I was reading this article in my Parents magazine called 39 Things Every Mom Should Know. There were some that I agreed with and some I did not.
Here were the ones I did-
1. Put band aids on everthing your kids want you to. Why not?
2. Just throw away the poopy underwear-my favorite...I totally agree.
3. Don't beat yourself up in you have to use a bribe.
4. The stains won't come out. And that is ok. The sooner you accept this, the better.
5. Never stifle a generous inclination.
6. Teach them to pump on the swings ASAP.
7. Get use to the word zerrissenheit. It means state of disjointedness, and it's the new normal for most of us. As least you can feel fancy because it is German.
8. Just say "No" to any toy or doll that comes with packets that have to be mixed with water.
9. Dress your little girls like, well, like little girls.
10. You're never to old to dress up and decorate your house for Halloween. And it's more fun for everyone if you are into it. It also entitles you to more candy.
11. Don't buy the most expensive school picture package. It's a waste of money.
12. Independence is a wonderful thing. For everyone. So is together time. Make sure you have a healthy does of both.
The ones I did not agree with-
1. Don't make birthday parties a huge deal.
I say why not...it is fun to go all out for birthdays as well as special occasions.
2. Buy cheap shoes when kids are little. Feet grow faster than you think.
I love buying shoes for Paisley. They are all cute and well worth the money. Paisley has at least 15 pairs of Pedipeds and they were a great investment for healthy feet to grow into properly. Even if they did only last 6 months.
3. Always get boys' haircuts at barber shops instead of hair salons.
Who cares where it is, it just matters that you and the child are happy about it.
Good article for light reading. Check it out. You can borrow my copy if you want.
Finally...
Poor George has been going fishing a lot trying to snag himself a salmon. Last night he went out and he caught 4 of them. Check out the mightly fisherman. The tides have changed.
Relaxation + Fun = San Juan Cabin
We went up to the San Juans this last weekend for some R&R. It was also George and Kona's maiden voyage driving the boat up to the cabin. The day started out foggy and I was a little nervous for their safety, but it was smooth and easy...that is what George told me anyways.
Jeneva decided to tag along this time. Kyanne was at Girls Camp. Here is Paisley, Jeneva and me on the ferry headed up with the supplies and gear necessary for this 4 day trip.
Jeneva decided to tag along this time. Kyanne was at Girls Camp. Here is Paisley, Jeneva and me on the ferry headed up with the supplies and gear necessary for this 4 day trip.
We arrived just fine to our safe fisherman. Here is the dock and the girls relaxing.
Here the girls are again relaxing on the chairs in the cabin. George's mom bought this little white chair just the right size for her little Paisley.
Here is the first sunset and the first load of crab the boys hauled in.
Here the girls are again relaxing on the chairs in the cabin. George's mom bought this little white chair just the right size for her little Paisley.
Here is the first sunset and the first load of crab the boys hauled in.
Jeneva's only request was that we do Smores...so we did.
Here is the sunset even better as the night went on. George is holding up the fish Kona caught because Kona did not want to look silly posing for me.
On Saturday, George invited his crew up for the day. We made them lunch and they did a little fishing. 
Sunset #2 and Kona posing with another fish.
Here is the sunset even better as the night went on. George is holding up the fish Kona caught because Kona did not want to look silly posing for me.
Paisley making breakfast with daddy. Notice my cool Pampered Chef collapsible bowl...I have the whole set...another acquistion from my party.
On Saturday, George invited his crew up for the day. We made them lunch and they did a little fishing.
My dear friend Tallie and her husband Tony also came up on their Harley. None of them had ever been to Friday Harbor. Wow!!!
They had a blast and we had a blast hosting them. They all even went out in the boat for a ride. Tallie and I took all the girls with us.
Here is Hunter and the fish he caught...he wanted to pose with it. He did not want to touch it though and George had to clean it for him. Too Funny! Here is the gang below too.
Sunset #2 and Kona posing with another fish.
This is the view we get to wake up too each day at the cabin. Kona and Paisley looking through the binnoculars at all the boats passing by the front of the cabin. The boats were out in full force. George even saw a whale...I did not. Paisley in her life vest and Jeneva eating crab for breakfast.
George and Kona coming in after a long morning of fishing. We went down town to shop and eat and then came back and they were right out there again fishing away.
We took the girls on moped rides. Dont' worry, we used helmets!!! Paisley and Jeneva on the dock soaking up some sun. Paisley was ready for a nap.
George and Kona coming in after a long morning of fishing. We went down town to shop and eat and then came back and they were right out there again fishing away.
We took the girls on moped rides. Dont' worry, we used helmets!!! Paisley and Jeneva on the dock soaking up some sun. Paisley was ready for a nap.
When we went down town we stopped at the toy store and Paisley picked out this very soft Orca Whale and Jeneva picked out this Lady Bug umbrella.
One day I was looking out and saw this huge sail boat pass by. I just had to take a picture.
George and Kona caught more fish...I am so glad they did!!! Here is the last sunset of the trip.
One day I was looking out and saw this huge sail boat pass by. I just had to take a picture.
George and Kona caught more fish...I am so glad they did!!! Here is the last sunset of the trip.
Back to civilization we went...at least for a couple of weeks...until we return again!!!
Opinions Wanted
We had an appraisal done on the house a couple of weeks ago and it told us good news. We are selling the house for the right price.
We have been updating things here and there since we put the house on the market, but the biggy is here and I need some input. We are going to paint the outside of the house this month.
So, I need your input on what colors do you like to see on the outside of houses.
The colors it can't be are blue, grey or yellowish. The houses around us are that color and I don't want to match them. I am leaning towards a light green or a tan color.
Please tell me what you think. The trim is going to stay white and the shutters will be a shade or two darker than the house color.
Currently our house is greyish color with blue shutters and white trim. I want to change it up to a different color. In addition, it hasn't been painted for years!!!
We will be using Sherwin Williams paint, so look on their site for color names if you want. I am leaning towards Coastal green, but I would love your input.
Lastly, what is your opinion about painting the garage door the same color as the trim or the same color as the house????
Cheers!!!
We have been updating things here and there since we put the house on the market, but the biggy is here and I need some input. We are going to paint the outside of the house this month.
So, I need your input on what colors do you like to see on the outside of houses.
The colors it can't be are blue, grey or yellowish. The houses around us are that color and I don't want to match them. I am leaning towards a light green or a tan color.
Please tell me what you think. The trim is going to stay white and the shutters will be a shade or two darker than the house color.
Currently our house is greyish color with blue shutters and white trim. I want to change it up to a different color. In addition, it hasn't been painted for years!!!
We will be using Sherwin Williams paint, so look on their site for color names if you want. I am leaning towards Coastal green, but I would love your input.
Lastly, what is your opinion about painting the garage door the same color as the trim or the same color as the house????
Cheers!!!
Another Dinner Recipe
So, George and I are burnt out on eating the same dinners over and over. We do like to try new things so I made a new chicken pot pie recipe last night. Here it is and it was delicious.
3 cans croissants
3 cans cream of chicken soup
3 cans shredded chicken breast
2 cups of corn
2 cups peas and carrots
seasonings of your choice
So I took my new 9x13 cranberry red pampered chef rectangular stone...I had to say that...I have used this thing 3 times since I got it a week ago.... love it. Anyways...back to the recipe...
3 cans croissants
3 cans cream of chicken soup
3 cans shredded chicken breast
2 cups of corn
2 cups peas and carrots
seasonings of your choice
So I took my new 9x13 cranberry red pampered chef rectangular stone...I had to say that...I have used this thing 3 times since I got it a week ago.... love it. Anyways...back to the recipe...
- Take one can of croissant and place them on the bottom of the pan
- Mix together the cream of chicken soup, shredded chicken, corn, peas and carrots and put them in the pan over the croissants
- Season the top with salt, pepper or whatever seasoning you prefer
- Then take the remainder two cans of croissants and place them over the mixture on top.
Bake in the oven at 375 degrees for 45 minutes. Enjoy!!! It was great.
Oh...what do you do in the Summer Time...
You eat strawberry kiwi ice cream in a cone.
You go to church in pretty summer dresses. I had to pull those flip flops off of her and put on some proper church shoes.
You go to the wading pools at Windjammer Park. Jeneva came along too. They had a blast.
I have to tell you our bathing suit story. So Jeneva stayed the night on Friday night. In the morning we were to meet up with some friends down at the wading pool. Jeneva did not have her swim suit, so we went to K-mart to get her a new one. We picked out this pretty suit and the lady stopped to tell me that they were going on the blue light special sale in 10 minutes. They were being reduced to $5.00 a swim suit. We waited the 10 minutes...that was sure nice of that lady to stop us. I didn't even know K-mart still did blue light specials. Good to know.
Here we are at the wading pool.
Paisley taking a snack break.
And this Princess tent....$5.00
You eat raspberries, blueberries and blackberries in a cool purple hat.
That is what you do in the Summer Time!!
You go to church in pretty summer dresses. I had to pull those flip flops off of her and put on some proper church shoes.
You go to the wading pools at Windjammer Park. Jeneva came along too. They had a blast.
I have to tell you our bathing suit story. So Jeneva stayed the night on Friday night. In the morning we were to meet up with some friends down at the wading pool. Jeneva did not have her swim suit, so we went to K-mart to get her a new one. We picked out this pretty suit and the lady stopped to tell me that they were going on the blue light special sale in 10 minutes. They were being reduced to $5.00 a swim suit. We waited the 10 minutes...that was sure nice of that lady to stop us. I didn't even know K-mart still did blue light specials. Good to know.
Here we are at the wading pool.
Paisley taking a snack break.
You go to garage sales. I found this cool cabana hut...brand new...$5.00
And this Princess tent....$5.00
You eat raspberries, blueberries and blackberries in a cool purple hat.
That is what you do in the Summer Time!!
Sleepless In Seattle
Ok, first of all I have to say I forgot to bring my camera on our overnight trip. I can't believe it!!! Anyways, you will have to make due with my story and these few pictures I took off the internet. George and I took off work Friday to go to the Bite of Seattle. George had been last year and thought that I would enjoy it. He was so right. It was a blast.
First of all we had fabulous weather. High 80's. It was a great day. Mom watched Paisley for our first night away from her. Boy was that hard, but I knew she was in capable hands. We proceeded to Seattle and parked by the Space Needle. We walked and ate and walked and ate our way through the Bite. It was so good. We shared crab cakes, fried mac and cheese bites, oriental food, reuben sandwiches...we ate until we could not eat anymore. We even ran into old friends down there...it never amazes me with thousands and thousands of people there that we would find someone we know. Small world.
I have to say a fun part of the day was watching all the children run through the water at the fountain...if you have never been there...you should head to the Key Arena and sit by the fountain and just people watch. I love to people watch and I always wonder what their world is like. The fountain is especially beautiful during the night when they have the colored lights on and music playing. The water responds to the music then too, but on Friday it just spit out water left and right and the kids played and played in the hot summer day. We will have to take Paisley sometime. I really hope Oak Harbor can eventually get a splash park. I think the kids in Oak Harbor would really enjoy it. I will keep hounding Hank about it at work.
After we could not eat or walk no more we headed to an air conditioned movie theatre to watch the new Harry Potter movie. We took the monorail into downtown Seattle and found a theatre that was playing it every 30 minutes. We walked right on in and the movie started. We could not have planned that any better. It was a great movie, probably my favorite yet.
Then we went to check into our hotel which was the Hotel Vintage, just a few blocks away from Westlake Center. It was a beautiful place to stay. We cleaned up and walked downtown to see the second movie we wanted to see which was Transformers 2. We found another theatre and again walked right on in. We are never this lucky. It was also a great movie.
By this time it was 9:00 p.m. and we were hungry. We walked a block or so to a restaurant called the Rockhouse. It was really good and we could eat in or outside. It was a perfect night to sit outside, it almost felt like Hawaii when you had a hot day and it was beginning to cool down at 9:00 p.m. You don't have many of those days living in Washington.
Anyways, we were wild that night. We never eat dinner at 9:00 p.m. and our normal bedtime is like 8:30 p.m. these days. We were reliving our 20's for sure. I am glad we did not have Paisley until we were in our 30's, we have great memories of just the two of us and this was a night to remember.
We went back to our hotel with our carrot cake and cheesecake to go in hand. We ate dessert in bed and didn't have to care about cleaning up the crumbs...we were on vacation!!!!
Morning came and we called to check in on Paisley and of course she was having a ball without us. What did we have to worry about. We walked a few blocks to a little cafe and bakery for breakfast and again sat outside eating our breakfast for two.
Our romantic getaway was ending and we headed back home to our little girl. What a great 30 hours of fun!!!
First of all we had fabulous weather. High 80's. It was a great day. Mom watched Paisley for our first night away from her. Boy was that hard, but I knew she was in capable hands. We proceeded to Seattle and parked by the Space Needle. We walked and ate and walked and ate our way through the Bite. It was so good. We shared crab cakes, fried mac and cheese bites, oriental food, reuben sandwiches...we ate until we could not eat anymore. We even ran into old friends down there...it never amazes me with thousands and thousands of people there that we would find someone we know. Small world.
I have to say a fun part of the day was watching all the children run through the water at the fountain...if you have never been there...you should head to the Key Arena and sit by the fountain and just people watch. I love to people watch and I always wonder what their world is like. The fountain is especially beautiful during the night when they have the colored lights on and music playing. The water responds to the music then too, but on Friday it just spit out water left and right and the kids played and played in the hot summer day. We will have to take Paisley sometime. I really hope Oak Harbor can eventually get a splash park. I think the kids in Oak Harbor would really enjoy it. I will keep hounding Hank about it at work.
After we could not eat or walk no more we headed to an air conditioned movie theatre to watch the new Harry Potter movie. We took the monorail into downtown Seattle and found a theatre that was playing it every 30 minutes. We walked right on in and the movie started. We could not have planned that any better. It was a great movie, probably my favorite yet.
Then we went to check into our hotel which was the Hotel Vintage, just a few blocks away from Westlake Center. It was a beautiful place to stay. We cleaned up and walked downtown to see the second movie we wanted to see which was Transformers 2. We found another theatre and again walked right on in. We are never this lucky. It was also a great movie.
By this time it was 9:00 p.m. and we were hungry. We walked a block or so to a restaurant called the Rockhouse. It was really good and we could eat in or outside. It was a perfect night to sit outside, it almost felt like Hawaii when you had a hot day and it was beginning to cool down at 9:00 p.m. You don't have many of those days living in Washington.
Anyways, we were wild that night. We never eat dinner at 9:00 p.m. and our normal bedtime is like 8:30 p.m. these days. We were reliving our 20's for sure. I am glad we did not have Paisley until we were in our 30's, we have great memories of just the two of us and this was a night to remember.
We went back to our hotel with our carrot cake and cheesecake to go in hand. We ate dessert in bed and didn't have to care about cleaning up the crumbs...we were on vacation!!!!
Morning came and we called to check in on Paisley and of course she was having a ball without us. What did we have to worry about. We walked a few blocks to a little cafe and bakery for breakfast and again sat outside eating our breakfast for two.
Our romantic getaway was ending and we headed back home to our little girl. What a great 30 hours of fun!!!
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