Lake Dorothy

We hiked to Lake Dorothy while the Mayor's sis was here. We stopped along the way at the Sultan Bakery to get a donut and off we went. the little kids did so great! They loved walking the fallen tree and playing on the rocks and when we reached the lake - throwing rocks into the water.

Snakes?

the two headed turtle
little bit saying "hi there little guy"

marmar assisting little dude, she wouldn't hold it by herself. we thought she was going to drop it.

no problem holding the snake here.

Here's a few more pics from our time with the Mayor's sis... we visited the Reptile Zoo in Monroe one afternoon - oh it was soooo stinky in there! But the kids loved it! They got to pet roaming tortises, see crocodiles, and lots of snakes, a two headed turtle, and they each got to hold a snake. Ewwwww - I couldn't do it, it freaked me out! Way to go Marmar and Er!

another lost tooth

Little Dude lost another tooth last week, right next to the firt one she lost. We were at a friend's house and my friend told Little Dude that she would give her a dollar if she let me pull it. So L.D. let me try, it didnt' come out on the first try, so I told her I'd giver her a dollar too if she let me try again, and this time, out it came. Oh how she cried! Lots of blood and I think she was surprised that it came out. She made such a fuss, that my friend told her it was worth at least $1.50! So she came away fromt eh ordeal with $2.50 plus what the tooth fairy left - what a lucky girl!

a ferry ride

I'm so behind in posting on this blog - I have so much to share! We've been pretty busy over the past few weeks, I'll start with the most recent excursion - a ferry ride. They Mayor's sister has been in town and on her last day here, we went on a ferry ride to Kingston and got some ice cream - which the girls just loved and kept saying to me - mom, you know we haven't had lunch yet. yep - I know, enjoy your treat! the kiddos had lots of fun playing in the park next to the ferry dock while we waited for the ferry to return. On the way back to to Edmonds, we had an official, coastguard escort. on both sides of the boat. with people manning the guns out front. a little scary to see a coast guard pull up next to the ferry you are on. finally an announement was made that it was just routine.

a new chair

a friend was giving away this rocking chair...yeah for me! I painted it red and it sits on my front porch. I love it. well, these photos don't show the chair very well, but i'll get one of it soon! Little Dude's smile has changed - she has to show off that missing tooth!

Oh Dear

So a couple of days ago, one child decided to cut her own hair. It wasn't horrible, as long as her hair was down and I dislike very much her hair down in her face. So today, we went Hair by Judi and all is now well. except I forgot to take the camera with me, I guess I was thinking that Little Bit wouldn't actually want her hair cut along with her sister. She said she did once before, but refused to sit in the chair and get it cut. I was thinking in the back of my mind, the same thing would happen today and only Little Dude would come away with her hair cut. I was wrong. Little Bit got her hair cut, and she looks cute, she looks older and this time I didn't shed a tear. When little Dude got her hair cut the first time, I cried, no idea why! I was a little sad and if a certain little girl about 6 years old hadn't been annoying me dancing around the studio flipping her hair this way and that, then, maybe.

A busy week

We have had a week full of fun! It started off Monday with swimming at a friend's house in their backyard - jumping off the trampoline into the water :) Tuesday we went to the park with friends and had a picnic. Wednesday we went down to the river here in town and played on the sandy shore - I can't believe we have NEVER done that before - we have lived here for 6 years! It was so fun - the weather was hot and the girls loved playing in the river.

Thursday we went to Leavenworth - a small Bavarian town up in the mountains. It was even hotter there. We went with the Mayor's mom and grandma, and uncle, aunt and cousins. My girls loved playing with their cousins - they really look up to Katelyn and had so much fun with Jared! Thanks guys!

On Friday, we got up at 5 am, (well, one of us got up a little before 5am and the other well after that), picked up PawPaw and headed over the mountains to Royal City to pick cherries. Oh my goodness - we have so many cherries! I wish I would have taken a picture of all that we picked! Bing's, Rainier's and pie cherries. YUM!

Saturday, Marmar and Booboo and I canned cherries. We made 6 quarts of super yummy cherry pie filling, the lighter red bottles (that's all???? I picked those things forever!) and 42 quarts of bottle Bing cherries, the darker bottles. Boy were we tired and hot! In the evening, the Mayor grilled some steaks and we had a great spread for dinner and then went to a friend's house to watch some fireworks. The girls didn't go to bed til 11 and were so exhausted! Little Dude fell asleep as soon as she layed down, Little Bit took a little convincing.

I decided we needed to try a cherry pie with the Rainier cherries and well - it was just ok. Not nearly as good as the bottled pie filling we made. I think I will try again, and alter the recipe a little. Today we delivered cherries to a few friends and we still have oodles of cherries left! What else can one make with cherries????