Soccer Saturday

Elle and I were lucky enough to tag along to Sophie's first soccer game of the year! 



Proud soccer parents :)

Go, Sophie, go!!

Elle thought she was in charge of snacks for the sideline parents.  Here she is offering fishes to a soccer Dad.

Sophie was awesome and always ahead of the pack!

Orange and Black just like our high school colors!  I like I might still have orange and black finger nail polish that I can break out for the next game!!

Sophie's 7th

Okay so no excuses.  We have been super lazy about our blog and I apologize.  Work has been out of control for both Colby and myself and the last thing we wanted to do at night is spend more time online.  However, it is now almost the end of November *gulp* but we are back in business thanks to a super cool new laptop!  So where did we leave off. 

Ah, yes, Sophie's 7th birthday way back in September...



The fish party was awesome! 

The children decorated the their bowls and watched patiently until it was their turn to pick a fish! 

The canoe was a great place to eat cake!

Plus the paddle worked wonders on the fishy pinata!

Gia and Elle were able to sit back and chat while the others took turns whacking the pinata.

Do The Puyallup

Yes, it's been a while since we have updated but don't worry, we have had our camera and there are many posts coming down the pipe.  The first set of random pictures I found were from our trip to the Puyallup fair. Kim's coworker Lana won some free tickets online.  You can see her story here.  They have the sample cow set up so all the kids can feel what it's like to milk a cow.  Elle wasn't too sure at first...

But then she figured out it was ok and she acted like she had been doing it for years.

Next, it was off to the Darigold building for some samples of regular and chocolate milk and eggnog.  Elle was definitely a fan of eggnog

Here's her audition for the next "Got Milk?" ad campaign

We wandered past some of the carnival games and Lana and Drew won Elle a cute little dog.  Have we mentioned how much Elle LOVES stuffed animals?

Next, it was off to the super slide for a trip down with Daddy. 

"Here Mr. Carney, please hold my baby"

Here...we...gooooo!!!!!

Wow, that was SUPER fast!  Can we do it again?

Next, it was daddy's turn to win Elle a prize.  (The fuzzy dice he won at the Maple Valley carnival hadn't been a very big hit with Mommy)

So it was one...

two...

three...

and success!  Those many games pitching softball really paid off and Daddy (after a little negotiating) won Elle the super prize at that booth.

Elle was too tired at that point to be impressed :O)

Last stop was for an elephant ear, yum!

Thanks Lana and Drew for the awesome day at the fair.

F is for Fish

Sophie's 7th birthday party was a goldfish party!  Of course we had to go fish at the pet store!

Mean while back at the cart...

Happy babies playing nicely until...

Elle touched me!

I said no.

Why did you hit me? Sorry, I didn't mean to but you crossed the invisible line. 

Seriously this could be a picture of Tracy and me as children.  The invisible line was always too much of a temptation for me to handle!

Homemade Diaper

Teething bites!  Elle has been dealing with 4 big fatty molars that want to conquer her little tiny mouth in a slow painful way!  Every time a tooth tries to appear Miss Elle's bum is a mess.  The rash is painful and without a doubt the worst thing we have had to deal with.  We have been letting her run around naked but this makes us on edge as we are afraid nature will call in during naked time.  So I decided to make her a homemade diaper while running around the house.  I have it say it was hilarious!!   So to start, I took a racer diaper cover and lined it with a burp cloth.  She looked a bit cold so I added baby legs.



Seriously Momma, why you laughing at me??

Running to Daddy for help and a shirt!  The rooster tail was cracking me up.

Elle made a break for the stairs.  

What?  Just going up stairs, okay?

Yes, I know you are laughing but why?  The bum says #1 and the shirt says 1st prize. 

Okay that is funny! 

 I am just going to sit here until you pull yourself together Momma!

Post Edit: Colby wasn't enjoying the free range diaper so we took it off her and while I was grabbing a real diaper nature called... Colby grabbed Elle and tried to make it to the kitchen.  Lucky for us she finished by the time they hit the linoleum... Needless to say we now have organic plain brown diapers for teething days.

Labor Day weekend

We headed out to Raymond's house for a Labor Day weekend BBQ!

Elle and Marcus continued their tour O'cars with this produce box.  Grami pushed them around the yard. 

Elle was over the car and decided to rest by the fire, while Marcus pushed on.

 

Elle enjoyed hanging out by the fire pit.  Poppi kept a tight grip on Miss Elle which made Momma happy :)

 

Colby took this picture and I just love how the fire danced into the sky! 

Instructions to opening a present

As presented by Elleanor:


Step 1.  Stare at bag and prepare to remove tissue.

Step 2.  Crawl partially into bag in order to begin removing tissue.

3. Begin removing one tiny piece of tissue at a time.

4. Present retrieved.  Push to Daddy to have it opened up.

5. Proceed to sit in the block container while playing with new princess blocks!

Thank you Charlotte, Carla, and Matt!  Elle loves them as you can see! 

I can't wait for Christmas as Elle is has officially figured out how to open a present! YEAH!!

Drive Marcus Drive!

Marcus and Elle checked out Uncle Raymond's corvette. 

Marcus was focused on the road

While Elle was a bit scared!  "Marcus is honking at people, Momma!"

Blocks...Not Just For Knocking Down Anymore

Elle has finally decided that it is fun to stack her blocks and she was showing off last night.  Warning, there is a lot of squealing involved so you may want to turn your speakers down a bit first.

This went on for a good ten minutes.