July 26::2013

Today Baby said to me "I growing hair on my legs like Papa. And my arms. I get bigger, you call me Papa and Elianna call me daddy."  Totally cracks me up the things that go through a toddler's mind. Not much later she said, "I have a headeehh [headache] in my chin."

July 21::2013

Vacation Notes:

Friday- wash Betty Blue and drive him to Cheney rodeo to meet up with J & K. 

Saturday- meet up with N & F and drive out to Garfield for wedding. Stop at grocery store to use bathroom. Laugh at signs that say "Fresh Gatorade! Frozen Ice Cream! Golden Bananas!" Shoot amazing beautiful simple wedding.

Sunday- go to Mom and Dad's. Visit LIII Ranch and see buffalo and elk. 

Monday- hair appt. in Sandpoint. Coffee with D. Ty and W and E to Silverwood. Pack for camping.

Tuesday- spend 6 hours driving to and from campgrounds in the Priest Lake State Park looking for sites  due to poor information on Reserve America.com. Ugh. Find campsite. Happy. 

Wednesday- spend time looking for huckleberries. Too many log truck coming down the mountain roads, don't want to get in their way! Go property shopping. 

Thursday- watch T save Mom and E from a scary kayak experience. Happy he's my hero. Fall into camp exhausted that night. Spend time on the river where less scary.

Friday- pack and head homeward via Sandpoint. Pick berries at Riley Creek Blueberry Farm. Mmmm. Ice cream at Dub's. Double mmm. Back to Mom and Dad's for steaks and sleeping in the yard. Awful night. Coyotes and bugs. 

Saturday- wash rivulets of pitch from truck. Pack overnight bag for Davenport. Go see Bill and Denis. Funny show. Late night wine on the rooftop. 

Sunday- delish breakfast of a BLT and hashbrowns. Pick up kids and stuff. Home finally. Hot hot hot. Where's the river? 

While on the trip Grandma told Baby, "I love you to pieces!" She angrily replied, "I'm not a puzzle!" 

July 3::2013

Baby said to me "when I grow up and am a mommy and drive a truck, how I 'teer? You help me?" I love that kid. And I love she equates mommyhood to trucks.

June 29::2013

It was a really cool night last night! Not cool as far as temperature ... but awesome to see the moody fog roll in on a hot summer night. It was really heavy till about 10:30 then before we even saw it dissipate it was gone and the coyotes started howling and we could see the stars. Really fun night at W&B's with the cousins.

June 15::2013

Last night we went to Coeur d'Alene for Car d'Lane with the kids and Betty Blue. It was poorly organized compared to Lost in the 50's and we spent a lot of time idling on the road. Kate was on the passenger side with the window rolled down. She leaned out the window far enough to carry on a conversation with anyone in earshot. These are things she said:: Hi! My name is Kate. What's your name? These are my mom and dad. Do you like my truck? It's bery nice. It's shiny. This is Betty Blue. You meet my brudder? His name is Will. He's super cool. My brudder is super cool. He's nice and shiny.:: Will was only slightly embarrassed by these statements she was making to random strangers. But as we got further along the route and Kate's "elbow got tired of waving" Will kept encouraging her to wave and say hi. I think he likes the attention she brings sometimes, even if it does embarrass him a little :-). Seriously love watching them learn to get along and partner with each other!

May 25::2013

Day before yesterday we took the toddler bed out and passed it on to H. Then yesterday we got a new mattress for W and moved his down to the bottom bunk for Baby. She was so happy about her "bumper bed" but still sobbing tears that we were "bad" for giving her bed to H. Growing up must be rough.

April 18::2013

After riding the 4 wheeler to the bus stop, with Baby crying most of the way there, we came home and she said happily, "That was awesome! It was 'tary (scary)!" Yikes. What am in for with her future?!