rachel's continued ramblings

week 10 in pictures

monday: micah’s favorite food in the whole wide world…

tuesday: his new favorite passtime… setting up soccer cones in ‘roads’ that he then ride through.

thursday: earning their keep! actually, the just wanted to help me clean so I gave them rags and a bottle of windex.

also thursday: at book club, ingrid telling her famous “making meatballs with the kids” story.

friday: a sunny afternoon MOMS Club park playdate. micah got hungry and wanted to leave, so his friend was kind enough to offer him some of her lunch to keep him there a little while longer.

also friday: layla at a pj party with the birthday girl.

saturday: a dry, sunny saturday meant the first mow of the season followed by fertilizer application!

just one skinny this week… micah was ‘on the ball’ at target. yes, that’s a plastic axe stuffed down the back of the shirt… pretty sure he’s a ninja.

and some little squares I will collage to put in the book.

book shots:

week 9 in pictures

sunday: micah and ella snuggling up during the children’s message at church. LOVE this!

also sunday: my sunday school girls working on arranging the words of their memory verse in the right order.

another skinny of my ss girls, plus one of micah doing some ‘weeding’ in my parents’ backyard. these will go into center slots.

monday: a nightly occurrence – dave checking shane’s math homework.

wednesday: tuesday evening, I found myself at urgent care due to a very unwelcome UTI.

thursday: for R week at preschool, micah’s class made a giant robot! isn’t it awesome? all those red dots are his doing!

friday: 10 year old dog snagging a frisbee out of the air…

saturday: we headed down to visit amy and meet her new baby boy for the first time! while there, sue and layla constructed a huge lincoln log hotel.

and some instagrams:

book shots:

okay, this was a weird week. I didn’t take many pictures at all. 3 of the POTDs are vertical (GRRR!!!). I didn’t remember to take the REAL POTDs that I wanted for tuesday OR saturday… so kind of a lame representation of kind of a cool week. dave and I were lucky enough to get TWO date nights this week. on tuesday, we spontaneously decided to ditch the kids after dinner and head out to purple for some dessert and wine. then on saturday, we were given tickets to “the music man” at the 5th ave. it was awesome. a great MOMS night out w/ some awesome MOMS club friends rounded the week out nicely for me! of course, it was mid-winter break for 1 kid, but not the others (yay for 2 different school districts!), and kid #1 was bored out of his mind w/ no school and friends off on trips.

anyway…

sunday: micah decided he really wanted to sleep with shane. awww… big brother was a good sport and let him stay after he found him in his bed.

monday: coffee and bacon. my favorite after-workout snack.

thursday: what micah decided to wear to preschool: a striped t-shirt, warm up pants, monster truck rain boots, and… a tie.

friday: the picture micah drew, illustrating layla’s kite-flying tragedy that took place that afternoon:

layla went outside to fly her kite.
she was happy, flying her kite.
the string broke.
layla was sad.
micah came outside to rescue the kite.
a car ran over the kite.
mom came outside to see what was wrong.
layla got the kite back!

also friday: MNO at the fireside cellars. ingrid and I both had the ‘tiny bubbles’ flight, which was fun. nikki and lynn are just shoving their glasses in so it looks like we had even MORE to drink! it was a VERY fun evening. lots of laughs.

group shot.

friday: outside the 5th ave.

and that’s it. nothing really extra this week.

book shots:

kind of dark… but it’s a gloomy day and I cannot find any decent light.

a dirty blue caravan…

today, I had a doctor’s appointment. my doctor is in issaquah, so that’s where I went.

while I was there, I located the issaquah library, so I could return some books that were due.

I parked my dirty blue caravan in the lot, went inside, returned my books, returned to the lot.

as I neared the car, i pushed the unlock button on my key fob. I approached the driver’s side door, and saw that it was still locked. I pushed the button again.

nothing.

I pushed it repeatedly, while standing next to the car, and aimed it at various different angles toward different parts of the car.

nothing.

hmmm… I thought. I guess these things use batteries, right? maybe it needs a new battery. no problem, I’ll just stick the key in the lock and get in old-school style.

it wouldn’t turn.

it started to rain harder.

I pulled it out and frantically pushed the button a few hundred more times.

nothing.

what the heck?

and that’s when I noticed a cup in the cup holder of the center console. it was a jamba juice cup.

I haven’t been to jamba juice.

I took a step back.

I turned around, and saw MY dirty blue caravan, 2 spaces further down the row…

week 7 in pictures

sunday: shane, waiting (im)patiently in the early morning for his friends to show up and take him snowboarding.

micah, checking out 2007 project life. he wanted to see pictures from when he was a baby.

tuesday: diligently working on his valentines.

wednesday: empty peanut butter jar = happy dog!

thursday: no ‘official’ valentine’s day photo, but a couple random shots of micah. excitedly running in to preschool with his victoria’s secret bag full of valentines. hiding behind the valentine balloon grandma and grandpa gave him.

friday: no school + gorgeous weather + MOMS club activity = fun day at the park. seriously, it was SO nice out! what a teaser.

saturday (not really): all she really wants is some love…

a couple of skinnies: 1. micah got “hooked”. 2. showing off their selections of cheesy, cheapo valentines! layla really did choose justin bieber valentines… sigh.