I Scream, You Scream...

...we ALL scream for ice cream!

Tonight was 31c night at Baskin-Robbins and we joined Anna, Callie and Ella for some tasty treats! Though it was a little chilly out for this spring time treat, none of us seemed to mind. Quin certainly enjoyed his, right down to the last drip!Here he is eating the cone, sideways.

And Baby Ella enjoyed watching us munch away, she was just a little jealous:
See how happy ice cream makes us?!

PEPpy Mama!

Well, I had an eventful day helping with the 10th Annual PEPS Luncheon at the Fisher Pavilion today. This year marks the 25th Anniversary of PEPS and so today was declared PEPS Day in Seattle by Mayor Nickels and Governor Gregiore. It was exciting to be a part of this successful (yes they made LOTS of money) event again this year. And though there were ups and downs that come with an event of this magnitude (about 500 guests), it was well organized. I for one, had lots of fun serving cake, ok and eating some too, after my tiring job of doing the centerpieces (I arrived at 7 am!). Besides the delicious lunch and desserts, it was also a treat to meet King 5's anchor Jean Enersen the emcee, and famous Arthur creator Marc Brown, chat with him a few times and get a book signed for Quin.

Miss Squirmy was excited by it all as well, she was SO active while the speakers were talking it was a little distracting! ;) I swear she's either still hopped up on all those treats I sampled or is turned sideways, cause she's still doing some funny kicking on my left side tonight. This is a sure sign I should be off to bed!

Worker Boys

My boys were hard workers this weekend! Well, actually Theo didn't exactly work his tail off...but Quin (healing himself) and especially Papa worked hard! We took advantage of the incredible weather on Saturday and all spent pretty much the whole day outside. Papa hauled over a cord of wood over to his neighbor buddies house, and then we moved our remaining wood pile, what joy, to a much better spot not so backyard central.

That cleared up a perfect spot for a future vegetable garden, which Papa then worked on starting with some "help" from Quin on Sunday. This involved lots of strenuous digging, as it's also where our former falling over alder trees used to be.

We also worked on decreasing the huge yard waste pile of holly and sumac branches (which had party died this winter). In any case, I thought it was quite a productive weekend!

What a Difference a Day Makes

Well Papa said it best today, "What a difference a day makes!" Quin was finally his old self today, running in circles, eating well, and napping less. After a few days of being on and off again, it was nice to have the "real" Quin back today. With all the heartache of caring for a sick little one when you tend to feel so helpless, there were some funny moments and sweet sayings of Quin's,
such as:
* "I need more nigh night!" (Such an unlikely phrase for Q to say. But, wow, he took some amazingly long naps and even slept 12+ hours a few times at night! He was certainly working hard to heal himself while sleeping.)

* "I need a hug." and "I need a snuggle." Awwww

* And though not funny or sweet, "No wipes, no wipes, no loshun, no loshun!" since he got quite the diaper rash this week. :(
So, on that note, here is the Quinster doing some bare buns baking!

Earth Day, Sick Day

Happy Earth Day!

Quin is apparently SICK of the way we treat our earth, and so he let us all know by being quite sick indeed. Poor little guy lost everything in his digestive system today, repeatedly, sorry to paint that picture. Right now he and Papa are resting together and he's battling a fever. I'm hoping it's just something he ate and that he'll kick it soon. So, we'll have to save the earth saving and honoring ideas I had for today for another day.

Here is what we did do today:
1. use numerous cloth and 7th generation diapers (ok so the number we used was not so good, that they were cloth diapers or chlorine free was good ;))
2. Bought some Earth's Best organic snacks and juice for Q at the store (+used my own bags as always)
3. Sure didn't drive much
4. Got our tasty New Roots organic produce delivery, and used it for lunch and dinner. Composted fruit and veggie scraps from said delivery.
5. Planted a cute little Western Hemlock in the backyard in the 10 minutes Q and I were outside today, he was kinda sad at the moment I took the pic, sorry.

6. Tried to follow all of Anna's great suggestions. And nodded my head along with Anna's too! Girls we should start a club or something!
7. Papa read to Quin from National Geo all about our Earth's animals and wonders such as volcanoes.

8. Made plans for transplanting our little pea, chard, and bean starts to the backyard.

9. Thought back on our fun, though chilly, last Saturday morn spent at an Earth day event out at site Todd works at in Marysville. Here is Quin getting a close look at a little salmon, and having a shoulder ride on Papa out to the Qwuloolt Marsh Restoration site.

10. Reflected on the things our family can continue to do to help our earth.

Here's a happy picture of Quin enjoying the crazy gift of snow our earth gave us last weekend:

25 weeks

Wow, 25 weeks, this means I have 15 to go (or less, given Quin was early)! Just in the last few days I've been feeling much bigger, guess the snow hasn't helped since I don't often want to go for walks when it's so chilly out. I'm just beginning to feel a little uncomfortable in some positions, though mostly I feel great and really enjoy little Miss. Squirmy's activity which is more noticeable on the outside all the time. Gosh, I think I'll post this and go take a quick nap since Quin is down for his and was up early this morn!

April Snow Showers Bring May Flowers?

Seriously? Snow again, in the spring? Todd says it's La Nina, but jeez!
Quin of course loved it! He stomped around, threw it, laughed hysterically at Theo while he romped in it, and later watched it with excitement as he had his first real cup of hot cocoa.
Papa loved it too, and decided that to keep us cozy in the backyard he may as well start a little fire. If only we'd had marshmallows...

Spring Snow