Monday, February 25, 2008
Weekend in the Snow
We spent the weekend at Mt. Hood and had a great time. Jackson is riding the chairlift and skiing down the beginner hill. Sean got to ride the "magic carpet" and practiced doing turns. We skied 2 days and on Sunday played at the snow park and built a snow cave.
Sunday, February 24, 2008
The Big 40
The boys don't normally run around in long underwear but we just got out of the car after sledding up at Mt. Hood. There doesn't seem to be any interest in putting on "real" clothes, so this will likely be the attire for the rest of the day. Please pardon our lack of formality with the b-day photo!
Monday, February 18, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Friday, February 8, 2008
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Technical Difficulties
The video did not work, so I'm going to work on posting photos. I'll try to figure out video because have a great video of Jackson scoring a basket at his basketball game on Sunday.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Superbowl Sunday...now , who's playing again?
So, it's the big day..Superbowl Sunday...and until about 2 days ago, I wasn't even sure who was playing! Despite the fact that we aren't too vested in either team, Jim and I decided to have a small gathering , mostly as an excuse to get together with two other families from his office who have kids that are similar ages. All boys, too...hopefully the house will be standing after the whirlwind of boy energy has passed through!
Yesterday was my "Moms morning Out" ski adventure with my friend, Laura. I picked her up at 6;45am and we headed up to Mt. Hood Meadows to ski a half day. It was raining and snowing when we left. As the drive continued, it turned into snow, snow, snow and very slow going. The roads were actually okay, but the snow was falling at a pretty steady clip. The biggest issue were my wind shield wipers which kept getting clogged up with chunks of snow. Laura and I took turns reaching out of our windows and grabbing the wipers to try to break off the snow. It was somewhat successful...fortunately just at the moment we were both wondering why we weren't a day spa instead of trudging up the mountain, we arrived at the parking lot.
The snow was deep and fluffy...definitely a different kind of skiing, but still lots of fun, even with the snow that felt like ice pellets at the top of the chair lift. We skied a few hours and headed home...we were so busy gabbing that we didn't realize we were headed toward Hood River instead of back to Portland! The turn off sign for Portland was completely covered in a snow bank...urrrggggg! Fortunately we realized the mistake before we were too far along and turned around in the right direction.
The boys are both upstairs playing some sort of game with dinosaurs and blocks...I think they are pretending they each have their own dinosaur family. Yesterday, Jim took them to swim lessons while I was skiing and Jackson got to use flippers. I guess he was having so much fun, he just kept swimming back and forth in the pool. Sounds like he's get very close to earning his good swimmer badge. Sean has a cough right now..poor guy. He seems to be as perky as ever, he just has congestion and a raspy cough. Even though it's the middle of winter, both boys are running around the house in soccer shorts and t-shirts.
Time to do laundry, clean for guests and maybe take a peek at the Sunday paper!
Yesterday was my "Moms morning Out" ski adventure with my friend, Laura. I picked her up at 6;45am and we headed up to Mt. Hood Meadows to ski a half day. It was raining and snowing when we left. As the drive continued, it turned into snow, snow, snow and very slow going. The roads were actually okay, but the snow was falling at a pretty steady clip. The biggest issue were my wind shield wipers which kept getting clogged up with chunks of snow. Laura and I took turns reaching out of our windows and grabbing the wipers to try to break off the snow. It was somewhat successful...fortunately just at the moment we were both wondering why we weren't a day spa instead of trudging up the mountain, we arrived at the parking lot.
The snow was deep and fluffy...definitely a different kind of skiing, but still lots of fun, even with the snow that felt like ice pellets at the top of the chair lift. We skied a few hours and headed home...we were so busy gabbing that we didn't realize we were headed toward Hood River instead of back to Portland! The turn off sign for Portland was completely covered in a snow bank...urrrggggg! Fortunately we realized the mistake before we were too far along and turned around in the right direction.
The boys are both upstairs playing some sort of game with dinosaurs and blocks...I think they are pretending they each have their own dinosaur family. Yesterday, Jim took them to swim lessons while I was skiing and Jackson got to use flippers. I guess he was having so much fun, he just kept swimming back and forth in the pool. Sounds like he's get very close to earning his good swimmer badge. Sean has a cough right now..poor guy. He seems to be as perky as ever, he just has congestion and a raspy cough. Even though it's the middle of winter, both boys are running around the house in soccer shorts and t-shirts.
Time to do laundry, clean for guests and maybe take a peek at the Sunday paper!
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Thursday eve
Today is lunch bunch day for Sean so he stays after school for about 2 hours to eat lunch (which is not part of his normal school day) and get some much needed running around/burning off of excess energy in the gym area.
Thursday is also the day I volunteer in Jackson's class. Today my job was to use a very retro-looking die cut machine to cut out hundreds of paper hearts. I was hoping I could double up the paper to make the process speedier but that was a mistake. The machine didn't do so well with more than one piece of paper. I ended up doing a lot of manual cutting since the machine didn't cut the hearts all the way through. Each time I cut the hearts, I had to swing the metal lever back and forth about three times. I could feel a blister forming on my hand as I continued cutting the hearts. I found myself wondering if I could just run over to Michael and pick up a package of pre-cut hearts...
Part two of my volunteer time was asking all the kids to describe their dads in a few words. This is part of an upcoming Dad day at the school. Many answers were what you might expect..i.e. likes baseball, basketball, etc. . Jackson said "my dad is a good tickler, likes golf and legos" and one girl immediately said, "my dad likes really spicy peppers!".
By the time I left school , there wasn't enough time to do my list of 4 or 5 errands...but there never really is enough time to do it all. I did manage to make it down to Silverado to pick up the necklace that Jim gave me for Christmas. I wanted a clasp added since it had a very loose hook that I was sure would come undone the first time I wore it. They sent it out with the jewelry repair person and I have to say it looks great. I thought they would just add a little metal hook, but they actually welded a new part on to the necklace so it looks like it was there all along. As soon as I figure out how to post photos , I'll include a photo of it.
Time to make dinner...I need to figure out how to make Caesar salad dressing since the member of the house who usually makes it (Jim) is running late.
Thursday is also the day I volunteer in Jackson's class. Today my job was to use a very retro-looking die cut machine to cut out hundreds of paper hearts. I was hoping I could double up the paper to make the process speedier but that was a mistake. The machine didn't do so well with more than one piece of paper. I ended up doing a lot of manual cutting since the machine didn't cut the hearts all the way through. Each time I cut the hearts, I had to swing the metal lever back and forth about three times. I could feel a blister forming on my hand as I continued cutting the hearts. I found myself wondering if I could just run over to Michael and pick up a package of pre-cut hearts...
Part two of my volunteer time was asking all the kids to describe their dads in a few words. This is part of an upcoming Dad day at the school. Many answers were what you might expect..i.e. likes baseball, basketball, etc. . Jackson said "my dad is a good tickler, likes golf and legos" and one girl immediately said, "my dad likes really spicy peppers!".
By the time I left school , there wasn't enough time to do my list of 4 or 5 errands...but there never really is enough time to do it all. I did manage to make it down to Silverado to pick up the necklace that Jim gave me for Christmas. I wanted a clasp added since it had a very loose hook that I was sure would come undone the first time I wore it. They sent it out with the jewelry repair person and I have to say it looks great. I thought they would just add a little metal hook, but they actually welded a new part on to the necklace so it looks like it was there all along. As soon as I figure out how to post photos , I'll include a photo of it.
Time to make dinner...I need to figure out how to make Caesar salad dressing since the member of the house who usually makes it (Jim) is running late.
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