Mama Day

Keith & Parker went to the Seahawks game, so Cecily & I got Sushi for lunch, it seems like a fair trade.

She also made a candy-kebab.

I don't know where these pictures are from, I'm pretty sure Parker took them at some point.  This is what happens when you leave a camera laying around.

Cecily's first Football Game of the season.

Cecily had her first football game of the season! We headed down to Burien for the game.  I'm pretty sure there were about 3 x's as many parents there for the cheerleaders than the football players.

These girls were pretty darn cute.

First Day of School for Mama

I've decided that this year I need to either find a job or a hobby.  But, both of those sound like a lot of work, so in the meantime, I'm catching up on all the movies I haven't seen in the past 9 years.

First Day of School!!

We had a great summer, but the kids were ready to get back to school and see all their friends again.

I tried to get a decent first day picture of Cecily but she was NOT FEELING IT.  So, these were the best I could get.

Nearly all of Cecily's friends are in her class this year, but the one friend she especially wanted isn't so naturally the ENTIRE YEAR is going to be a DISASTER!!

Meanwhile, none of Parker's close friends are in his class and he's totally cool with it, "I'll just make new friends this year."

Our children are very different.

Labor Day Party

We threw together a last-minute Labor Day party.  We had a great turn-out and it was really fun.  At some point, we made a 6-at-a-time rule for the hot tub, but I'm not at all sure it was followed.

We got a dog!

We've signed up to be dog fosters in the hopes that we'll eventually find the right dog for our family.

Our first dog was Nicholas, he came from a shelter in San Bernadino in California.  We called him Nico, since Nicholas was a lot of name for such a tiny dog.

For the first few days, you have to let the dog decompress, so he spent most of his time in the crate.  This is easier said than done with two (or three) very excited children.

Cecily was determined to make friends with Nico, fortunately, he was SUPER mellow and was willing to go along with pretty much whatever.

After a few days, we realized that Nico had an infection, so he had to go to the vet and spent the next week wearing the cone of shame.  He was not such a fan, but it did help him heal.

Cecily is determined to be Nico's favorite, so she created a "puppy paradise" in her bedroom.

He perked up a lot once the infection was cleared up and we could take the cone off.

He liked to help me with my Pilates.

Saying goodbye...

Amazingly, Nico ended up going home with some friends of ours from Church.  We knew from the beginning that Nico wouldn't be our forever dog, but it did make it a lot easier to say goodbye when we knew the family taking him.  They've re-named him Jasper, and it's been fun getting photos of how happy he is with the Crews family.

All told, we had Nico for just under three weeks.  Except for all the vet visits, he really was the perfect intro-dog for fostering.