Today we reached 88 degrees; that's 21 degrees above the normal of 67 degrees for this time. We are trending to be 15 days in a row (tomorrow) with no measurable rainfall...I love it! It was 60 degrees this morning as I headed out to the bus stop at 0440; can it be like this forever? Only in Vegas I'm sure...
Just give it time and I'm sure we'll be back into the 60's soon enough:-(
Showing posts with label summer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label summer. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Monday, June 1, 2009
Is it safe to say summer is FINALLY here?
Hard to believe the year is just about 1/2 over already and we'll be talking about and seeing Christmas & Halloween decorations soon enough! Time sure flies when you're having fun! Here's to an entire week of low 80's to mid-high 70's and sunshine!!!
The temperature has been wonderful here, in fact, it was 81 degrees today and is due to be 83 degrees tomorrow and Wednesday! These are the days why I'm so glad we had AC installed a couple of years ago:-) Philip hung ceiling fans in both boys' rooms yesterday...they are so cute; we got them at Home Depot. They are called discovery for Kids by Hunter and have rocket ships on the fan blades and like the globe/world for the glass enclosure. Actually, Jordan picked it out all by himself. By time Justin and I had made it around the corner, Philip had said here's the one Jordan wants...below is the link for the picture; obviously very popular since they are out of stock online!
http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=100625775&N=10000003+501492+982+10401010
Eventually we'll get a ceiling fan for our room too, but it's a work in process....I mean come on' we are STILL trying to finish our 1/2 bath mini remodel which is now going into year #2! At this rate, we'll be able to hire the boys to finish it for their mom and pop:-) If you go way back to the beginning of when I started blogging (June 08), yup one year ago, you'll see I was updating status on the bathroom; not much change since then! Basically it's the crown moulding that we are having the hard time with and I think we've actually decided to postpone doing it ourselves and once we redo the downstairs; have crown moulding put in throughout the downstairs (to include the bathroom). This won't happen for at least 2 years until Justin gets three, so don't look for any pictures to post to the blog soon on the bathroom:-)
The boys, myself, Mary Kay, and her boxer Coco went to the elementary school park a few blocks away yesterday and Jordan watched her throw the Frisbee in the air and Coco would run and catch it in her mouth. We'd all clap and then so would Justin...It was a gorgeous day to be outside. Actually the school we were at is where Jordan would go to Kindergarten next September; they grow just too fast. Justin and Jordan were on the big gym at school too going down the slides, hanging on the monkey bars, and climbing onto steps. There's nothing big brother Jordan can do that Justin won't at least attempt to try even if he falls down and hurts himself!
Jordan is going to see his first movie on the big screen this coming Saturday afternoon...Mary Kay and Claudia, her 12 year-old granddaughter whom Jordan just loves to pieces, are taking him to see the Pixar movie UP that just opened this past weekend and grossed close to $70M. Jordan couldn't be more excited then if it were Christmas time all over again! The caveat is that he has to be good this week:-) I'll have to let you all know how is first big boy movie experience goes!
Today was Justin's first day in the Sophmore room at daycare; no more bottles, no more formula, no more baby:-( I've got a full blown toddler on my hands now! He sits at the big table now with the rest of the 1-2 year olds and has breakfast, snack, and lunch and now also gets to do crafts and other structured activites. That makes 2 sets of crafts for 18 years; I think we'll need a bigger garage or storage unit since I'll never be able to get rid of anything. I've already got a big banker box full of Jordan's crafts up until now, and he's just 4!
The temperature has been wonderful here, in fact, it was 81 degrees today and is due to be 83 degrees tomorrow and Wednesday! These are the days why I'm so glad we had AC installed a couple of years ago:-) Philip hung ceiling fans in both boys' rooms yesterday...they are so cute; we got them at Home Depot. They are called discovery for Kids by Hunter and have rocket ships on the fan blades and like the globe/world for the glass enclosure. Actually, Jordan picked it out all by himself. By time Justin and I had made it around the corner, Philip had said here's the one Jordan wants...below is the link for the picture; obviously very popular since they are out of stock online!
http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=100625775&N=10000003+501492+982+10401010
Eventually we'll get a ceiling fan for our room too, but it's a work in process....I mean come on' we are STILL trying to finish our 1/2 bath mini remodel which is now going into year #2! At this rate, we'll be able to hire the boys to finish it for their mom and pop:-) If you go way back to the beginning of when I started blogging (June 08), yup one year ago, you'll see I was updating status on the bathroom; not much change since then! Basically it's the crown moulding that we are having the hard time with and I think we've actually decided to postpone doing it ourselves and once we redo the downstairs; have crown moulding put in throughout the downstairs (to include the bathroom). This won't happen for at least 2 years until Justin gets three, so don't look for any pictures to post to the blog soon on the bathroom:-)
The boys, myself, Mary Kay, and her boxer Coco went to the elementary school park a few blocks away yesterday and Jordan watched her throw the Frisbee in the air and Coco would run and catch it in her mouth. We'd all clap and then so would Justin...It was a gorgeous day to be outside. Actually the school we were at is where Jordan would go to Kindergarten next September; they grow just too fast. Justin and Jordan were on the big gym at school too going down the slides, hanging on the monkey bars, and climbing onto steps. There's nothing big brother Jordan can do that Justin won't at least attempt to try even if he falls down and hurts himself!
Jordan is going to see his first movie on the big screen this coming Saturday afternoon...Mary Kay and Claudia, her 12 year-old granddaughter whom Jordan just loves to pieces, are taking him to see the Pixar movie UP that just opened this past weekend and grossed close to $70M. Jordan couldn't be more excited then if it were Christmas time all over again! The caveat is that he has to be good this week:-) I'll have to let you all know how is first big boy movie experience goes!
Today was Justin's first day in the Sophmore room at daycare; no more bottles, no more formula, no more baby:-( I've got a full blown toddler on my hands now! He sits at the big table now with the rest of the 1-2 year olds and has breakfast, snack, and lunch and now also gets to do crafts and other structured activites. That makes 2 sets of crafts for 18 years; I think we'll need a bigger garage or storage unit since I'll never be able to get rid of anything. I've already got a big banker box full of Jordan's crafts up until now, and he's just 4!
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Summer 2008 - it's officially over!
Summer is officially over! The weather here has turned crappy...I was able to get out with the boys over the weekend down to our little park and have some fun. Below is a slideshow capturing the final Hooh-rah of Summer 2008!
It's funny how we are flying out today to go to MI and the weather here is the usual Seattle weather (misty, grey, cold) but we are going to MI for sunny and 70's:) Lucky for us we get an extended 'summer'! With that said, I'm signing off for the next 2 weeks and will update the blog with pictures/vacation when we get back and settled back in.
It's funny how we are flying out today to go to MI and the weather here is the usual Seattle weather (misty, grey, cold) but we are going to MI for sunny and 70's:) Lucky for us we get an extended 'summer'! With that said, I'm signing off for the next 2 weeks and will update the blog with pictures/vacation when we get back and settled back in.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Making Jam; Jordan is SO big!
Well I've already fallen a couple of days behind in posting my once a week promise to everyone:) Oh well, better late then never.
Last weekend over the 4th of July we went to Spooner Farms for WA grown strawberries and raspberries. Last year was the first time we went to this place. I think we'll go back every year now for fresh berries. Below is the link to the farm which we'll probably take the boys to this fall for the annual pumpkin patch and hay ride so that Jordan can pick his own pumpkin! Anyways, the purpose of the trip was to get berries so that Philip and I could make raspberry and strawberry jam, which we in fact did. We made 2 flats of raspberries and 4 flats of strawberry jam...I'm not sure how much that exactly amounts to, but I do know we've got a lot in the freezer as well as the pantry. We made both cooked and freezer jam thanks to the learnings and teachings of our friend and neighbor next door Mary Kay. Philip and I are going back to Spooner Farms before the summer is out to get blackberries and venture to make some blackberry jam all on our own. We'll have to let you know how that works out! Hopefully we've taken good notes...
http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wlr/farms/farm_profile.asp?farmID=37
Jordan has gotten so big all of a sudden...he has finally started to dress himself. On July 8th, he actually put his spiderman jammies (top and bottoms) and socks on all by himself. It was wonderful to watch to see how big he's gotten and that he's starting to do 'stuff' that big boys should be doing. We are STILL working on potty training...I'm wondering if I'll have a kindergartner in pull-ups!!! If anyone has any ideas, please post some comments on this topic as I'm willing to try anything. It's really the #2 in the potty that is the issue...This is the toughest issue we've had to address and work through; everything else up to this point has seemed so easy, who knew potty training your toddler boy could cause more gray hair and wrinkles!
On Saturday (7/12), our neighbors came over with their girls (Samantha remember the posting below is Jordan's new friend) and we barbecued and hung out on our patio. It was in the 80's and very sunny outside. Since we don't get many of those except during the summer, we try to spend as much time outside now! Jordan and Samantha played in our pool and the grown ups got to chat and relax! I like that we've got a couple right across the street from us who are our age and have one girl that is Jordan's age and the other one is 18-months old so Justin will have someone to play with as well when he gets bigger.
Justin is smiling so much now! He has his 4 month check up in 2 1/2 weeks...I can't believe how fast time is flying. Jordan is always trying to be so close to his little brother that he wants to start picking him up now. We have to really keep our eye on him...in fact, Jordan tried to drag the play mat that Justin was laying on just so he would be closer to him. We were like Jordan you can't just drag your brother around the house...to be closer to him. Jordan is always kissing and hugging up on him...that's great, since I'm sure when the boys are bigger I'll be wishing and remembering back to this time when they couldn't get enough of each other!
My Marketing class in my MBA program just started today for the next 10 weeks...life as I know it just got a lot busier!
Last weekend over the 4th of July we went to Spooner Farms for WA grown strawberries and raspberries. Last year was the first time we went to this place. I think we'll go back every year now for fresh berries. Below is the link to the farm which we'll probably take the boys to this fall for the annual pumpkin patch and hay ride so that Jordan can pick his own pumpkin! Anyways, the purpose of the trip was to get berries so that Philip and I could make raspberry and strawberry jam, which we in fact did. We made 2 flats of raspberries and 4 flats of strawberry jam...I'm not sure how much that exactly amounts to, but I do know we've got a lot in the freezer as well as the pantry. We made both cooked and freezer jam thanks to the learnings and teachings of our friend and neighbor next door Mary Kay. Philip and I are going back to Spooner Farms before the summer is out to get blackberries and venture to make some blackberry jam all on our own. We'll have to let you know how that works out! Hopefully we've taken good notes...
http://dnr.metrokc.gov/wlr/farms/farm_profile.asp?farmID=37
Jordan has gotten so big all of a sudden...he has finally started to dress himself. On July 8th, he actually put his spiderman jammies (top and bottoms) and socks on all by himself. It was wonderful to watch to see how big he's gotten and that he's starting to do 'stuff' that big boys should be doing. We are STILL working on potty training...I'm wondering if I'll have a kindergartner in pull-ups!!! If anyone has any ideas, please post some comments on this topic as I'm willing to try anything. It's really the #2 in the potty that is the issue...This is the toughest issue we've had to address and work through; everything else up to this point has seemed so easy, who knew potty training your toddler boy could cause more gray hair and wrinkles!
On Saturday (7/12), our neighbors came over with their girls (Samantha remember the posting below is Jordan's new friend) and we barbecued and hung out on our patio. It was in the 80's and very sunny outside. Since we don't get many of those except during the summer, we try to spend as much time outside now! Jordan and Samantha played in our pool and the grown ups got to chat and relax! I like that we've got a couple right across the street from us who are our age and have one girl that is Jordan's age and the other one is 18-months old so Justin will have someone to play with as well when he gets bigger.
Justin is smiling so much now! He has his 4 month check up in 2 1/2 weeks...I can't believe how fast time is flying. Jordan is always trying to be so close to his little brother that he wants to start picking him up now. We have to really keep our eye on him...in fact, Jordan tried to drag the play mat that Justin was laying on just so he would be closer to him. We were like Jordan you can't just drag your brother around the house...to be closer to him. Jordan is always kissing and hugging up on him...that's great, since I'm sure when the boys are bigger I'll be wishing and remembering back to this time when they couldn't get enough of each other!
My Marketing class in my MBA program just started today for the next 10 weeks...life as I know it just got a lot busier!
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