What they do for fun

I think my kids are getting bored with staying inside during rainfall and cold weather. I've taken them to different malls to play in the play area. I'm just running out of ideas. There isn't a whole lot of free things to do inside for little kids (at least, not that I know of). So until I figure something else out, this is what my kids have been up to.

Logan loves to play with his cars and trucks. He has those rugs with the street and buildings on them, but instead of playing with those, he has chosen to play with the rug. You can make mountains out of it, you know.



Olivia loves to color...so much so that I have to keep my eye on her or else her artwork ends up in places I don't approve of, such as the stairs, walls, table, floor...you name it, she's drawed on it. Even as I type, she has found some more crayons and putting her artwork on a wall I just cleaned. Ah, it never ends.




( One of her first watercolor and crayon "drawings")

I'm hoping that the winter doesn't last too long, but that's just wishful thinking. I guess I better come up with some solutions, and fast before we all lose our sanity. :)

Conversations with Logan

Logan has been having some pretty interesting answers to questions I've been asking him lately.

Me: What's your favorite thing about our new house?
L: It's beautiful...and leaves (we have trees around us finally and he loves watching the leaves fall)

Me: What would you like for Christmas?
L: Candy! And see Uncle Dan, Hannah, and Jane (we don't know if we'll see them or not, but he sure talks about them a lot)

Me: What do you want for your birthday?
L: BALLOONS!!! CAKE! CANDLES!

Me: Do you want to take a nap?
L: No, but mommy does. (stated very matter of factly, and he's right)

Halloween

This year was interesting. We took the kids "trunk or treating" at our church's party. That way it was limited to how many places they could go and not get as much candy as they probably would have if we had let them go trick or treating. Olivia was not a happy camper since it was near her bedtime. This girl loves her sleep and doesn't like change from her routine. But she made a cute little ladybug regardless. Logan was a little more cooperative this year with the costume. He wanted to be a penguin. It's his favorite bird, animal, whatever. He made a cute penguin. It took some convincing to get the costume on, but once we had reassured him several times at how great he looked and that he would soon be getting candy, he was happy.

Goodbye Bothell, Hello Snohomish

I have had mixed feelings about moving. This house was our first home with kids. It's where our two kids took their first steps, said their first words...lots of memories. It's hard to say goodbye, but we have been looking forward to new adventures.

October 23...what a day! We woke up early to finish packing. Sam left to get the rental truck early in the morning and I tried to get as much done around the house as two toddlers would allow. Around 10am we had some guys from church come and help us load up the moving van. It really helped us to have so many come and help. What a relief! Even Logan wanted to help. He was really good at making sure his toys got put on the moving van.



I left the house around 11:30 to take the kids up to Sam's parents house. I had to get to the new house by 12 for the cable guy to come and to get the house semi ready for the move in. The day went by much faster than I had expected, but things went rather smoothly. We had lots of help show up on the unpacking side as well. It was a very long day. A couple of mishaps happened along the way. Sam lost his keys and I lost a few boxes that I have yet to find. Sam's keys ended up in California, but we got them back. Guess they wanted a vacation.


Our Snohomish home is bigger and has lots more room for the kids to run around inside and out. It's been an adjustment, but I think once we get things unpacked and cleaned up it will feel more like home instead of a house. Snohomish is a cute little town with lots of charm. We really like it so far. It's definitely different, but a good different.

Last walk in Bothell

I had been taking the kids on daily walks around our neighborhood in Bothell. I decided I should take pictures of where we walked. It is just too pretty to not document. It was sad, as it was the last time we'd be walking this route.






After the walk, we played at the neighborhood park. It has been a favorite of mine and the kids. It was easy to get to, and we spent many afternoons playing there, waiting for dad to come home.

The Farm

Back on October 16, we took the kids to a pumpkin patch in Snohomish. It was incredible. It had a pumpkin patch (obviously), a corn maze, a kids play area, a petting zoo area and lots of other things that I can't even remember. We didn't plan our day very well. We didn't expect there would be so much to do. But we still had fun and plan on making this an annual trip.

The corn house was a huge success with the kids. It was a little barn filled with corn kernels for the kids to play in.




Livi loved watching the ducks and quacking at them. Logan loved to play on the tractor and other toys.

Logan's Vocabulary

**I will blog about the new house and all our adventures one day. Right now I'm just focused on trying to get the house in order a bit.

I thought I should write down some of what Logan says. His vocabulary has increased immensely since he had the tubes put in his ears. Along with that though are words that aren't even remotely close to the actual word. Here are some of them...

Milk = Noke
Chocolate Milk = Chananoke
Soy Sauce = Sea Foss
Cheese = Fees
Grilled Cheese = Toe Fees
Vacuum = Backum
Bedroom = Bebbum
Spaghetti = Lageggi
Tacos = Kockos
Yogurt = Logurk
Fruit Snacks = Boot Dask

For those of you who see Logan, you should now be able to understand him a little better. :)