There's a doggie in my bath!

Do you think she had as much fun as I did?

Lazy Saturday

Hank looking for something stinky in the giant dead vegetation pile.

(Turns out it was a mouse, he got it and played with it until it died.)

Grandpa's slowing burning it today.

Watching grandpa load the burn pile

Visiting Leo and Dulce next door

Diesel (aka Little Man or Senior fuzzy-bottoms) stalking me.

This cat has done a flying leap off the couch and landed on my back. He thinks I am a cat or he is a human.

The garden

Alright, the long awaited garden photo.  I think we are planning on feeding an army this summer!  Our garden is 50'x25' and it is full of some good stuff! At the back of the photo and to the left is the entrance to the orchard which has our 2 cherry trees, 3 peach trees, and 1 apricot. Outside the garden we have another apricot, a plum, a kumquat, and a meyer lemon.

Here is the breakdown:

26 tomato plants - 6 grape, 6 yellow pear, 6 beefsteak, 1 roma, heirlooms (boxcar willie, omar's lebanese, radiator charlie's mortgage lifter, cherokee purple, orange strawberry, black krim, mr. stripey)

1 tomatillo

6 sweet italian peppers

4 bell peppers - red, orange, yellow, purple

6 jalapeno

6 eisley wax peppers

1 Holy Mole pepper

1 Chili 'd arbol

1 Garden salsa

8 zucchini

4 yellow crook neck

2 japanese eggplant

6 walla walla onion

6 lemon cucumber

3 pickleing cucumbers

1 burpless cucumber

1 diva cucumber

6 honeydew melons

1 watermelon

1 cantaloupe

1 pumpkin

strawberries

oregano

thyme

rosemary

Train and the belly button

So I know this is a long one but it really shows the good, the bad, and the ugly of Cole's favorite game, train.  As I type this he is attempting a round of train with the cat, along with trying to step on her and squish her.  Let's just say Minkie is not so approving of the game like Onyx is.  Onyx deserves a medal for her tolerance during this game.  

The belly button part comes in the middle after his melt down when Onyx goes out side.  He shows it to the camera.

Check out my sweet ride!

We got this today and he is already addicted to it.

If its on the ground, he is trying to get in to it.

Who can blame him? Who'd turn down being carried all the time?

Fun with my buddy

Dylan's mom got to babysit me today!

She takes us on wagon rides!!!!

Last weekend vs. this weekend

Last Weekend = Fun in the Sun!!!

This Weekend = Boring and Cold!!!

Napping with Onyx

She likes it when I pull her ears!

Falling asleep while eating pizza.  That's how bored I was!

Can they be my new parents?

I like her cuz she lets me give her kisses.

He reads me books and his belly button says "ding dong"!

Oh what a night....

Cole decided that it would be fun to get up at 11pm last night and stay awake and play until 4am!  We are exhausted.  Let's just say putting him to bed was not as simple as it seems.

Flashback

See "Beer" for comparison

See "It's 9 o'clock on a saturday"

My dad thought these needed to be shared. 

Beer

Mommy says if it comes in a can and it isn't imported, 

then it is not beer.

Where's Waldo?

Seriously.  It's like looking for Waldo in the crowd of people.

Where in the house will I find him next?

(that is the kitchen table, in case you were wondering)

Victory Dance

Not only does he climb on EVERYTHING.  He has to do a victory dance on top of it too!

Tug-O-War

Proof that every boy needs a dog best friend!

The goat

Each day it is some place higher up than the last time.

**We were lounging on the couch while Cole and Onyx played train (Onyx in the lead with Cole holding on to her tail) We try to discourage train as it usually ends up with the same results as the coffee table (See Below) except maybe with a bloody nose also.  Anyways, Onyx got bored and Cole ran into his room.  A minute or so later I hear him yell "hey" so I get up and go in the room and there he is.  He used the banned music table to get up there.  I have got to take the legs off that table.  He was so proud of himself.  He was laughing to his reflection in the glass door.

It was a good day

Well it was a good day until I fell on the coffee table.

Stupid coffee table

That's an interesting way to eat

I let Cole walk around with food.  I know, you are probably wondering why in my right mind would I let a 14 month old walk around with food.  Most of the time he goes right over to his big green chair and sits in it and eats, unless of course Onyx is in the house, then he runs in circles holding his food in the air giggling as Onyx follows, like the shark that she is, closely behind hoping to get "whatever it is" that he has in his hands.  Today was an exception to his "usual doing".  Today he chose to smash his "This apple walks into a bar" (Trader Joe's version of a Nutragrain bar) onto the fireplace surround and then proceed to lick it off.  Why you might ask?  After being a mom of a little boy for a year now, the answer to that is - 

Boy's are gross - They eat anything and everything from toilet paper to dog food.  They will eat the food that they handed to the dog and then "took back" and ate it themselves. Their main goal during a bath (if it isn't to poop or pee in the tub) is to eat the Burt's Bees body wash just because it smells good.  I'm not one to hold my son back from exploring, but some of the things he chooses to eat / do are down right gross.  I fear for when he is a teenager.  I can only imagine what he will want to eat / do then.

Todays Events

Today was a big day for my doggie and me.  The day started off with my Grandma Terri, my Great Grandpa Tom, my doggie, and me all playing in the garden.  Grandma threw Onyx her kong and when she came back she was sneezing a lot and hitting her face on the ground.  Grandma Terri took me next door to Grandma Carole and Grandpa Glenn's and drove away with Onyx.  

Grandma Terri came back without Onyx!  I was upset but then I taught my self a new trick and I perfected it so I could show Onyx when she got home. 

Mommy brought Onyx home with her and Onyx was acting very silly.  My doggie can't walk straight.  She walks as my dad would say "Like a drunken sailor"  She keeps sleeping all day.  Mommy told me she had a fox tail stuck in her nose, but they got it out.  I must have been climbing on the table too much because when I climbed on the couch to sit next to my doggie, I puked.  I think it was cottage cheese.

Here is my impersonation of Onyx

Did I do a good job?

Later, after I spilled all of Onyx's dog food on the floor, I got to run around in a diaper and some sort of warm but too small jacket.  A robe, whatever that is.  At least I did not have to wear pants.  Now if I could only convince them to let me go diaper less....

It was a good day.

It's Official...

Cole has learned how to get under the gates!

Mother's Day

Happy Mothers Day to me!  My day started bright and early with Cole getting up at 4:30 am!  He just wanted to spend time with me right?  Well he didn't get to because dad got up and I slept till 7 am!  Sleeping in feels so good!  Haha to all of you with no kids that think 7 am is the butt crack of dawn.  You'll learn.

Cole handing me my card.  He had to bend it in half and taste it first.

We went for a hike in Auburn to an area called Hidden Falls.  It was so beautiful.  Unfortunately we did not realize it was not very stroller friendly, so next time we will take the back pack.  Onyx was beside her self with all the new smells.

Cole was barely awake when we got there at 8:30 am.

Next time he should try sleeping in...

Random views along the trail

My new love

If you have not tried them, I suggest you go get them now.

Chocolate Chip Cookies & Vanilla Ice Cream rolled in mini chocolate chips.

If you can't have dairy then buy the fruit bars in strawberry, lime, mango, or caribbean.

Half the calories as Dole fruit popsicles, double the size, and real fruit.

The best desserts ever!!!!

Attack of the giant bubbles