Mother-Daughter tea party

In January I found a deal on Living Social for a mother-daughter tea party for $25 and snatched that up real quick, knowing it would be something Livi would love. We had until the end of August to attend so we went last Sunday. The tea party was held at A Simple Wish in Puyallup. They had crafts set up for all the girls, then Rapunzel came out and read them a few stories, sang songs and taught the girls a dance. Tea and treats were served and more dancing. We both had such a great time together. I love being able to do things alone with Livi one on one especially really girly things.

Happy Birthday Matt

On Matt's actual birthday (July 9th) he and I went away for the night. Brandon & Mandie stayed at our house and watched the kiddos for us. We had kept their son over night a few weeks prior. We spent the night in Tacoma at Hotel Murano. Such a nice place! The hotel was a few blocks away from The Rock, a restaurant we enjoy. Since the sun was out we walked down there and had a few drink and appetizers. It was nice to enjoy eating in peace and each other's company. Hotel Murano is a neat place, the inside is designed by different glass artists and 14 of the floors each have a display  of an art piece. It was neat walking around looking at everything. When I made the reservations it came with a gift card to the hotel's restaurant, Bite. It was so good! We pigged out and couldn't even finish all our food. For an appetizer we got these gravy covered fries with Gorgonzola cheese. Hands down one of the best things I have ever eaten. We'll definitely be going back again for a night away and I see many dinner dates at their restaurant.

Lobby

Glass piece on our floor

Gravy fries

Matt's 30th

Matt turned 30 on July 9th. Last Friday I threw him a party at our house. We had around 30 friends and family here to celebrate with us. It was fun actually throwing a summer/outdoor party for once, considering both the kiddos birthdays are in the fall/winter. The weather was awesome the day of his party. My parents and I got together and surprised Matt with an I-Pad he was pretty excited about that. Thanks so much to everyone who came out and celebrated with us.

4th of July

Hope you all had a wonderful 4th of July!

The Sunshine finally decided to show up (insert happy dance) and it looks like it is going to stick around until at least next Friday. They always say summer doesn't start in Washington until July 5th, but we've been lucky this year and last with fabulous weather. We went to our friend's house on Lake Tapps, like we do every year on the 4th. The kiddos enjoyed splashing around a bit in the water, we pigged out on so much food. This year our friend's, Brandon and Mandie came along with their son, Landon. It was nice being able to spend the holiday with them. We ended up staying at the lake until around 10:30pm then cut out before the fireworks ended so we could get on the road before everyone else. The kids were wore out and crashed right when we got home.

Sensory bin

Since the weather was crummy this afternoon I took the kids to Fred Meyers and picked up a few items to make sensory bins. Gidian picked out a package of dinosaurs and Livi got a farm animal package. 2 bags of rice, some split peas and some beans we were set. Threw it all together in some tubs and the kids were entertained for hours!

Frogs

We got the kids a water table last week and when ever we get a bit of nice weather they love to be playing with it. On Tuesday we had our friends, Brandon and Mandie over along with their son Landon. We filled up the table and let the kids play around. Mandie and I found three little frogs in the yard so we let the kids look at them. Livi my girly girl, who will never touch anything was actually picking them up and holding them. I was quite surprised by that.

A first

Tonight while eating dinner Gidian shoved a corn kernel up his nose and got it stuck. That was a first for us. Luckily after a phone call to the phone nurse she told me to cover his unclogged nostril and blow into his mouth, which then dislodged it. As soon as its out he said "All gone, all gone" and clapped. Glad I was able to get it out and it wasn't something bigger. Ohh the joys of parenthood.