Barely Legal

 I love to read my monthly Seattle magazine.

It took me about 30 seconds to realize just what this ad was advertising.  

Mood Movies

There are so many girly movies coming out that I want to see.  

And a good classic to go back to when I am bored:

A Plan

My plan for today: Take kids down to beach park to play, get home and put them on TV so I can clean the house, babysitter (who I am cleaning for) comes so Andrew and I can go out with friends tonight.  Today is exciting.

I am smitten with Piper's cockatiel swimsuit.  Why can't they make that in my size (with super duper tummy control)?

Reptile Zoo

Summer Groupons, gotta love 'em.

We drove an hour to visit the Reptile Zoo in Monroe, WA.

We all loved it.  I can't get enough of crazy animal collections.

Two headed turtle.

The video was actually entertaining.

I gave in and bought everyone a $4 snake souvenir.  

Bike vs. Stroller

Reade will be switching preschools in the fall and the school will now be 1.4 miles from our home.  It will be great for him to be so close so now I have to figure out if I want to get him to school via bike or stroller.

This mom of six traded in her Suburban for this bike:

Can you believe parents pay $550 for double jogging strollers.  That means most of the double jogging strollers are on craigslist used for $300.  Not going to happen for one stroller!

That leaves me with this local craigslist option.  An American Doll double doll stroller for $40.  I wonder how far I could get before Piper ripped a seam and fell out the back?  Maybe I will try this with her wearing a bike helmet.  Just to play it safe.

Potato Farmers

Andrew harvested our first crop of potatoes:

Blake and Reade got Andrew his wallet so they could sell him their farmstand goodies.  I think they made $0.25 each.  That is about market value for actual farmers.

Wet Garden

Summer garden pictures have been on my mind, but it has been raining for days now so all the flowers are drooped over.  

"You get what you get and you don't throw a fit." - Blake's old preschool teachers.

Little gardeners

The garden

Ferns were on sale for $3/each at the store so I bought a bunch.  

Apples on the apple tree!  Plus, Andrew's wildflowers all abound.