Friday, July 22, 2011

YUBA!!

This year we told Grace and Lucas that we would take them to Uncle Chris' lake for their birthdays.  Yuba Lake has these great little cabins that made camping with a baby soooo much better than our tent.  They have electricty which allows you to have lights, a microwave, a refridgerator and most importantly, A/C!

Right outside the cabin door, looking at the lake, waiting for breakfast to be cooked.
Daphne, sitting out on the table while I cooked breakfast.

We got to use this great little 4x4 to go explore some of the trails around the lake. It was fun to all be able to go together.  (That is Daphne under the polka dots.)  We stuck to the easy trails since there was a 10 week old on board.

Holding on so the wind doesn't blow off Luke's hat. 

In the cabin.
Our fun day of 4x4's, fishing (which lasted about 5 minutes after they saw the jetski's get put in the water) and jetski's ended with some rain and a smashed finger in the car door.  Ouch!  Grace's ring finger got pinched and pretty swollen.  She was proudly bending it by the next morning though.

We are now entering the "mom, take my picture" portion of the trip.  They were having fun being silly for the camera while we got the campfire ready for s'mores.



Sitting around the campfire.




The lake on our last morning there.  Gorgeous!
My brother kept prompting the kids that Uncle Chris was their favorite uncle.  They were teasing him back....  Thanks for a fun vacation Chris!

Track star

Grace joined the track club this summer.  The coach is awesome!  It is amazing that he can get 100 kids with ages ranging from 6 and up to run for 2 hours twice a week.  She has had so much fun!  They practice 2 nights a week and then also have track meets.  It's so fun to watch her because she is just running for fun right now.  I figure that one of these days she will catch on to my competitive spirit, but for now I'm okay with her learning to enjoy what she's doing! 
Watch this video with caution! As Buck described it, there is a screaming banshee in the background.(I have turned in to my mother...except I like to make the excuse that my kid is deaf and therefore requires louder screams! [lol])  These hurdles were the cutest things I have ever seen at a track meet in my life!

so far behind

Lucas had his cute preschool graduation clear back in May and Grace had her kindergarten program in June.  We have been enjoying summer and have been too busy to blog! Plus, I got a new computer and am still figuring out pictures and stuff on here.  I think I've got it down now.

leaving...

I'm so sad that one of Luke's friend's family is moving from our neighborhood.  They aren't going far but it's farther than down the street!  They were playing superheroes a while ago and I had to get a picture of them together.  It was so cute!

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Addicted

We have been working on getting Lucas to stop sucking his thumb. At one point he had stopped except for when he was asleep and not aware he was doing it. Then he got a new sister. Tonight I said to him, "Lucas, you are sucking that thumb way too much." He told me, "I'm not sucking my thumb, mom. I'm just wetting my finger."

Sunday, July 10, 2011

I looked it up

Grace: mom, what is the name of that girl on my shirt?
Me: it's wonderwoman.
Grace: no, what's her first name?
Me: oh, I'm not sure. I think it's Diana.
Lucas: no it's helga.
Me: i actually think it's Diana, pal.
Lucas: no, it's helga. I looked it up.