The Low Down

So......my birthday. It was great, but I"ll post about it later cause I need pictures off Braydan's camera. In the meantime, here's the latest on each of us:

ELIZA~ She loves to play outside. She thinks it's so funny to run down our driveway into the road cause she knows I"ll chase her. Not good little lady!

She still loves to eat and is growing out of her 12 month clothes as you can see by her shirt.

My favorite thing about her lately is her princess nature coming out. She loves to put bead necklaces on and have bows in her hair. She also insists on wearing shoes. She picks them out and plops down on my lap, waiting for me to adorn her feet.

her hair before the bows :)

Kaleb-Loves to help me in the garden. He has his own miniature shovel and it's always an adventure seeing what creatures we'll discover (worms, centipedes, beetles, etc.). He's going through a little independent streak. He wants to get dressed all by himself, and he can do it (sort of). See my problem? His shirt is on the right way, so that's good I guess.
Despite the outfit, lately I've felt he's more BOY than ever. He really needs some quality tackle/wrestle time with Dad or he gets a little wild. (running around, knocking Eliza over........)

Braydan--What would I do without my nice husband? He's the best. Just an example, he wakes up at 5AM for work so he can be home early for us and never complains about it.

He's liking his new BRAIDS project in Bellevue, designing freeways and bridges. If he's not busy with scouts on the weekends, he's working on some project (like our cabinets) or our budget.

Me: I have a few obsessions lately. I went to an enrichment activity on gardening and got really motivated. We planted peas, spinach, romaine, onions and more strawberries outside. Braydan started tomatoes inside. I love to get my hands dirty and teach Kaleb about plants like my Mom did. Our garden was like a jungle last year! I'm hoping to manage it better this year.

Other obsessions: cooking. I dream and plan what I'm going to cook every day. i love food! I have a list now of food blogs I check. I really like Our Best Bites.

Photography: My class ended this week and I was sad, but I feel like I got my feet wet on the subject at least (I still don't know what I'm doing . . . in fact I'm probably worse cause I don't leave it on automatic) I have some good resources now to study and our teacher is going to help shoot portraits of our kids this week. That will be nice to have his help.

iPod: I love my iPod. I've got through some boring cleaning listening to books. Don't worry Mom, I don't use it when the kids are awake, although I've thought about tuning them out sometimes.

And finally.....painting. I can't seem to stay away from a brush too long. Our bedroom has been neglected. The whole house has been painted and decorated except for our room. But I started on the trim and I think this week I'll actually get some color on the sad walls.