People of the Book

this is the book I am TRYING to read

I guess the problem is that I have too much going on

I start reading then my thoughts drift off to.....

how I am going to decorate my new dinning room

how it will feel to cook with two ovens

how nice it will be to let my kids play in the back yard

how we can eat FRESH fish whenever we choose

( you know I would choose every meal)

how my kids will not be on top of me every moment

( in 2700 square feet maybe they can find a place to play)

taking a bath in my new TUB

so....

I end up reading these, they are a little more suited to my current attention span

and they help fill my head with visions of the decor in my new abode

a little princess & little lord fauntleroy

I read these books to the kids along with some others........these are the two favorites

I love to read good lit out loud to my children, I am sure I enjoy them as much as they do !!

Here are some more pictures of the weekend in Seattle

Most Handsome men I saw in Washington

Funniest thing we saw

Angelo remarked that Seattellite's seem to need these cup holders for their coffee, we rarely saw anyone without a cup-a-joe in toe

Most comforting thing we saw

HOME

Greatest supermarket ever

aside from the staffed sushi bar, miles of organic local produce, rows of treats from under the sea, little shopping carts for kids to drive

It is only miles from our new house

Newcomer's Handbook for moving to and living in Seattle

2

airplanes

2

nights at the Marriott in Bellevue
1

thing I was tempted to steal from the hotel

( i loved this couch, too bad it wouldn't fit in the overhead compartment)

320

miles traveled in our rental car

1

day spent at Pikes

5

Mortenson construction sites seen

9

towns visited

11

homes viewed

# 3209

number of the home we loved

5

bedrooms in our new home

2

ovens in our new home

3

very tired travelers

3

very happy children to see MOM & DAD after 3 days

2

very tired ( and happy) Grandparents

We are waiting for the lease agreement, it should arrive Monday. When it is all signed we will breath ONE very big sigh of relief !

**funnest thing said about the grand kids 3 day visit**

Grandma**

"We woke up,

everyone got a shower,

I made breakfast,

we ate,

they played a game on the computer,

we made 5 batches of play dough,

then played with it,

cleaned up

........and then I looked at the clock and it was only 10:00 AM and we had the rest of the day ahead" if this doesn't make you laugh out loud you may not be a mother.

Family Home Evening Resource Book

this book has looked the same for umm.......i don't know over 30 years

i am sure we are not the first family to love the lessons in it

last night instead of this

Angelo brought THIS

to family home evening

I thought maybe a personal hygiene lesson

so I sat back to watch........this should be interesting

SONG

PRAYER

No prob.

if you have children you know before the lesson begins, you have to get everyone calm

then

next

Liam then decided he NEEDED to brush his teeth

.

then i looked at my spouse and he was

so i asked the kids what dad looked like

they did the

this made dad laugh in spite of himself

And

Angelo asked each child to take as many square of toilet paper as they needed ( if you have boys you can imagine the comments as multiple squares were taken)

Then he asked each person to, in turn tell as many nice things about the person next to them as they had squares of toilet paper.

I LOVE MY HUSBAND

We had fun saying all the things we love about each other.

****must include the funniest quotes of the evening****

"please get off his blanket, so I don't have to send him to heaven"

courtesy of Don Angelo

"I have to brush my teeth, right NOW"

Liam Agustin

" I just gotta dance, .......like a dude"

Jaxson

" look Cinderella dress, La La La"

princess Emeline

The American Girls Handy Book

This book is filled with all kinds of fun ideas & the writing is delightful

written in 1887 it is full of beautiful language and entries from the authors like

"In the girls handy book which it has been our endeavor to make peculiarly American, we have sought to introduce original and novel ideas, and by their aid to open new avenues of enterprise and enjoyment."

I love reading this book

Now our "American Girl"

I know there isn't a MAKEUP section of the book, so here is our addition

My 2 year old is obsessed with MAKEUP, she especially likes mascara & lip stick

She always gets into my make up when I am at the grocery store--when moms away right

Angelo took these pictures of our Makeup obsessed child

She is sure she has done something good.......hmm maybe we shouldn't take pictures when the kids are doing wrong

Road Atlas

Our recent quandary:

How to explain to a 5 year old, 3 year old, & a 2 year old

that we are moving to another State.

The matter seems easy enough to comprehend, to an adult mind.

However the idea that Grandma won't be around the corner is a concept not quite so concrete. We love seeing Grandma, Grandpa & the Tio's , we have always been able to see them whenever we want, so what do you mean Mom, they will always be around the corner, right? After the last out of State move talk Jaxson came up with a plan " I guess we will have to get a Seattle Grandma" so.........if you are a Grandma in Seattle looking for 4 new grandkids give us a call.

We have done a few things to try and SHOW them the distance

*Google Map

* Atlas

*Explain until we are blue in the face

I guess this is one of the learn by experience situations

If you haven't looked at an Atlas lately I recommend it, I think it is very fun to see all the place you can go & how you could get there

Fun Family Activity

***Note from the Author***

The books are packed so........only web pics of my favs from now on, sorry

The Novels of Jane Austen VI Minor Works

You know me

It wouldn't be a book month without mention of one of my Favorite Authors

JANE AUSTEN

One of my friends, who knows my affinity for Ms Austen's work lent me this book.

It has a much more intimate look into the Authors world & work. It is full of letters written both by the author and to her & includes some of her first short stories.

I definitely recommend this book

***note from the author***

" By the time Chaucer is 18 yrs old we are going to be MD's " Angelo said last night

Our Current Credentials

* Able to speak with Respiratory Therapists, and ask wise thought provoking questions

*Able to use a nebulizer, even half asleep in the middle of the night

*Able to set up billi lights, use them, thus curing the patient

This has got to be at least a semester of Med school, right? It was all done while extremely tired and overworked ( I think that is a requirement of Med school)