Trip to Cascade

So over Memorial Day weekend, Riley and I thought it would be a great time to take a few extra days off and make the long trip to Cascade to do some work on our house. Yes, we still have that house. We have renters in our house, Andrew and Brittany and their two children. How strange is this, but like us, they have two boys, almost identical in age to Cole and Finn. We pitched a tent in the front yard as to try and not intrude too much on our renters, who by the way were very hospitable. I was very thankful for Brittany letting me shower and use the bathroom. I told Riley that if I was going to have to use the outhouse, he was going to have to remove the spiders from their home.

Well Cole had a blast. He had a little buddy, Ian, to play with the entire weekend. He was pretty much covered in dirt the entire weekend. We had great weather and got quite a bit of work done. Riley had two loads of gravel brought in to smooth out the driveway, which the kids thought was their own personal playground. Cole was a little disappointed when Riley took the dirt away, but did have fun on the backhoe helping out. I got the flower beds weeded and looking good. Riley started building a walkpath from the backyard down to the river. It's going to be amazing when he gets it done. Now we just need somebody to buy the house. Let me know if you're interested, I'll cut you a great deal. LOL!!!

Thanks again Andrew and Brittany for all your hospitality.

Cole's preschool music program

So last week I got to go to Cole's preschool and watch their music program. Since school is almost over, they wanted to show the parents what songs the kids has learned this year. After watching, I'm not sure Cole learned any. As you can see from the pictures, he pretty much just sat there trying to look invisible. I definitely don't think I have an actor on my hands. Oh well, I guess he'll have to be a surgeon.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to my mother and all you other mothers out there. I have to say I had a pretty good day. Cole made me a mug and gave me some tea that his preschool put together. Riley let me sleep in and he got up with the kids. He went to the store first thing and got me a hanging flower plant just like I asked for and then came back and made me breakfast. He did a bunch of yard work and I just relaxed most of the day. I had planned on finishing Twilight, but I just couldn't stand it and stayed up until 12:30 Saturday night to finish it. I can't wait to get started on the second one.

My kids Rock

Aren't they adorable!!!

Birthday Party

So one of Cole's preschool friends has his birthday party this weekend and the kids got to dress up as their favorite superhero. Thank goodness Cole was spiderman for Halloween. It was the biggest birthday party for a five year old I've ever been too. They had a huge bouncy house that all the kids loved and enough food for an army. Too bad my son had to throw a fit when it was time to go. He apparently wasn't ready and I got to carry him out kicking and screaming infront of everybody. I was a little mortified, especially since he goes to school with a bunch of the kids that were there. I'm sure all the moms were either laughing at the situation because they've been there themselves or talking about me behind my back. Either way, Cole got a spanking when we got to the car and a nap when we got home.

Rainy weekend at home

Well we had a pretty good weekend. Saturday was actually pretty nice when the wind wasn't blowing. We got up early and went to Winco over in Spokane. I'm very excited that they opened one up over there. It really does save money grocery shopping there. At 11:00 I took the boys to the park and met one of Cole's preschool friends there for a playdate and picnic. That afternoon while the boys were sleeping Riley and I moved the lawn just in time for the rain to come down. We watched Australia Saturday night. It was a very good movie. Sunday was pretty rainy. Besides leaving the house for Cole to get his hair cut, we pretty much stayed indoors. Cole and I built him a fort in the living room while Finn took his nap. Hope everyone else had a good weekend too.