rachel's continued ramblings

project life 2014–week 10

sunday: dave was babysitting for F1 and F2 while amy and adam ran the hot chocolate 15k in seattle. just hanging out… with a dog on top of them…

also sunday: while dave was gone, we were stuck at home (because my purse w/ keys was in the car my husband took) so I decided to use my ruined day to be productive and sort through layla’s closet and pull out all the stuff to be passed on. as usual, she has more than enough clothes for anyone, so we divide everything into two piles, one for rose and one for ella. we found it hilarious that toby decided to sort himself into rose’s pile… apparently he’s worn out on washington winter and wants to fly south.

monday: totally worth documenting – this is layla’s breakfast. every. single. day. two packets of oatmeal, always the same two flavors. and they must be put into the bowl in the right order. maple and brown sugar on the bottom, and apples and cinnamon on top. then you add the water, but DO NOT STIR!!! seriously. if you want to see some early morning wrath on the part of this tiny 8 year old, just mess up her oatmeal…

tuesday: I got to chaperone another field trip! this time, the 3rd graders were off to see a play of “Stuart Little”. Second time on a school bus this year for me!

and at the theatre, waiting for the play to start.

friday: layla was invited to her friend’s american girl ‘glamping’ slumber party! seven 8 & 9 year olds, plus their AG dolls, camping indoors! she (and julie) had a blast (and took a 3 hour nap the next day).

saturday: you really can get 40mpg in this car! (assuming you fill up and get directly on the freeway!)

and one skinny for the week:

a dent. yup, a big, ugly dent in the rear driver’s side door showed up after owning the car for a whopping 3 days. SO MAD!!!!

I just noticed that somehow layla is the only one of our kids who managed to get their picture taken this week. I swear the boys were here!

and that’s it! can’t believe we’re 10 weeks down in 2014!

shots of the pages:

spread of the week:

left side/first half:

right side/second half:

toby had other ideas about me taking pictures of this week’s pages…

project life 2014–week 9

sunday: we all went to see the lego movie. it was great. except for the part where micah freaked out and dave had to take him outside and miss the last half hour of the movie…

monday: this cat is as good a plate cleaner as any dog.

wednesday: dave and layla played hooky and went to portland to see uncle eric and the nets vx. trailblazers game. they rented this tiny pink car for the trip while the toyota was being looked at. layla was ecstatic about it!

also wednesday: band concert for shane.

thursday: this is micah’s favorite of shane’s friends who ride in the football carpool. he was playing some intense leapster star wars and we all found it hilarious.

friday: a sunny spot on the porch to do some reading. why does it give me such joy to see one of my children turning into me?

saturday: BIG NEWS!!!! we bought a new car! goodbye to the 91 toyota corolla and hello to the 2014 kia forte!!

and a big collage of extra pics from the week.

week 9 spread:

left side/first half of the week:

right side/second half of the week:

project life 2014–week 8

sunday: after church, we tried to have brunch at the maltby café, but it was over an hour wait for a table, so we wound up at denny’s instead. of course, I had to put the cream in my coffee the proper way… perfected in high school. only once has this turned out badly for me… or rather, for the person sitting across from me.

monday: shane finally decided to pull his big bin of legos out from under his bed and make them community property. awesome timing, as the kids all had a week off of school.

wednesday: I had to go to the mall to buy some new shoes for aerobics. I bribed the kids to go with me by promising them something from the food court. layla got a pretzel, micah got a blizzard, and shane and I both got orange julius. there is something about an orange julius (strawberry, actually) while at the mall that just feels right.

thursday: operation clean off the counter in the laundry room! I found the surface of the counter! that’s a big deal. and sorted through all the stuff we’d saved from layla’s 1st and 2nd grade years. lots and lots of stuff got recycled.

also thursday: shane and a friend went snowboarding. it has been dumping for over a week up there. crazy amounts of new snow, and it snowed the whole time they were up there, too. he had pretty much the best time ever.

friday: finally getting layla started on her very own project life album! she is so excited. her pictures arrived in the mail from shutterfly and I got them all sorted out for her. she’s starting with her 2nd grade year, beginning at her 7th birthday. watching her get some much joy out of this process makes me sooooo very happy!!!

saturday: shane is quite predictable in his interests. cars, trucks, and farm equipment… this cracked me up. I walked past him and peaked over his shoulder… “um. why are you shopping for combines?”

a couple skinnies:

layla got about 4 inches whacked off her hair on friday, followed by lunch at panera. I thought this was a good plan until micah’s mac and cheese arived and it was the wrong color. OMG. end of the world. I wound up bringing it home and dave ate it for dinner. that kid.

and a big collage of extras from the week.

book shots: I’m hoping to convince shane to fill in the card for the snowy pic he took while snowboarding.

project life 2014–week 7

sunday: it started snowing saturday night, and left us just enough in the morning to play in AND justify stying home from church. the kids had fun playing, building snowmen, attempting to snowboard, and eating snow.

monday: stretching out after aerobics, I enlisted a friend’s help, another decided to help some more!

wednesday: my dad called and asked me to stop at the store for him. he gave me his list and I went to pick it up. looking at my cart made me laughing so hard. it’s SO typically my parents! kern’s guava nectar, brown & serve sausages, buddig lunch meats, henry weinhard’s beer, and broccoli and cauliflower. these things are all staples in my parents’ fridge and have been for as long as I can remember.

also wednesday: finally took layla and micah to target to pick out some valentines. they got right to work as soon as we got home. micah chose star wars valentines, that had mini glow sticks (lightsabers) that went with them. layla went with truth or dare valentines and stuck a hershey kiss to them.

friday: happy valentine’s day! dave left little treats for the kids to find in the morning. layla got a rose. she was so excited!

also friday: dave and I had a romantic night out planned for weeks! reservations at daniel’s broiler for dinner, then we went for drinks at the hard rock café, walked down to the waterfront and rode on the great wheel, then stopped at one more downtown bar before heading home. we had such a fun night! can’t wait for next month’s date night!

a couple of skinny extras:

the reason I will wind up in the looney bin and…

the crazy hex-tile stripes on the floor of the ladies’ room in daniel’s. I swear they put it there just to mess with people who have had too much wine.

book shots:

project life 2014 week 6

sunday: minor glitter disaster in layla’s room…

monday: 3rd and 4th grade music performance at the school. it was hoedown themed. lots of fun, and layla loved dressing up like a cowgirl. they sang “home on the range” and similar songs, line danced and square danced. lots of fun.

tuesday: the “costco train” always seems to come by when I don’t have micah with me. this makes him sad.

also tuesday: getting my hairs braided by my favorite stylist.

wednesday: yes, my husband uses my head as a phone rest.

thursday: this cat’s obsession with getting into the shower the second I get out is getting a little out of hand. he would not get off the mat so I could get out.