. but at this point, that was just putting clothes in the basket, books on the shelf, toys in bins, etc. anything else was WAY too big of an undertaking for a 9 year old boy on his way out the door. sadly, i didn't think to take a 'before' picture, so i didn't bother with an '

for my not-so-american friends

i didn't have an actual roll w/ the green plaid on it, but i found a refill and an empty roll in my junk drawer (yeah, i know, that should tell me something). but even the empty one says 'scotch' on it. there you go! SCOTCH TAPE!

project life 2014 week 3

monday: every time I get out of the shower, this cat is waiting for me, so he can get in and lick up the water off the floor of the shower. it’s his favorite way to get a drink. cats are weird. tuesday: this cracked me up. had micah at the grocery store with me and he spots the produce scale. so of course, he wanted to weigh something. he went for his little donkey kong lego toy that he had with him. tuesday: this is my parents’ cat, beatrice. she is small and feisty, and has the prettiest eyes ever. she’s not so fond of it when I come over to make up beds, and usually finds herself made into one because she refuses to move. wednesday: layla has been very interested in all things domestic lately, and really wants to learn how to cook. so I told her she could start helping me make dinner. this night, it was homemade, cheesy mac & cheese with ham and peas & carrots. she did almost all of it herself. from boiling the noodles, to cutting the cheese (yes, I did just say that), mi

Micah’s Birthday

This kid had the audacity to turn 13 yesterday… As was expected, I was a bit of a hot mess about the whole affair. Here’s his “last day to be 12” photo. He ran out of fingers a couple years ago, so taking a page out of Shane’s book, he borrowed a couple of feet from the cat to make 12. But, not too old to choose Lucky Charms for his birthday breakfast. He got his happy birthday facetime call first thing and got to open his gift from Gramma and Skip while they watched… He’s had a boom box on his list this year. You might remember that 2 years ago, it was a Walkman. The obsession with 80s audio continues. Gramma found this one and it seems to fit the bill. Looks totally retro, plays and records tapes but also has radio AND a USB port so he could use some modern tech with it, as well. So, he spent the morning taking advantage of the birthday allowances of not having to do his weekend chores and lifted time limits on video games… all while listening to the radio or one

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