Piper and Wesley Team Up

She is his go-to tattoo artist. 

That’s a Pokemon  character and musical notes he sported for about a week.  (Maybe he needs more baths?)

What We Came Home To

Putina & Sons came for a visit today!  It was the most unnerving encounter so far, in retrospect, as I found out more details later.  Wesley and Kyla should have been home for about 10 minutes before I pulled up, but as I found out later, Kyla had been chatting with a neighbor, and and really gone inside a minute or two before I drove up.  Piper and Abby were running ahead of the car, but stopped short in the driveway when Piper spotted what she thought was Mama Bear going through the trash.  I put P&A in the car, and very bravely drove the minivan up blaring my horn at the bear.  (I’m very brave behind lots of metal.)Turns out Putina was really one of the cubs, because if you look to the right in the picture, Mama and Thing 2 are fleeing down the hill.

Another close encounter with the original natives.  Sorry, bears.

Mothers Day, 2018

I was excited that we could be at the cabin for beautiful Mothers Day weekend. 

Piper was certainly more interested in catching bunnies in the parking lot that waiting for healthy food at the healthy restaurant in downtown Langley.  At least we had outdoor seating!

We haven’t quite graduated to giving Mama a day alone, but at least all the kids were being pretty charming.

And Dwayne and I got to practice our technique at the kissing bough. 

The water was blue, the sun was hot, and it was hard to remember that we weren’t on a more tropical island.

Nice job, Whidbey!

So Satisfying

More satisfying than vacuuming, more satisfying than mowing, more satisfying that a perfectly cleaned up kitchen (okay, maybe it’s tied), is pressure washing the Trex deck and patio furniture.

 

Summer!  Summer! Summer!

Boys BBQ

Piper was a friend’s birthday party, so I invited friend’s little bro over, and another little bro (at our school, Piper and Wesley are one of many, many pairs of 4th/2nd siblings) for a boy’s night.  (That was part of our present to the b-day girl!).  They roasted dogs and mallows, and had perfect time without any girls around.  Moms don’t count, I understand. 

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I thought this was an attractive way to serve veggies!

Saturday Tea

Kyla had a significant life event earlier this week, so we celebrated by going out to tea.  She invited Piper, her BFF, BFF’s mother, and, um, me. 

I had to delete at least 50 pictures of the ducklings after Piper absconded with my phone, on a hunter’s quest.

But Piper did manage to catch herself a chicken.

And reluctantly shared.

Happy You, Kyla!

May Day!

My darling daughter keeps May Day close in her heart and this year, delivered flowers to all the neighbors before heading to school.  How fantastic is she?!?

She can definitely be my flower queen!