What, Where, Why

This little girl asks A LOT of questions!

"When am I going to go to dance class?"

"When is it going to be Wednesday? Is tomorrow in the morning?"

"When are we going to go on the airplane?

"When is Thursday? Is it in the morning?"

"What time is my dad going to be home?"

"Why do I need to take a nap today?"

"Why can't we go out to lunch today?"

"Where are we going today?"

"What am I going to wear today?"

"What are we going to do today?"

And they go on and on and on..............

P.S. That is a chocolate milk mustache she is sporting.

Cool Day for Brother Bear

I think that the above picture was the highlight of Brother Bears weekend. Not the two goals he scored in his soccer game that they won 4-1. Not being on the sidelines helping his dad at a football game that had 6 overtimes. Not the fish and chips dinner at Claim Jumper.

It was saying hello and having his picture taken with Sigi Schmidt who is the coach of the Seattle Sounders. We had gone up to watch a soccer game at UW and the coach of the other team was Papa Bears soccer coach many moons ago. At halftime we moved to a little section of bleachers behind the goal so that Sister could run around and play with her toys without dropping them into the unknown far beneath the main bleachers. After the game was over with we were waiting so that Papa could say hello to his old coach. Sigi Schmidt walked by and Papa and Brother said hello to him. He took a picture with Brother and then sat down and chatted while he waited to get onto the field. After a few minutes he said goodbye and off he went.

Soccer Days

We had a small break in between baseball and soccer. Now we are full swing into soccer. Practice two nights a week and a game on Saturday. At practice I try to see how many times I can get Sister to walk around the track before she goes over to the playground. Our record so far is 5. This way I have two tired kids after practice. So far Brother has played in two games and his goal total is 6. He had four goals in the first game with a hat trick in the first half. His team won 6-1. The second game he had two with one being a PK and they tied 3-3.

Little Ballerina

I recently signed Sister Bear up at the parks and rec department for a dance class. It was supposed to have started last Monday. The Friday before I got a phone call from the parks and rec department. Class was cancelled due to low enrollment. Did I want a refund or to roll my registration over to the next session and see what happened? I would roll it over but it isn't for a few months. Try explaining that to someone who was so excited. I needed something NOW! I found out about a dance studio nearby that offers a My First Dance Class and it doesn't cost a fortune. We went to try it out on Wednesday. Boy was Sister excited! She went right out and joined the other girls. And she didn't talk during the class unless she was asked a question! I didn't know that was possible.

After class we went home and changed her clothes and ran to Borders for story time. Sister was quiet for the story...but talked to the girl who reads the story the WHOLE time she did her craft.

Didn't I Just Take Him to Kindergarten???

Didn't I just take this kid to kindergarten? I swear it was just the other day I dropped him off at school and when the kids went in to class, I walked back to my car with teary eyes.

Now he's a 5th grader! He eats for about an hour when he gets home from school. And look at those feet. He looks like a puppy with big feet.

Another Retirement

The reason we went to California at the end of August was to be there for my dads last Sunday. He was retiring after 43 years in the ministry. There were three people who were baptized on Sunday. I thought it was special that Brother Bear was one of them. After church they had a big luncheon honoring my dad. My grandma flew in to town and my uncle and my cousin and his family were there as well. I was glad that the kids could see their great-grandma.

The police department also had a luncheon for my dad.

He had been the police chaplain for many years. Sister got a little scared and didn't want to go into the room with all of the big tall policemen. There were some very tall ones too! Brother was very excited to show my the vending machine that Granddad used to always take him to when they would go to the police station when he was little.


Now my parents are going to move and live near us. Yeah! Sister keeps asking when she can go stay at Gramma's house by herself. She wants to go and spend the night with just them.

Elmo's Flying Fish

While we were in California we went to Sea World. The last time I was at Sea World I think Brother was 3 years old. They have since added a Sesame Street area that had three rides for the very small. The Abby Cadabby ride was like the tea cups at Disneyland.

Before the ride got started, Brother was spinning the wheel super fast which resulted in a very spinny cup and some super dizzy kids.

There was also a watery roller coaster ride in addition to the Shipwrecked Rapids ride that Brother was too small to go on the last time we were there.

We saw a handful of shows. There is a new show called Blue Horizons which has dolphins, costumes and dancers flying from wires.

We saw a Sesame Street 4-D show which is probably on You-Tube because the guy sitting next to me was filming it.

And of course we saw Shamu.

Brother wanted to sit down low in the soak zone, rows 1-16. We sat in row 13. I was still completely soaked from the Shipwrecked Rapids ride that I took him on.

We had a great time seeing the shows, riding the rides and seeing all of the animals. Brother's favorite part was the Atlantis roller coaster and touching a dolphin. Sister's favorite part was Elmo's flying fish and Shamu.

Thanks mom and dad for a fun day!

Angel Game

I meant to post while we were in California but I just didn't get around to it.

Brother, Sister and I went to California for . Unfortunately Papa Bear couldn't go with us. Football and all of the other sports had started and they think they need Papa to take care of them.

We went to an Angel game while we were there.

Our tickets were pretty good, we were up in section 426, front row right after first base. But this is where we sat instead.

I have a friend, who I used to work with, who also ushers at the stadium. He works down in the diamond club. Whenever we come to the game I stop by to say hello. He told me to go get my party and come sit down here. Well alrighty then! During the game Brother told my dad, "Granddad, our seats you got us were good, but these are REALLY good!"