May, So Far

May is going by pretty fast.  I've been working on 2 refinishing projects that I was finally able to finish last week.  Everything else is my life has suffered because of it.  But, I did manage to take a few pictures of the girls while they kept themselves busy while I worked. 

Oregon City had a wind storm and our neighbors tree fell on our house.  No damage done, thankfully.  And we are glad our HOA hired a crew to haul the trees away. 

We attempted family pictures with our tripod as the photographer.  None of them worked out -  at all - it was disgusting.  Of course, our kids are still cute.

We had a nice FHE with the Lundgreen's recently.  We had an awesome dinner followed by a walk to the park and s'mores.  FHE's at home aren't that cool.  Shelby is now expecting more....  And don't you just love Shelby's outfit?  She wears those shorts with just about everything since they are her "summer" shorts.  What a great sense of style...?!?!?
 

Pumpkin Carving

We spent 2 FHE nights carving pumpkins.  Travis did most of the work, but Shelby designed all the faces.

PUMPKIN #1

Don't let this picture fool you.  Shelby didn't scoop out ANY of the pumpkin innards.  She actually dry heaved because it was so gross. 

PUMPKIN #2

Pumpkin Carving

Shelby and I carved our pumpkin today.  Shelby designed the pumpkin herself.  She had told me over and over that her pumpkin had to be happy and not scary.  I think she did a great job. 

In a Nutshell

I'll be the first to admit my life is far from exciting. January was a ho-hum month, which left me with nothing to blog about. I was looking through my photos on my phone a few moments ago and was able to find some highlights from last month. I'm grateful for Shelby who is thoughtful enough to keep things interesting for me.

One day in preschool, Shelby and her classmates made crowns. Shelby thought she was pretty hot stuff with her crown, but when she found my sunglasses she was magically turned into a princess (her Minnie Mouse PJ's have the same magical effect). She sat on our bathroom counter for a good 30 minutes looking at herself and smiling. Love her.


We've been missing some parts to our potato head family. Namely the mouths and glasses because Shelby uses them to play "face." She'll stick the lips in her mouth and puts the teeny tiny glasses on and pretends to be Mrs. Potato Head. It's quite the game. After several days of "face" play the face parts have gone missing. Unfortunately, that makes it difficult to build a potato head family and/or to play the face game. The other day, Shelby and I decided to dig through her toy box to see if we could find the missing pieces. We found the pieces (yay!) and our chicken mask, which was supposed to (but did not) accompany Shelby's chicken Halloween costume last year. She refused to wear it or even to try in on (such a party pooper), until today. And whaddya know?! She thought it was hilarious.


Saturday night, Travis and I decided to take Shelby bowling. Well, actually we decided to take her to Chuck E. Cheese's, but there was a line (a huge, gigantic, colossal size line) to get into Chuck E. Cheese's. That surprised us (I had no idea Chuck E. was so well loved) and we were unwilling to wait in line to eat pizza and play games. Luckily, there was a bowling alley across the street so we decided to bowl a game. Shelby thought bowling was fun, but she was much more interested in watching the bowling balls pop up in the ball return thingamajig. She also took a fancy to her bowling shoes and wanted to take them home with her. Travis bowled a a really good game, somewhere in the 140's and I managed to make it to 94, which is my usual (and unimpressive) score and Shelby made it all the was to 67. Not bad for a first try. For a while, there was a strong possibility that Shelby was going to beat my bowling score. I'm glad I managed to pull off 2nd place. That could have been so embarrassing.


The highlight of the month, however did not include my lovely, little Shelby. My good friend, Erica (hiya Er!) came to Portland a few weeks ago. We were able to go out for a fun night of billiards and Peruvian food. It was great catching up with her and I'm looking forward to her next visit. Which, I'm hoping (and betting) takes place in March. But, I could probably hold out until April. That would be a fantastic birthday present, by the way (hint, hint).

So, there you have it. That was our January. Let's hope February brings me some more fun and excitement!!

Pumpkin Carving

Yesterday, I thought it would be fun to carve pumpkins with Ellie and Shelby. I even roasted the pumpkin seeds when we were all done. I am proud to say that I finally figured out how to get crunchy pumpkin seeds...boil in salt water before baking. Who would have thought?