house cleaning

We usually try to get the whole house clean for the upcoming week every Sunday. Today Matt and I had a little private conference... It was 4 pm. Should one of us take both kids out while the other one cleaned the house? Should we try to set the kids up to play in the back yard while we cleaned? Who would do the grocery shopping?

We decided to play the house cleaning game, which we haven't played in a loooooooong time. First, Matt wrote the name of each room on a piece of paper. Then he put them all in a hat and let Eloise pick them out, one at a time. The first room was the dressing room. Eloise's special job was to get in the crib with Owen and keep him happy while Matt and I cleaned cleaned cleaned as fast as we could. It was a smashing success! Repeat that process for Eloise's room, the living room, the dining room, the kitchen and our bedroom AND grocery shopping. Before we knew it, the whole house was clean and we're ready for the week! YAY!

haircut!

Yes, that's right. Those are Eloise's chopped off braids. YIKES!
Don't worry, her new hairdo is super cute!

Thank you to Matt for doing the actual hair cutting. Last but not least, happy father's day! You are the best Papa!

blueberry feeding frenzy

I've never seen a pint of blueberries get devoured so fast! Owen and his buddy Nate are like a couple of hungry hungry hippos. You can also see Eloise's hand helping itself from the bottom of the screen. YUM!

we love nice weather!

We've been spending lots of time outside enjoying the really nice weather we've been having lately.
On Saturday, Eloise and Owen spent a lot of time playing on the swing while Matt and I spruced up the back yard. On Sunday Eloise said she wanted to go for a long bike ride. We went up to inspiration point and Eloise rode a whole mile! You can see her checking out the half mile marker here.
We've also been chipping away at our vegetable garden. It turns out that the time it takes us to pull the wagon to the nursery, buy a bag of dirt and a packet of seeds, pull it all back home, scoop the dirt into the pot, plant the seeds and water them is EXACTLY the amount of time that we have between nap time and dinner time. So far we have 3 out of 4 pots planted and some radishes have already sprouted!

check it out

Eloise can drive a car! Here she is driving around at school. She really likes to drive cars. She recently informed me that she will be able to drive a real car when she is 5. Wow!
Last week was a busy week with SO much going on - the special "bird show" at Eloise's school, another really great weekend in Capitola (replete with sand playing, surf wading, canoe riding, closet organizing, deck cleaning, burrito eating, hammock laying, etc.), and bbq birthday party for Matt Small and Deb Wolf over at our house LAST weekend. I was dumbstruck when I realized that I had only taken TWO pictures all week. Bad Mama!