three silly little monkeys

what do you know...

it's been another, FOREVER, since I've blogged. At some point during every day I think I'm going to sit down and catch this damn space up. For one reason or another I dont then the cycle starts all over the next day. I want to remember. I want to NOT forget these moments that are happening everday. I am trying. I will try harder. 

 

Here is my ALMOST 2 year old. How insane does that sound? We had to run a few errands yesterday and as we drove past the park I heard from the backseat, "park mama. feed ducks.play park. mama park. mama park. lockie play." So, I pretty much had to stop since he wouldn't give it up.

 

after about 10 minutes of jumping off the picnic table Lockie saw someone walking out of the cafe with a cookie and immediatley shouted, "cookie mom. look cookie! I eat cookie?" lol so yes we went in and he had a cookie and some carrot/ginger/apple juice. He was the perfect date! 

He ate about half of his cookie then asked if he could feed it to the birdies. I love that he would run around with it in his hand thinking they would just sweep down and grab it. Funny boy. 

Love that boy! 

more of the same.

Randomness that is. I can't seem to formulate a full sentence, let alone an entire blog post. I'm not sure if it's the busyness of my life or my inablitly to slow down and concentrate on one task at a time. Anyway, here is what life looks like right now. 

Spring Soccer. Awesome team full of great kiddos. 

Swinging at the park with my GETTING-CLOSE-TO-TWO-YEAR-OLD. 

Eating insanely healthy, while challing through 24 days of cleansing. 

Remembering accidents that happened TWO years ago and thinking how strong my little lady is now as she masters going all the way across the monkey bars. 

Hiking up Saddlerock with this dude. Plus the little one. Sometimes on my own. 

Getting closer and closer to living here. 

Watching parades from a better view point. 

 

Spending 2 days in Kennewick while J was working. Lots of exlporing, hanging with Uncle Donnie, napping at the mall, gymnastics, parking it up. 

Riding WITHOUT training wheels! 

Using the pot, like a big dude. 

and just loving on each other. 

It's the little things I want to remember.....

 

house fun.

We are nearing the last month of the big remodel. Everything is going exceptionally smooth and all the finishing touches are happening now. The hardwoods are going in, the yard is getting in shape, the cleaning is about to commence. So close! 

Remember what it looked like when we started? 

So the last month...

I'm not sure where it went but i've managed to stray from this little ol' blog for far too long. It seems as if Spring sort of just showed up at our doorstep and I've been running ever since. I'm going to do a VERY random catch up blog of the happenings over here at the zoo. 

lockie dude- almost 22 months old. yikes.I will be doing a 22 month post soon to fill you in on all the latest and greatest tricks this little monster can do. 

My sweet Teagan Claire. I feel as though we have crossed over another benchmark with her. We are no longer fighting each other over every move, she is compromising and listening so much better. She's always been a doll but her attiude seemed to reach a new level of sass the past few months. She is dying to ride her bike without training wheels and has a date with her daddy tomorrow to do just that. 

Donnie & Hil came to town for the Steve Burchett ski and golf tourney. Donnie, Justin, dad, and I were all on a team and having a ton of fun up until the point where exhaustion/dehydration/beer drinking had me tossing my cookies next to the golf cart. Not the best evening. The kids think their Auntie and Uncle are pretty dang cool!

Koren was in his school' Spell Down. Damn you silent H's! 

He also went in for a BIG chop, but I haven't loaded any after pics yet. Coming soon. 

Easter happened and you can see all the fun HERE. 

LOTS of park time. Almost every day we have been hitting up the park, sometimes with friends and often just me and the monkeys. 

The last weekend in May Sarah, Amy, and I went for a spendanight in the "big city" We shopped, and ate, and people watched. Lucky for us we got to stay in the heart of Comicon ;) 

Koren's school put on an awesome production, Donkey Tails, and my brave big 1st grader had a singing and dancing role. So proud of him! 

That's a good place to leave off, I'll try and fill in the blanks in the next few days. With things like: 

Koren's soccer skills. 

Lockie's craziness. 

Teagan's scooter riding. 

Ski team. 

New house progress--must post soon, this project is getting SO close to finished :) 

oh and awesome babysitters!!

mon-wed-fri

On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays while Teagan and Koren are both in school me and my littlest monkey just get to hang. I savor these mornings as I know all too well that soon I will be babeless and missing them all. 

books.snacks. pretend play. more snacks. more books.climb.repeat. 

that's how it went today.

Skier Dude

This past weekend Koren participated in his first ever ski race. He has been skiing with the MRST Ski Stars for the past 8 weeks and to conclude the season they have a fun little race and awards barbeque. Since I grew up ski racing and was really really excited about Koren starting this year I'm not sure who was more excited about Saturday. I'm pretty positive it was me. He did awesome and had fun, which is what matters most! 

19 months.

I wonder how long I will continue to document Lachlan by the month. I guess I'm holding on to the fact that he could be the last babe and I never though of doing this with the other two. 

Anyhoo. 

Lockie is moving right along and entering the "terrible twos" I say that with a smile because all though he is VERY curious and tends to be way too indepenedant he's so damn cute while making trouble that it's hard to get mad at him. He loves markers and since we seem to have a house full of them he has no trouble finding them when i'm not looking. He will tell me, "me coloh, me coloh mark." Yes L you did color with the markers. Thanks. 

He's putting 2 and 3 words togehter. Every morning he will tell Justin, "Tre food me!" He wants to go help feed Traeger. His hair is half way between a really cute head of curls and bedhead mullet. He loves animals and mimicking all the noises they make. He sleeps a ton! LOVES bathtime. Hates when he can't do exactly what he wants, when he wants. Thinks he can do whatever the bid kids can do. As I type this he is standing on a stool getting a cup of water from the dispenser in the fridge. Oh Lockie. 

today.

the sun was shining. the kids were tired of being indoors. so we went out and played. end of story. 

oldest brother

Having 3 kids means not a lot of one-on-one time. Whenver I have the chance to steal a few moments with just one of the monkeys I try and cherish whatever it is we are doing. 

Koren was supposed to be skiing today. He hasn't missed a day of his ski team program yet but had to stay home today because of a lingering fever that we've all been fighting. Little Lockie was down for a nap and Teag's and J were out running errands. 

Koren asked if he could bake something together with me. Well we all know that I don't bake so I put him in charge of a box of brownie/cookies and let him have at it. It was awesome to see his ready skills take over and he did EVERYTHING except put the pan in the oven. I was such a proud mom and he I think was even more proud of himself. LOVE my oldest dude, even though he's not much for being in front of the camera I was able to capture him doing his thing today. 

 

until someone gets hurt....

Playing with bubbles inside sounded like a fun idea. It was for a while, but then the invetiable happened. Luckly we teach our kids to "shake it off' and soon they were up and running again.