Speechless...ok, so totally cracking up

Because we are INCREDIBLY lucky to have the greatest babysitter, Tina, Brian and I went away for 22 hours and it was wonderful. Where did we go? 10 minutes from our house to the Davenport Hotel. Our wonderful friends, the Prizemans, had given us a gift card to the hotel over a year ago, so we finally were able to take advantage of it. We then scheduled couples massage, never done it before, dinner at Nikos (yummy) and then back to the hotel for the night. We woke up at whatever time we wanted, which of course was still before 6am, because our bodies are used to getting up early, then to the Davenport brunch buffet (yummy again), off to the mall for a few kid items, and then back home. It was wonderful and Brian and I realized we really do still like each other and we enjoyed feeling like we were back to our prekid days, staying in hotels and eating out (we traveled A LOT before kids and enjoyed it). As for the massages, sorry but they sucked. Not to give bad press to Spa Paradiso, but our massages were not great. Brian and I were very disappointed, especially for the price. However, we both agreed that it was better than fighting with our kids to eat dinner.

As for why I titled this post Speechless, here ya go...When I called to check in with Tina she said I have to tell you what Shane said, oh brother. She said Shane was asking why mommy and daddy were going to be gone all night. Tina explained that sometimes mommies and daddies needed to get away and spend time alone. Shane's response, "Are they going to make another baby?" Tina said she had to turn away because she was laughing so hard. She said she told Shane no, not this time anyway. Shane then told Tina that God decided if the baby was a boy or girl. Tina agreed and the conversation was over. Now, I must tell you, not long ago, as described in a previous post, Shane told Brian that mommy made him all alone and daddy didn't do anything. Where did Shane get his new insight? We have no idea, and I don't think I have even used the term "make a baby". So Brian and I are very afraid that Shane is a little too wise on the world at this young age. That said, there will not be a baby anytime soon. We are still debating whether there will be a 4th and it won't be within 15 months.

Myann's cuteness in regards to our leaving...Brian was telling Myann that we were leaving. Myann said she didn't want us to leave and wanted to go with us. Brian said no she had to stay home so she said, "Then I need Tina." Brian reassured her that Tina was on the way.

Riverfront Park Fun

It's warm, so we can enjoy all the fun that Riverfront Park has to offer. We met up with friends and took the kids to do the carousel and rides, though they are too short for most of the rides, then we went and played in the fountain.
How many kids can you fit on a coin operated ride? Hmmm---5

We're too little for the real rides, so we'll have to settle for the strollers.

Lovin' the water.

First Flashback Friday

Oh how my boy has grown. It is really sad how fast you forget what they were like. I look at these pictures of Shane and I can remember what he was like, but they don't seem to match the pictures. He looks like such a baby in these pictures, but he was already so much the person he is today.

These are at the Carlsbad Flower Fields near San Diego - we loved this place. Shane was just getting better at walking and loved the flowers, though he wanted to smell them all and you aren't supposed to cross the barriers and step into the field. We did a few times. Shane was 13 months old.



Right after Myann was born, I enrolled Shane in dance class, but it was really more of a ballet class. He was the only boy and he LOVED it. He did really well too, he was very concerned about doing the moves right. He was 22 months old. In this picture they were jumping over the ponies. Wouldn't Daddy be proud? I wish I could get him into a dance class now, but the "boy" in him has taken over and he thinks dancing is for girls. Myann will have to wait until she is 3, since that is the age for the classes I have found here.


This is the picture I took for Shane's first birthday invitation. He was so sweet and good. His party was farm animal themed with a petting zoo and pony rides. To brag on my boy, he was so verbal that he could say all the animals in the petting zoo, as well as happy birthday and blueberry. It used to be so creepy to see a baby talking. Now, many days I wish he wasn't so verbal.

New posts coming soon...I promise

Brian is my biggest nag when it comes the blog, but it really does take time, particularly when it comes to loading pictures, and video, a lifetime. Why I can't always blog...I have to choose to blog, sleep, or clean up the house. Based on the normal state of my house, you'd think I blog a lot, but I don't. For the past few nights, I have chosen sleep, and it has been wonderful. I got 8 hours each night for the past 2 nights. I can't even remember the last night I had 8 hours of interrupted, much less 2 nights in a row. Well my allergies were bothering me, so I decided sleep was in my best interest. I felt so good today, that I didn't need coffee, I still had some at 2pm, but I didn't NEED it.

So I promise posts are coming, so you may need to scroll back a few pages to see all the new stuff once I get to it. We have had a fun 2 weeks and have been loving the awesome weather. Summer has arrived in Spokane, let's hope it lasts.

Ladybugs

Attack of the ladybugs!!! Well, it is more like attack of the toddlers on the ladybugs. We were working in the yard, and Shane was determined to find some worms. Dad found one and then lost it. I found two more, Shane lost one and killed one. He begged me to go get him some more worms. Well I had to buy some supplies, so I went to NW Seed and all they had were ladybugs, no worms. The kids were too excited to release the ladybugs, 1500 to be exact. Though some were DOA. I was stupid and dumped them on the sidewalk. Myann decided to march over them, so not sure how many ladybugs actually survived long enough to fly away, let's hope 1000 or so. It really was fun to have ladybugs all over you. I just hope they ate a few bugs on their way out of the yard.






Sorry this picture is blurry, but the joy on Anders' face is priceless.

Beer Tasting

Day 2 of Memorial Day weekend involved a BBQ with friends, the Kipps, and a sampling of their home brew. Now let me tell you I am not a beer fan, but Chris' home brew was awesome. The kids had a wonderful time playing with their friends. Sadly, Chris had just built an awesome tree house for Jordan, and I failed to get a picture. Here are some other pictures of the kiddos.

I love this face, I LOVE LOVE LOVE this baby - pure cuteness!!!


Myann jumping - I love this action shot

Myann trying to ride the big girl bike


Buddies - Anders and Hayden

Proud Daddy, unhappy mommy!


More buddies - Shane and Jameson (Jameson's face is priceless)


Myann burping Anders - what a sweet big sis

Day at the Lake

To kick start the weekend, we went out to the lake with the Frenches and Prizemans. Because our sweet children woke up at 5am, we insisted they take a nap, so we got out to the lake a bit later than planned. However, we had a wonderful time, as we always do. The kids did wonderfully and held out until 10pm.

Here are pictures of Myann's first time on a float pulled behind the boat. We did a mother daughter float with Pam and Coryn.