Happy Father's Day!

We had a fabulous Father's Day Celebration today. Here are a few photo's of the special Dads in our lives.

Grampy and the butterfly straws.

Me and my dad.

Daddy and Addie.

Daddy and his little dude.

Didn't get to see Papa today, but missed him very much!

Seattle Date-Night

Tonight Blake and I had a lovely date-night. We had a little time to kill before meeting up with the Visbeek's so we took a few moments to enjoy the lovely Seattle viewpoint, Kerry Park.

Back to the Rain.

Some things are just too good to be true I guess. Good thing both my kids love the rain!

A Day in the Life.

I frequently get questioned about my very minimal working. People often present the question of "what DO you do all day?". I can they picture me at home, feet up in a juicy tracksuit, hot cup of coffee in hand as the kids quietly play and look after themselves.

Now i'll admit, being at home is quite the treat, and my weekly day at work serves to remind me of how blessed I am to spend my days caring for my two kids. However, I do manage to be busy ALL day long.

Today we had our play date cancelled due to illness (not ours) and had a rare unscheduled day, which seemed the perfect opportunity to share a day in our life at home.

7am- Addie wakes me with her usual "where's Daddy?". He is of course at work and we head down to coffee/breakfast.I am delighted to find that Blake has made coffee for me.

8am- Finn is up and needs to be served his breakfast...and then be hosed down. Addie says he looks like Santa Claus when he eats his yogurt. I clean the kitchen, clean and dress two kids.

9:15 am Finn starts his nap, and Addie and I clean the upstairs.

9:45 Jillian Michaels gives Addie and I our 30 minute circuit training workout

10:30-11:00 Mommy gets ready

11:00 Addie requests her lunch

11:15 Finn wakes and wants to read, then requests his lunch and I have mine too.

12:00 I pack kid snacks, make two vanilla lattes and head to Blake's office for his break.

1pm Errands of the mundane sort and the Father's Day prep sort.

2pm Kids want to play at the park.

3pm Two kids down for naps, I make a cup of coffee...start laundry, put away groceries and plan our dinner.

4pm Start dinner and am soon joined by my Finn who has taken a very abbreviated nap and is needing a "snack snack", and then once again, needs to be hosed down afterward.

5pm Addie's up, I let them play in the yard and I take a little break on the back porch whilst I watch.

5:15 I am reminded of why I can't easily work in my garden with Finny and I send my daily text to Blake requesting an ETA

5:30-6 A quick run in the sun

6 pm Finishing touches on dinner (zucchini lasagna, braised bok choy and green salad).

6:15 Daddy is home!

6:45 Hose Finny down again, clean kitchen again. Finn successfully uses the potty for the first time, and as I clap for his success, he sneaks his hand into the potty to splash in his success. Hose Finny down again!

7 pm Jammy's and stories into bed for the kids and more laundry

7:30 Clean

7:45 Time to put the feet up and catch up the blog...and get ready to do it all again tomorrow.

My New Yoga Instructor.

Tonight I was in for a bit of a challenge...He enjoyed "helping" with the power yoga session.

This was the best part..Finn bouncing on my back when I want down for the push up/chatarunga move.

Summer Begins.

Its been a long time coming, but finally we are enjoying some nice weather that is forecasted to last. This past week was a very busy one...so we enjoyed the weather and did a whole lot of relaxing! Here are some highlights from our sunny weekend:

Addie broke in her new outdoor chair from Mimi.

Finn enjoyed some sand and trucks at a Seattle park.

Blake and Addie delivered us some iced coffee's from Vivace for our park playtime.

This park had planes flying overhead every few minutes. I tried to catch this one, but was a little late!

Addie buried her feet in some warm sand...

and took a break in the shade after finding the slide too hot on her bare legs.

Finn loved the bouncy car.

He got to bouncing so hard, and laughing even harder.

Addie broke out her new swimsuit....

and her purple pool.

We washed my filthy car.

We worked on losing our Seattle shine.

To Gramma's House!

Today we took a road trip to Gramma's. We needed to get out of the house, and it just happened that Addie and Finn were invited to stay overnight. ...so we have an empty house!

Brother was watching, just waiting for his chance to do "buh-bowls".

Boots!

Nothing more fun than tossing rocks into a bucket.

Yayy! Got some in the bucket.

One tolerant doggie. He doesn't stray far from Bella when he visits Gramma.

Today Finn was asking me for a "snacksnacksnack" and after i gave him a cracker, he took it straight to Bella and clapped with joy as she nearly swallowed it whole.