P1per

My littlest is 1 year old today.  She just walked into my favorite window of child development.  Literally, she walked just yesterday for the first time.  I love this sweet juice.  I love that she has no words yet (just like her brother).  I love that she is sharp (just like her other brother).  I love that she looks just like her daddy (and brother and aunties).  I love that she: climbs everything, screeches like a girl, hugs dollies, makes girl sounds, asks to be put to sleep at night, and gets a mouthful of teeth all at once (unlike anyone else in the family).  She is her own Piper Hallie Kay and I love her oh so much for that.  I put her to bed and she smelled just like cake.  I will gobble up all her yumminess and 

dough-y-ness for the rest of her life.

                                We climbed to the top of the Space Needle for her birthday adventure.

Piked

We explored the Olympic Sculpture Park and the Pike Place Market.  

Mom & Dad

My mom and dad arrived yesterday for a week of grand kid noise, er fun.  My mom loves Seattle and my dad is golfing a bit north of here.  We will see what he thinks when he gets back.  It is 70 degrees and sunny so the golf has to be great.  I think today is the last day of sun in the forecast.  

New Food

Tried out a new food truck place.  Super delicious.  

Hot Dogs

Took the kids to a hot dog joint then to Greenlake for some park play, lake viewing, and big tree play.  I gave Piper the raspberry on her head.  Our cement front steps are a new force to reckon with.

$0.25

The Chore Chart has been instituted.  My response to Blake's incessant "please buy me these Legos" is always, "Go get a job."  Now he has jobs.

One of these gets $0.25 with a maximum of 6 chores a day.

Sweating Sugar

We celebrated my sister's birthday while she was in town.  I would love to say the boys made this cake, but I am the only one to blame for its sad shape.  The boys picked out the horrendous frosting.  It made all of us a bit sick to our stomachs.  I made Chris and Amy eat way too many sugary treats on the tour of Seattle.  I have to admit that even I felt nauseous at the sight of sugar the day after.  It has been veggies and fish (not dipped in batter and fried!!!) for us and I have done 30 minutes of spin on my spin bike for the past three nights.  I feel great!  What a difference a little spin does.  I guess I am getting ready for Piper's first birthday cake next week.