Bowling

I know spring is on everyone's mind. However, for those cold, rainy days we might have left, or a thought to get you through next winter, bowling is great activity for the kiddos. Most bowling alleys have open bowl during the day. I would like to give a shout out to Mt. Hood Lanes here in Gresham. Super kid friendly. They have shoes down to size little six and ramps and bumpers that they will set up for you. They even accept competitors coupons. The other mom and I just borrowed shoes to help the kids because they do need monitoring.

So here are a few pictures from our bowling playdate.

More Valentines

The kids painted canvas pictures for Mike for Valentine's Day. Here they are working on their masterpieces. Too bad I didn't take a picture of the final products ;)




And here are a couple of Gavin's party at school. He worked so hard on his Valentine's for his friends. He put stickers on each one, signed his name, and wrote the friend's name on the envelope.

Valentine's Day

Usually the post is about the kids, but Mike and I had too good of a Valentine's Day not to speak about it.

The kid's attended Parent's Night Out at the preschool, conveniently planned for v-day. After a little research of what we could fit into our 4 hours of free time we headed for the revived area of Stark St. We headed to a great Mexican joint called Romo's. Got the last table in the place that wasn't reserved. Had a great meal. I highly recommend the Fajitas! Then were pleasantly surprised to see that they were offering complimentary desserts for the special occasion. After a nice quiet meal we walked across the street to the Academy theater to catch the perfectly-timed showing of Marley & Me. Mike graciously agreed to see the sappy movie :) The movie ended we headed to the car. As we got close Mike picked up the pace toward the passenger side door. This could only mean one thing . . . he was making me drive. I kicked into high gear and beat him to the door. Actually he just wanted to get the door for me :) Yikes.

Picked up the kids with 10 minutes to spare. They were well behaved and had a fabulous time! The night was great for ALL!

Gavin's First Fish

Sorry there are no pictures . . . but here is the story.

Gavin got a fishing pole last Easter. He LOVES to fish. Or at least cast the line. Mike usually ties a small stick on his line so he has something to toss that won't draw blood.

They tried to catch a fish a couple of time last year with no luck. Mike took him to the Sportsman show on Wednesday to try their luck in the kid's trout pond. Gavin was petrified! He wouldn't go near the pole if Mike's had wasn't on it. When the fish splashed him in the face that was the end of it!

He proudly bolted through the door that night to tell me about the two fish he caught. Every other sentence was something about being a little scared. He wanted to show me the fish . . . from the other side of the room.

Mike cleaned them and I cooked them up Thursday night for dinner. I put some pieces on his plate. When he asked what it was I told him it was the fish he caught with daddy he flew out of his seat so fast.

Once I calmed him down he did eat the fish. Not sure if he'll be asking to go fishing anytime soon?

The star game

If you have spent evenings with Mike and I you know we play a little game "The First Star". We have played it since we first starting dating (that would be 12 years ago). We have had an unexpected new winner in our house the past few weeks. That would be Molly, and occasionally Gavin. It seems without being introduced to the game, they have figured out the rules. Now it is time for mommy and daddy to get the title back!

Camera found

and just in time for Gavin's first school performance! We were so proud of him. He participated with a smile on his face and sang his little heart out . . . the best he could. Of course what performance wouldn't be complete without a little silliness from our boy.




Take a look at the link below. He'll be the one in red and about a half a line behind the rest of singers :)

The quality from uploading didn't turn out that great. Guess I'll have to keep the clips to under 100mb next time.

Gavin's Program

The camera is missing

I take our family snapshots with a point and shoot . . . which is missing :( I usually don't like to post without a picture . . . but it has been too long.

So . . .

Happy New Year.
The kids are back in lessons. Molly has completely taken off. She can push off the wall, unassisted and steamboat to daddy. She is so close to being able to float on her back and well this officially passes her brother in skill level. We have been to "slide" pool a few times this year. Both kids LOVE going down the water slide and floating down the lazy river.

Gavin had a skiing lesson with his cousin Max up at Timberline. I think he had a GREAT time, but didn't learn too much. I think we will give the lesson another go and bump him up a level for a challenge.

Hopefully the camera will turn up . . . TONIGHT. We have Gavin's belated Christmas program at school. How cute!