School has started...and so has the homework

Kaiya's first day of school was yesterday and she already received her first homework assignment. It was a questionnaire. Thought I would post her answers.
First day pictures to come!


1. Favorite school subject - Reading

2. My friends are - Arbie, Regan, Elizabeth

3. I like to read about - Fiction stuff

4. Things I like are - Dancing

5. My favorite color is - Blue

6. I would like to take a vacation to - Arizona

7. In my free time I like to - Play my DSI

8. Favorite food - Steak

9. Favorite song or movie - Percy Jackson and Beat It

10. What I like least about school - Math

11. If I had 50 dollars, I would - Spend it on Wii games

12. In the future, I would like to be - Vet, Piano player, Teacher

13. If I could invent something to make the world a better place it would be - (she couldnt think of anything)

14. The person I most admire is - My mom. The reason I admire this person is because - She is funny.

15. Things I dislike are - eating fish, hunters

16. My favorite Sport is - Dance

17. My hobbies are - Dance, Piano and Badminton

More furniture assembly!

I took these couple pictures of Cirdan working on some of the furniture. He spent many hours putting together our new furniture. Below is a picture of a TV stand he put together for the girls' playroom.
Greg came over one night and even got suckered into helping.

Thanks Cirdan!!

Greg helped him put together Baby Boy's new dresser.

The girls new room

This is what we were up to the first couple weeks of August-

We have (and by we I mean Cirdan) assembled... 2 beds, 3 dressers, 2 nightstands, a desk, TV hutch, 2 chairs and a crib. (not to mention all the time it took finding the perfect stuff to buy)

I painted 2 walls in the girls room (with a little bit of help) and a few frames and mirrors to match their new walls/bedding. We also applied vinyl stickers to the walls (flowers and butterflies). The office is now the girls room so everything was moved to other places. The girls got new bedding and their room decorated super girly. We made Kaiya's old bedroom into the playroom so everything has been rearranged. Ella's old room will be the baby room.


Next on my list? The baby room!! We found some baby bedding last week, I am excited to start that project soon! The clock is ticking and baby boy will be here in no time.

I didn't want to nest nearly as much in previous pregnancies. Everyday I just want to clean, organize and get ready to bring my new munchkin home.

Kaiya's bed...

Ella's bed...

Gaga Meelk and Popacorn

Ella has the type of personality where she gets "stuck" on an item and OCD's about it. She's 2, we'll see if this trait sticks as she gets older. The last couple months it has been chocolate milk and popcorn. She went through a stage where she had to have popcorn every night before she went to bed. It has calmed down a bit and she asks for it about every other day. She does however wake up and almost every morning the first thing that comes out of her mouth is..."chocolate milk. I need chocolate milk." We joke around that its her coffee fix but its super annoying to hear it the first thing in the morning. First you laugh because she is pretty funny, then her persistence kicks in high gear. Who has the will to put up with a fit very first thing in the morning? Long story short, she always gets her morning chocolate milk.

*I bought some chocolate protein mix at Costco and have been using that the last month. I also dont even put a spoonful of it in and she doesnt even know the difference. It's milk more than anything...but she can't tell.

A nice little note

We stopped at Cirdan's office last Friday and Kaiya ran in to get him. While she was waiting she wrote him a note on post it's and stapled them together for him to find the next time he went to work.
He brought home the note to show me and I thought it was super sweet...

page 1
Read this immediately
___________________
and I mean it

page 2
Puget Sound Moving is the best!!!!!

page 3
You are the best step dad in the world
Love K.A.

page 4
I hope you have a good day at work!
Love K.A.

Splashing the day away!

The girls and I broke away from putting together their new room (details to come) to go to Lake Wilderness with our friends. It was a super hot day and this summer we haven't had enough nice weather. I am so glad we took advantage of it. Kaiya enjoyed playing with her friend Kailey and jumping off the dock. Ella had no fear of the water and wanted to be out with Kaiya and the kids no matter how deep the water was. She went under a couple times which freaked me out but she didn't seem to mind at all.

Swim lessons videos

Here are some videos I took of Kaiya while she was in swim lessons. Shes a natural!

Blue Angels 2010

Getting ready for the big show......

You gotta love when the Blue Angels are in town. My dad has taken me to air shows since I could walk (maybe before). He took me out to see at least a dozen shows while I was young. From California to Canada, we went all over. I have always had a blast watching. This is something I will definitely take my kids to do.

Ella is psyched up for the show. She was trying to take it out on my face.

Daddy's girl

-Cirdan

Backstreets Back...Alright!

Greg text us wondering if we wanted to go to the Backstreet Boys concert. Staci scored some free tickets and Greg didn't want to be the only guy...so he wanted to drag Cirdan in on the fun. Cirdan did NOT want to go but with some persuation from his pregnant wife and his buddy he finally gave in. I was never a big fan of the BSB...but concerts are always fun and this one was in Kent which was really close. The concert was lame but watching Cirdan and Greg dance around like they were huge fans made the night fun.

My Sister - The Ute

Kaylee left this past week to go to school at the University of Utah. We will miss her in Washington but know that she will have a blast being on her own! Here are some pictures I took of her before she left.

Seahawks Camp 2010

This year I was able to make it to 6 Seahawks practices. Heidi came out for 2 practices. Kaiya came with me to 3. The practice facility is fantastic. Hanging out on Lake Washington in beautiful summer weather watching the Hawks is a hard job. Someone has to do it....kakaka GO SEAHAWKS!!!

Aaron Curry and Leroy Hill getting it done at the last day of open practice at Seahawks Training Camp.



Josh Wilson

Heidi and I took Hailey and Brett with us to a practice. Hailey looks way to giddy for second string offensive lineman. 2o bucks says she has no idea what his name is.

I hate to summer coming to an end but football season is the second best season.

Hopefully Trufant is 100% this year.....he looks to be healthy at camp.

Saturday practice with the Marshall's. The weather wasn't that great but we all had a good time.

Ella was sitting on the fence saying "sign my jersey Kelly" to Kelly Jennings. She had a bunch of people cracking up. Ella had them laughing again because she was singing to Usher.

Riding the bus! I'm glad I never rode the bus everyday as a kid. Ella enjoyed it.

Kids getting an autograph from Brandon Mebane.

Jordan Babineaux (a safety for the Seahawks) took off his glove and signed it after practice. There was a big crowd up against the fence cheering to get the glove. I have no idea how he spotted little Kaiya. We were a couple rows back and Kai is small......but he saw her and hooked her up. It was a fun little experience for her.

This will be a tradition every year for the fam...

One of the practices I took Kaiya to there was a crew from Great Clips spraying hair Seahawks colors. I told Kai she should get it done when we arrive at practice. She said no way. It took about 15 minutes and she asked me if she could. Atta girl!