The Grapes of Wrath...or the Wrath of some Grapes....

So, Mo had a lovely play date with her old friend, V. The girls were born 10 days apart, and have know each other FOREVER! It is always fun to have them play together.

Yesterday, both girls were upstairs playing in Mo's new playroom....and having a great time. Michelle and I were hanging out, drinking coffee...and talking. We went up to check on the girls, and we realized they were chewing gum...... but wait, we don't chew gum, and don't have any in the house.

On closer inspection, we discovered they were actually chewing these little grapes from Mo's kitchen set. They had picked the bunch clean, and most of the grapes were gone. After a brief interrogation, the girls fessed up that they had SWALLOWED the grapes. We think they each ate about 10 grapes.

Calls were placed to the doctors.....and we were told that the only thing we can do is wait and watch......what goes in the body, must come out of the body. So now were are on poop watch.

There is a part of me that hopes pooping these grapes out is not a pleasant experience. I want her to have a 'natural' consequence for this action. It may be a lesson she remembers!!!

One day, I will remind her of this.....maybe at her wedding!

Brain Fart

Sorry for the lack of posts.....I have just been so mentally exhausted from moving. At night, I just want to lay on the couch and relax....if I have any gumption to do anything, I feel like I should unpack...just...one....more....box.

The good news is the storage units are almost empty.....and the boxes have all been unpacked....well, not the ones I shoved into the basement. I will deal with those in October (maybe).

We are in......

We moved in.....we have been sleeping here for a little over a week......and we are sort-of, kind of, not quite settled. Most of the boxes have been unpacked, but we are still trying to figure out where everything should go. The space in the house feels nice, and we are loving how the house 'lives.'

This move has been harder than any of our past moves. We have more stuff.....but the biggest difference is Mo. Not only does she have her own stuff (and lots of it), but she is not very tolerant of taking time to unpack boxes. So, we end up unpacking a box here and a box there when we can.

I will post pictures of the house soon.

Evacuation

We were living large in Millwaukie......it was really going well......until.....

HEAT WAVE 2009 HITS PORTLAND.

Seriously, it is HOT. We have had 3 days of over 100 degree temps. It started on Monday....and it just keeps getting hotter. Today it was 105. It doesn't cool down at night, so you get no relief at all. This is suppose to continue until Friday. It is the hottest Portland has EVER been...no joke...beating all the records.

We totally punked out. We moved into a hotel Monday night. Smartest thing we have done in a long time. We are living in the A/C with an indoor pool. We are so much more comfortable, and much less grumpier than we would have been otherwise.

Living Large in Millwaukie

(The title is not a typo, that is how they spell it)

We cannot move into our new house for 2 weeks. We were so lucky to house sit for Mike and Beth (who have moved into their new house, but haven't sold their old one).....so we have our very own house all to ourselves.

It has been wonderful to have this break in the middle of moving. A nice, relaxing period with no house stuff to deal with. We have enjoyed it.

Millwaukie is a south of Portland.....it is its own little town. Very cute.....they had the Millwaukie Days festival last weekend, and we went to see the fireworks on the river. It was a lovely night....warm, but with a good breeze. The fireworks were great....Mo loved them, plus the music featured the latest summer Top 40 hits.....'gotta get that boom, boom, boom....." Could it get better.....oh, yes it can......

My favorite part was the concession area. They had a beer garden and a Papa Murphy's pizza truck. That was it! Who needs fancy food carts with crepes, gyros, and wraps........beer and pizza.....I like the way Millwaukie rolls.......

Moving Out

Well, this is about a week late, but we are officially out of our house. We got everything moved into the POD (if truth be told, Scout and Brad got everything moved into the POD).....and got the house cleaned up for the new owners.

Both of us felt sad and excited. This house holds many memories......good and bad. We lost Scout's mom and a baby in that house.....but we also had wonderful times with family and friends there.....we also brought Mo home to this house. So leaving is bittersweet.

On a side note, I went back to the house several days later to pick up a package.....and the new owners have PAINTED the entire inside of the house. I don't like it, but it is not my house, so who cares what I think.......it does make it easier to separate from the house......I wouldn't want to live there with that color scheme!!!

Dancing Queen

When I was pregnant with Mo, Scout and I would lay awake and wonder what it would be like to be parents, what our child would be like. We talked for hours about all the things we wanted for her, happiness, college.....Scout dreamed of playing catch in the backyard, playing golf, and fishing....

This was my dream.....




How stinking cute is that!!!!!