It's All Fun and Games...

Until Ryan bashes her head on the driveway.
Ryan and Grayson from next door were running and playing on Sunday afternoon. She stopped herself running down the driveway and then proceeded to fall over herself. Oh well, she only cried for about 2 minutes and then she went back to running and playing again. She is sure to point it out to everyone she sees (like they could miss it)!

Projects

I know that all of my family and friends love coming to visit me because I always make them do projects while they're here. So I'm sending a big thank you to Jac and Josh for all their work during their week vacation. My dining room has never looked better and my flowers have made me smile for four days now!!!
We did have some fun, I'm not a complete slave driver. We learned all about the beautiful history of Seattle (I highly suggest the underworld tour for those who are curious!), we went up the Space Needle and we even found the Troll under the bridge. What more could anyone ask for in a vacation?!!!

Sally!

This is Sally! Sally is Ryan's new best friend. My best friend Jacalyn came to visit on Saturday for the week and she brought Ryan a birthday present. We had many talks about this and agreed that Sally could come to live at our house, but it would have to be outside because Troy is allergic to cats (I think Peyton may be too). Ryan is having tons of fun with her and she spends her life begging to go home and see Sally. She even tried to take Sally on a walk yesterday (Sally wasn't too thrilled). Thanks Jac!!!

The Big 4!

Ryan celebrated her 4th birthday last Tuesday (5/6). She has been looking forward to her birthday since the day after Christmas. She was so lucky that Grandma Kathryn was able to come visit. We had so much fun going to the market to buy fish and eat our way through downtown. We didn't do much else because Ryan ended up getting sick the day before her birthday. The girls had so much fun with grandma sitting on the floor and playing with them. I guess I need to do that more! We went to birthday breakfast at a great little bakery in downtown Kent. Then we spent the afternoon making cupcakes. We made pizza on the grill for dinner (even though Ryan HATES pizza) and then we had cake from Coldstone (she didn't like that either)! Wednesday Ryan had a little party at the Federal Way Community Center Leisure Pool. We had so much fun playing in the water and then had (more) pizza and cupcakes. She loved all her presents and definitely wasn't shy about asking for them. She would open a present and then say, "I've always wanted this". After a couple of times, I started asking if she wanted "this" more than "that" and her reply was "I've always wanted EVERYTHING!" That's for sure! Grandma had to go home to Arizona on Thursday but we sure had a wonderful time while she was here and look forward to her visiting again soon! HAPPY BIRTHDAY RYAN!!!

OUCH!

So I started bootcamp this week. This morning was only the second day, but I seriously think my legs are going to fall off. For those who know me, they know I DO NOT get out of bed before Ryan and I especially don't get out of bed before Troy. However, bootcamp starts at 5:30 and I have to leave the house by 5:20AM. I'm getting up at 5AM and it is SOOOOO early. Anyways, it's awesome. I keep telling myself it's a good hurt! However, as the day goes on, my legs are getting more and more sore. I also decided that we are going to take up jogging as a family so on top of bootcamp yesterday, we went for our first jog/walk. Ryan was such a trooper and kept up most of the time. She did not want to go in her stroller and she wanted to run. Therefore, she really did run. Troy and I would alternate our run/walk so that one of us was with her and most of the time she screamed she was getting left. I knew our neighborhood had a lot of hills, but until I ran it, I guess I didn't realize how annoying they were! It was starting to sprinkle toward the end and Ryan felt the need to keep informing us of this. I told her we won't melt. I've decided unless it's pouring, it doesn't matter, we're still running. We can all use the exercise and it's something we can do as a family that is FREE! LUCKY US!

Swing Time

We had playgroup at the park today. Ryan is always begging to be pushed on the swings so while she was there today, I decided Peyton needed a turn too. Rather than getting Ryan out to put Peyton in, I just put them together. Peyton wasn't too sure, but she ended up LOVING it! Ryan was a good big sister to hold on to her while Mommy got the camera.

All My Silliness!

I have spent the better part of this week making hairbows! I get a crazy idea and then it starts to take over. By yesterday afternoon I had made 33 bows in 14 different styles and overnighted them to my mom to see if I can get them sold. CRAZY! I'm interested to see how it goes, because we all know I have SO much spare time. Oh well, I guess I better get cracking on my silly business plan for my other crazy idea!!!