Baking Brownies

Last week was a brownie week. It was necessary! However it was a "patience" learning experience for Lauren. When we were done mixing, the question started, "Are they ready yet?" I answered no and it was "AWWWWEEE!" So she went to have her nightly bath. I couldn't get her pajamas on fast enough and she was "Ready, yet?" as she went streaking to the oven. When the timer went off it was "READY!!!!!" But then she didn't understand that they would be 350 degrees when they came out and needed to cool. That was the longest 15 minutes ever!

Playgroup

This week we were at Katie's house....or Logan and Ellie's depending on who you ask! The weather was decent so we got out the inflatable jump house! Hours of fun. In fact Lauren had to be packed off kicking and screaming!

Here's Lauren waiting for her turn, they could only do it 3 at a time.....shockingly patient for once!

In between "jumping time" as Lauren called it, they took turns on bikes, scooters and wagons. Lauren trying to pull Brianna and Anna. She did really well, until she fell flat on her back! Notice no shoes....that didn't help. She didn't want to take the time to put the shoes back on after jumping!

Falling down in the bounce house. The action shots are tooooooo blurry!

Love this one of Cassie's hair.

Oregon Beach

Last weekend daddy and mommy went to Chinook Winds for the Oregon Hunters statewide auction. Lauren spent the weekend with Meema and Papa and had a blast. She got to see Benny Beaver, who she can't stop talking about. Here are the only pics I took from the weekend. Us women went for a walk on the beach when the guys went golfing......it was actually a nice morning!!

The mussels, starfish and urchin.

A closer shot....

The rock that Nana was infatuated with! It looked like it would be a cool fabric!

Playing catch-up

I realized I haven't posted for awhile so I thought I'd use this to catch-up. Since getting back from our Oregon trip, we've been busy with projects around the house. We had a swell in the backyard that made the yard not as user friendly. So we had dirt brought in and filled that in....now we just have to wait for the grass to grow. The previous deck hadn't been treated in the 5 years it was there, so we had to replaced the boards and stain it. They weather has finally cooperated to get the second coat of stain on and it should finish curing today with all of the sun! Today and tomorrow are forcasted to reach 70! We decided against a garden since the deer are living in our backyard. They literally are sleeping on our drain field at night.

The weather hasn't been great so we've been stuck inside until now. The book collection was getting redundant. And when Lauren is saying the same sentences as you are reading them....you know you've read the book too many times. We made it to Goodwill and picked up some new ones. Not sure how long those we'll last though! She likes to look through her books and "read" to herself. She was exhausted afterwards.


Lauren's vocabulary is getting better and better. She is also Miss Independent and has started to insist on dressing herself after baths. Some things end up backwards, but oh well. Oh and she has learned how to open the refrigerator and sliding glass door on her own; 2 things I wish she never would have learned. Thank goodness for our alarm system.

Dance Shoes

I thought this was silly. The other morning she got up and put on her shoes and this is what we got:

Dance Shoes Take 1:

And the fabulous pose/dance.....maybe tap classes are in our future???

Take 3: