The skin on your elbow

During Emma's Birthday dessert, Kaitlyn asked if we knew what the skin on your elbow is called. We said we weren't sure and she told us it's called the Wenis. We looked at her and said that someone obviously told her that in order to get her to say it b/c it rhymes with another word. So, she came into the living room to look it up and prove us wrong. Here is how the rest of the encounter went:

K- "Ha! I was right. Here's the definition- The wenis is the skin on your elbow. If you pinch your wenis it will not hurt at all. If you pull it it will strech pretty far."
As she is ready this definition to us, Jarrod and I are almost dead we are laughing so hard. As she finishes up with the stretching part Emma adds her 2 cents from the living room- "Look, I'll pull my Wenis right now". As soon as that comes out of her mouth Jarrod and I are laughing so hard that I am in tears and he is pretty much maroon.

All in all it was a memorable conversation and we have learned something new- the slang term for the skin on your elbow is wenis, but the medical term is olecranan skin.

Little ones first day

At our house, the little ones get first day of school clothes too. They also will be going to Mommy school during the week. I started with Mia last week and will be working with Jude some this week and fully starting with him next week. Coen is gonna hang out and have fun.

First day of school

I know, I know, I am a little late, but so far thsi is only our 2nd full week of school (we started the Wed. before Labor Day).

This year Emma is in First Grade. She absolutely loves school (definitely my genes there) and has been asking to go back since August. She was so excited to go to school. I told her that we were taking them both the first day and she was not happy. Kaitlyn didn't start the whole not wanting me to walk her in until 5th grade and it's already started with Emma. So, we compromised and only I walked her in so she wouldn't be embarassed. Daddy stayed in the car with the other kiddos. Here are a few pics and if you notice the one at her table she is sooo embarassed (that's why she won't look at me and it was my last pic).

Kaitlyn started 6th grade this year. Unlike Emma, she has not been counting down the days to school starting. She was also not happy she didn't get to ride the bus, but since we were already taking Emma and she got to sleep a little later she let it go. She is in Band again this year (she plays the Clarinet) and she also has the chance to play a couple of sports with the school this year, so she will be playing Soccer in the Fall and running Track in the Spring. She may play Basketball in the Winter, but we haven't officially decided on that yet. Here are a few pics from her first day. We did end up with one of her walking into the school bldg. from our car (that was as close as she'd let us get!). She also showed off her new school shoes-she's in a size 7 now! That's the same size as me! It also means that when you go by soccer cleats you don't get the youth discount package anymore b/c the kids foot isn't youth anymore.

My new best friend....

is a 1st grader. I was helping E put up her backpack and another little girl needed help finding hers. So, I told her where hers was and then we headed back to the classroom. Along the way the other little girl was just chatting it up. She asked what neighborhood we lived in and before I could answer that question she asked if we lived by Chelsea (street/person who knows). I told her I didn't know Chelsea. She then said, "So who are you anyway, her aunt or something?". I said. "No, I'm her Mom.". She then replied, " Really? You look really young.". I Love Her!

HA HA!

Getting into bed-
Jude- Can I sleep in your bed?
Mommy- No
Jude- I going to lay down in your bed.
Mommy- No
Daddy- C'mon Ash, he'll probably lay down for awhile and then go get in his bed
Mommy- I don't feel good, I'm tired and we have a TINY bed (Coen co-sleeps w/us in a Full size bed)
Daddy- Jude you can lay with us for a little bit
Jude- HA HA Mommy, Daddy says I can sleep in your bed. HA HA I sleep in your bed.
Daddy- Jude, don't rub it in Mommy's face
Jude- HA HA Mommy, I rub it in your face. (crawls over to me and starts rubbing my face) HA HA, I rub your face. I rubbin' your face.

Needless to stay he lasted about 30 min in our bed and then got in his and passed out. He is a cutie.

where do you buy your brain?

Jarrod- Jude, where's your brain?
Jude- Right here (rubs head). I just buyed it.
Jarrod- You just bought it? (questioning to make sure he heard correctly)
Jude- Yeah.
Jarrod- Where did you buy it?
Jude- Walmart.
Jarrod- Was it cheap or expensive?
Jude- Yeah.
Jarrod- That's not an appropriate answer for the question.
Jude- Not cheaper, cheaper

Update!

Ok, so here is my promised update-
the day before school got out we left for Seattle. Jarrod had a seminar and since we aren't really doing anything this summer I thought it would be fun for us to all go and spend the day before the seminar sight seeing. We drove up Thurs. after school and made it by 9pm. We went out to dinner and then to the hotel. On Friday we rode the ferry over to Port Angeles and then made our way to a couple of hikes in Olympic National Park via Forks and La Push. We did the Moment in Time hike by Lake Crescent

Then, we made our way to Forks and La Push. We ate lunch in Forks at Pacific Pizza. You should definitely eat there if you get a chance. It was super yummy! I shopped a little and then we went to La Push. The sea stacks were awesome! We definitley want to hit a few of the beaches next time we go. This time we passed b/c we didn't quite have enough time, but definitely next time.



After that we did the Hall of Mosses Trail in the Hoh Rain Forest it was absolutely gorgeous. I still can't get over how green everything was and how clear the water was everywhere. Olympic National Park was great.

On Saturday Jarrod had his seminar, so we hung out at the hotel and then went to Claim Jumper's for dinner. It was delicious and I finally got to try the Eclair for dessert. It was greatness! The thing was the size of a football and even with 6 of us eating it we couldn't finish it. We left Sunday morning and made it home in great time. On our way out we drove by the fish market and we even got to stop at a Sonic (yay!).












Father's Day- We made homemade doughnuts for breakfast and gave Jarrod his gifts and for dinner we had Five Guys.











Coen also started eating baby food. I make his baby food and so far he absolutely loves it. He is also crawling like crazy (no more military crawl) and sitting up. He has started pulling up on things lower to the ground (the bottom stair and the back of his bouncy seat).













For the 4th Jarrod made homemade biscuits and I made a blueberry pie. We had hot dogs for dinner and then we headed over to the mall to watch the fireworks. Jarrod had monday off, so we turned our garage into a movie theater, had popcorn and watched one of our family faves -RV.













Oh, here's a pic of my Bday peach cobbler. Yummy Yummy!