Mother's Day 2012 ~ Remlinger Farms

God gave us a beautiful day to celebrate Mother's Day this year.  It was 75 degrees and sunny.  I really wanted to take the kids to Remlinger Farms since it hadd been 2 years since we had been there.  Luke and Ava are the perfect age for all of the rides there. Even Sydney went on a couple rides.  We rode the rollercoaster about 5 times each!  Afterwards we came home and grilled some lobster tails and ate a yummy dinner together.  It was a perfect day!

Smores time already!!!

The weather has been so perfect lately that we have been grilling every night and toasting lots of marshmallows on the firepit.  Sharing lots of good bottles of wine with our amazing friends and neighbors, The Shearers.  We are gearing up for a few camping weekends this summer with them and the Vickerman’s… we can’t wait!  Thank you Mother nature for the 80 degree temps we have had this past week.  It feels like July!

My Emotional Sydney...

Her moods change by the minute.  Maybe they are even more heightened than usual because her top molars just broke through.  Anyhow, I need to get her sassy personality on video and post it.  As funny as it is disturbing that she has such a strong opinion at such a young age, I never want to forget just how passionate she is about EVERYTHING.  Last night on the way to Luke’s T-Ball game, she was upset with me because her juice was in the trunk of the van and she wanted it NOW!  She still isn’t using more than a few words so I am still reading her mind but I know that is what she wanted.  She proceeded to bat her hand in the air (like she does about 25 times a day) and yell “NOOOO” to me.  Each time she yelled at me, I told her “no ma’am” in a calm voice.  Sometimes I can’t help but smile because she is funny when she gets mad…she reminds me of a cranky old lady.  Well, she was so mad at me that she stooped to a new low, she grabbed he foot and bit her toe!!!  And of course she started whaling because it hurt so bad.  When she is strapped in her car seat and can’t bang her head to the floor she finds another way to hurt herself.  At the present time, she is totally manageable but I am seriously scared thinking about what she is going to be like in a few years if she doesn’t know how to control her emotions better by then.  Here we are at the beach last week.  We have been having so many wonderful playdates with our friends lately.  Keeping her so busy is a way that I can keep her happy.

Happy Mothers Day from Stevo

Our amazing Daddy had Mommy's favorite chocolates delivered and beautiful lillies!  Hopefully the picture is good enough to see his funny messages.

Happy Mothers Day from Ava

Ava had a mothers day tea at school on Thursday that we went to.  All the adorable kids sang "The flower says that i love you, Happy Mother's Day."  You stood up there and smiled the whole time and was too shy to sing.  That surprised me because she loves to sing.  Funny Luke looked at me and said "mommy, why isn't Ava singing?"  I told him he never used to sing during productions like that either.  He looked at me like i was making that up....haha.

Beautiful spring day

We are enjoying the sand, sun and mountains at one of our favorite Seattle beaches.

Happy early Mothers Day to me!

Lukey made me such a special card and flower for mothers day.  He was so excited to give it to me.  He told me i am the sweetest mom in the world.

The lot is cleared!

The permit should be in, in a couple weeks and then they will start pouring concrete.  The kids and i have been driving by daily to watch them build the other 2 lots.

Atlantis Vacation Chapter 4: Out and About

There were so many fun things to do at Atlantis.  We ate a very good (and expensive) sushi place that was within the casino at Atlantis.  We looked in the shops and the kids had many visits with Nana to the extensive aquarium that was integrated into the Royal Towers.  Wer ate yummy ice cream, sat on silly chairs and tried on hats.  Luke picked out a shark tooth necklace and Ava picked out a pretty bracelet.  Poor Sydney was getting in her 2 year molars so was rather cranky and not herself the whole week.