there she goes again….nablopomo

I’m hoping that this month of blogging will get me back into the habit again.

Here are some cute pictures from the last few days. halloween and whatnot!

reid really enjoyed his first taste of chocolate!

Dorothy and I both wore tutus. but she got to have wings!

and here’s all three kids together
Adam is winnie the poo, and Reid is the chicken!!!

The boys are climbing all over everything. its very difficult to keep them out of trouble

more stuff to come…I’ve got a whole month ahead of me!

cheers to david, my heavy air sailing husband!

quick post to say congrats to david. he finished the sunfish worlds in 3rd place. two firsts yesterday and one today. Couldn’t be prouder….he did barely any sailing to train for this….no wind in st pete to do the training.

now, vacation and relaxation for both of us. and home to the kids on sunday!

in the bahamas

lots of blog silence around here….I know. The computer sucks, and its just difficult these days. We’re in the market for an iMac, and I’m here on vacation borrowing a friend’s MacBook.

Here in the Bahamas with David for the Sunfish World Championships, David is in 5th right now.  its beautiful here. Lots of wind, so you don’t mind the heat

Yesterday david found a few cool shells to bring home to dorothy for her collection. Unfortunately (or fortunately, you decide) I discovered that one of them had a hermit crab living inside! The thing was not very happy to be sitting on our bathroom counter, and started walking around! Eeek!!!!! I started screaming, and we made a field trip to bring it back to the beach immediately. But not before making a quick video for dorothy. I’ll attempt to post once home (or once in posession of our new computer!)

Honey, we broke the baby

We had our first major accident last night. While I was out with dorothy at swim lessons, david fed the boys dinner and then let them play in the front yard. Moments before we came home, reid fell down and split his lip, from his lip to his nose. Pretty deep.

So I get home, and david says to me, “we have a problem.” He’s got Reid on the kitchen table covered in paper towels trying to stop the bleeding. He wanted me to go with him to the office to stitch up Reid’s face. But there was no way that would work. So we called our friends Jen and Fred, he’s a cardiologist, and they have twins as well. David picked up Fred along the way and off they went. I bathed Dorothy and Adam, got Adam into bed, and read Dorothy her stories. All the while wondering how David and Reid were doing. 

I think David and I feel worse than reid. Poor david feels so guilty, and then feels even worse about having to hurt him more with the stitches. But he did a super job, and Reid isn’t bothered by the injury at all. He’s talking and eating and drinking…and running around. Just like he was yesterday.

I did it

31 days later, I never could have done it without the wordpress for iPhone application. Without it I never could have blogged while out of town this month.
Now, in your head, cue Dora the Explorer singing “we did it”

I might take a few days off now…or maybe not!

working out in the rain

Last night dorothy got home from a baseball game with David waaaay after her bedtime, and woke up this morning coughing and cranky. She didn’t go to school, but we did go to strollerfit.

Dorothy got to run around with her old friend Alya, and then it rained. Oh, boy did it rain. And boy did it feel amazing. It was so hot, and there was no wind, so the sweat was just dripping off of us by the bucket, so when it started raining, we were thrilled. We pushed the strollers under a picnic enclosure and continued exercising until the kids were freaking out so much that we had to stop…the rain ended and we all walked back to our cars feeling refreshed (if a bit stinky)

want to see some great pictures of the kids?

we took pictures with my friend christy marrone a few weeks ago, and the pictures came out great!

watch her grow

Here are three pictures of dorothy sitting ‘on the big chair’ in downtown Ketchum, Idaho. My how she’s changed!

2007:

2008:

2009:

A crappy mood

This morning I cut the boys nails. Reid did fine, perhaps he even relaxed while I was doing it. Adam, on the other hand screamed the whole time and continued to cry for hours while pulling on his fingertips. He’s never done that unless he hurts his hands. Maybe I cut them too short? I don’t know. But I felt terrible for him. He was too distraught to eat lunch. Huh

Oh, the drama

Today I took Dorothy with me for a manicure and pedicure. She didn’t get her nails done, but was great entertainment while I did. She was so well behaved that my manicurist offered to put a sticker on her nails–2 of her choosing. Dorothy asked for flowers on her thumbs. The flowers had rhinestones on them. Dorothy said her thank-you’s and we left. In the car I reminded her not to pick at her newly polished nails

By the time I got her out of the car she was in tears. She picked, and the rhinestone had fallen off of one of her nails. The crying went on for at least 1/2 hour and then occassionally when she would look at her hand

Oh the drama