Our Adventures at Borst Park.

  Last weekend we were down in Centralia and Alyssa convinced us to stop at Borst Park. This is the park where Alyssa swung on her first swing and played at her first playground. I am so excited to report that this is also the very first park Michaela swung on her first swing!

  Chris and Alyssa enjoyed playing on the playground while I packed our littlest one around on my back which she thought was pretty funny.

  Daddy and big sister dabbled in a little ghost hunting at the old Borst home which was pretty cute if I don't say so myself! While Michaela and I enjoyed the lovely gardens surrounding the property.

Happy 4th to ALL!

  For the 4th of July we just stayed home! with the exception of the parade we attended here in good old Tumwater and that crazy trek down to the fish and wildlife place to view the FANTASTIC fireworks!

  We started off in a mad dash due to us late risers wanting to attend the parade at 11am. I know, I know that's pretty much noon! how could you not be ready? Well, we have two kids who both had to eat, bathe, and get dressed, then we had the two of us to do the same. If you know my oldest at all you probably already know that she can be dramatic as well as a bit....absent minded..I started her first on the road to get the hay out of the house and she was the LAST one ready! As a mother this is just plain frustrating..what is she going to be like at 16?!? The parade was great and lasted for OVER an hour..doesn't that seem like a longtime? We took our pup Avery to the parade but she was pretty..well not impressed to say the least! After the parade we all came home and of course my husband, Chris and our oldest just HAD to start lighting off fireworks. We had a lovely BBQ which included a yummy crab salad thing that Chris put together but unfortunately he couldn't eat (what a shame..did I mention it was super yummy?) we ended our relaxing 4th in the front yard watching our neighbors set off $300 bucks(ouch!) worth of fireworks and lighting off the ones that we had; oh and a mad dash across a VERY busy street to view the professional fireworks and yes it was totally worth it! Hope everyone had a fab and safe 4th!

Soon to be toothless!

  So I am a little behind on updating my blog with AMAZING new events going on in our lives. A week ago EXACTLY my first born darling daughter lost her FIRST tooth! Can you believe it? She is 5 1/2 years old and already loosing teeth; but thats not all she also has another 3 teeth that are ready to go as well. Basically, in a matter of a few weeks my baby is going to be missing all four of her front teeth.

  What this means to me is 1.) the Tooth Fairy is going to be awfully busy at night and 2.) my baby is most certainly no longer a baby, this both makes me happy and sad. I am happy because we made it this far! and I am excited for all the other firsts to come along and to get to see the wonderful young lady I am positive she will grow up to be. I am sad because its the beginning of the end; she starts school this fall and I know nothing will ever be the same with her again. Pretty soon she will prefer "hanging out" with her friends to hanging out with me and she just might not be as excited to try out my latest handmade creation. I know that our relationship will change and evolve but is it normal to still look at baby pictures and REALLY wonder where the time has gone? Its hard to believe that this child was in my belly for 9+ months and has now been walking and talking her way around this world for 5 1/2 years. It seems like yesterday she had to have a binky, her blankie, AND her "Teddy" (really he is  a lamb and we still have him) just to go to sleep and now that blankie is hiding in her closet to preserve it, the binky was banished YEARS ago, and Teddy...Well he is currently residing in her little sisters bedroom just in case she needs him too.