Deception Pass

Here is our pretty princess Gretchen.

Travis works at 4am now so, even though he is super tired, he is able to spend some more time with us, and takes us places sometimes.On Thursday we went to Deception Pass.

After we took the kids to Fir Island for ice cream, "as big as Gretchen's head"!

Do and Don't Books

Ava got this book from the library yesterday,

Underwear Do's and Don'ts

Here is an example of one of the pages...

While I was reading it to Ava this morning the older kids were telling me ideas of what they would say, so...

They each wrote and illustrated their own Do and Don't books

Here is Ava's book, because she always wants to do school work too.

While I am writing this post Ava is outside yelling "be quiet, bird!"

Any ideas??

My sister, Julia, Gave me some really cute fabrics, that she got on etsy, for my birthday. Now I need to figure out what to do with them.

These are coordinating "mermaid" fabrics.

Fairies.

These are all coordinating funky fabrics.

This book"Weekend Sewing" is super cute, too.

No pictures.

Travis took me to Kyoto Japanese Steakhouse in Bellingham for my Birthday today. He was going to get my sister to watch the kids, but we decided that the kids would probably like to go too, so we all went.

I was trying to find my camera before we left home, but couldn't and I didn't want to make a big deal about it , as if we can only have fun if I have my camera to document it.

If you have never been there, it's quite a show. The kids loved it ! We all sat at a table with a big grill? (is that what it's called or a cook top??) Any way, the chef comes and all your food is cooked there in front of you, they also do little tricks with the eggs and flippin' their flippers around. I wish I had had my camera with if only to take a picture of Ava's face when the chef started something on fire (on purpose, of course).

I had a great time , and Sydney asked if we could go there for her birthday, I told her "sure, but you won't get any presents."

She changed her mind.

Trip to Boulevard Park

I met my sister, Nicole, in Bellingham for lunch and a trip to Boulevard Park. I love this park , it's so peaceful when you're by water.

Sydney found a starfish.

Sydney took this picture.

Ryan took this one.

Ava

Ava has been so hard to get good pictures of, so I have to bribe her (m&ms) .

Works like a charm!

I know every parent thinks their kid is cute, but come on she is pretty cute isn't she?

Just look at those lips!

Ryan helped me make these pj pants for Ava.

I guess this is her idea of a pose.