Catch Up Time

Sorry, It's been a while since I put anything here. Let's see.....The 15th of August was Eric's B-day. Carrie's parents were here for an extended weekend. We had a lot of fun. Saturday night we went to the Cornelius Pass Roadhouse for dinner before I had to go to work. It is somewhat of a tradition when they come to town. Sunday we threw a Pirate Party for E's B-day. We had over 20 kids or so running around. I made burgers and hotdogs. It turned out really well!

Sunday they all went to the Zoo for the afternoon.

Monday afternoon, I took Eric and Scott (Carrie's Dad) to see Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Eric realy liked it, I really like Star Wars, but I think I dozed off about 3 times. I was incredibly tired from Saturday. I only had 4 hrs sleep since I work nights. Then later that night Carrie's folks took the kids to Chuck E. Cheese and Carrie and I went out to dinner at PF Chang's.

The rest of the week was catch up on rest and sleep and trying to get back into the grind.

Yesterday I hung out with the boys at home. Today we did the same, but we went outside for a bit and picked some apples and plums. After naps, we went to the park. A funny thing happened there; I was taking pictures with our digital camera as the kids went down the slides. Each time Eric would come down the slide, I would reach out and give him a shock because the slides were made of plastic (or polyeurothane if you want to be specific). After I took several pictures, my camera stopped working. I think it had to do with the static electricity. I was hoping I wasn't going to have to buy a new camera, and when I got home, it was working again (thank god) I'll put some pictures on later tonight, but as for right now, the kids are in bed, Carrie is at bowling, and I am going to chill and watch the Comedy Roast of William SHatner on Netflix.

Don

The Busy Week

Carrie and the boys went to Neil and Leanne's house for the opening ceremony of the Olympics. THey are going to the airshow in Hillsboro with the Nyburg's tomorrow. Grandma and Grandpa McLellan come in on Friday. Eric's birthday party is on Sunday. Good loA lot going on!!!

Busy Weekend, Moo at the Zoo, and Oaks Park

Saturday we went to the Oregon Zoo with Eric's preschool friends and everyone had a great time. Today we went to Oaks Park and rode on some kiddy rides. Eric went on the mini rollercoaster with his "girlfriend" Charlotte 6-8 times. They had a blast. Jacob loved the rollercoaster too. We ended the trip with a packed lunch and ice cream. Neither of the boys took naps today and Jacob was wrecked by the end of the night after going grocery shopping.

Today was the last day of my 10 day vacation. Carrie took yesterday and today off as well. We had a great time. Back to the grind tomorrow!

Monday=Jacob's Day

Jacob rocking on the toy guitar!

Today I am just hanging out with Jacob. We went for a walk around the property and looked at all the fruit and flowers that are growing.

Apples

Grapes
Jake had fun playing with the toys in the water table. Eric went to school today with Carrie. He is having a Beach day learning about the Oregon Coast and playing in the water. They are just pretending they are at the beach of course. I updated the 4th of July post with a couple of pictures. Apparently Carrie didn't take very many.

Roses

Jacob Really like the cherries. One to two more days and we will have a lot of ripe ones. He kept asking me for "one more cherry, please?" I finally cut him off after about 10 of them.

Cherries

Don

July 4th, Carrie and Boys Zoo Day, Don Slept and Worked

Well, I personally had a pretty lame 4th of July. I slept all day and had to come to work last night. I had to watch the facility and make sure all of the trailer refers stayed running that had product on them. It was nice being at work by myself, as I was able to get alot of work done without distractions.

Carrie and the boys met up with some friends at the zoo. They had a great day. Hope you all had a great Independence Day and are able to spend some time with your families.


Oh, I guess the good part about working last night was that I get another day later this month as compensation for working. I am using it in conjunction with 3 vacation days, and since I work four tens, this will stretch out to 10 days in a row off. YAY!! I need it.

Don

Zoo Day

Today the boys and I went to the Oregon Zoo while mom was working.  It was a beautiful day and perfect.  The zoo train was only running every hour so we had to skip it this time or we would have had to wait forever.  I picked up Mickey D's on the way home as a treat for the boys.  They were great today.  Now it is nap time.  Oh and some nice person decided they would park extremely crooked next to the driver's side of my car at the zoo.  The parking spots are small enough as it is.  I wrote him/her a nice little note to show my appreciation.  Believe it or not, I kept with the family theme of the zoo and did not use one swear word.  I just let him/her know how inconsiderate they were.  I get some points today for not telling them what I really thought.  Happy trails, happy summer!

Don

Crazy Cat & Eric's Pre-School Graduation

Today I hung out with the boys as usual. I then took the cat back to the vet. She got fixed on Monday and tore out her stitches Monday night. The Vet put in staples this time. We then went to Eric's Pre-School Graduation. Yep, he will be a kindergartner next year. Time flies!!! We got home and I noticed the cat has escaped her cone that was supposed to keep her from lcking her incision. Yeah, she ate her staples too. She had to go back to the Vet one more time, this time the Doc used Super Glue. Silly kitty. Here are some pics of Eric's Graduation. It was really cute. Notice Eric's Rock Star pose!









Don