Trans atlantic take 2

Yeah, you think they were exhausted after a 17 hour journey? You should have seen me:)

It's raining it's pouring

It's been an epic week for rain this week, but that didn't stop us getting outside this morning and playing at Discovery park. The favorite game was splashing in a really deep puddle, followed by throwing their gloves in. That was fun for a long time, but then they got cold and needed to head inside. M and z put on a fantastic show about a seagull and a bald eagle, that went on for a REALLY long time:)

St Patricks day

My friend Jamie and her girls, the "CassieLeah" invited us over to celebrate St. Patricks day. Jamie out did herself with a very green feast and fun crafts for the kids. Thank you Jamie! Our contribution to the festivities was to make green cupcakes. M and Z took their cooking duties seriously and the cakes turned out pretty well. Normally I don't do a thing for St.Patricks day, but this was a fun excuse to hang out with friends and eat a lot of green things.

Yeah like I said

Yeah, like I said a really MASSIVE mess. Quiet time is not so quiet in this house:)

24 hour party people

Well it has been a while since I have blogged and that is mostly because since M and Z stopped napping I don't have as much time. They do go to bed, and to sleep earlier, but to be honest by the time I have made it through the day I am just too exhausted. Often we leave the house at 8:30 and sometimes we don't get back until 4 or 5 p.m. They truly do have amazing stamina for 3 year olds, which is fun in lots of ways but is also tiring for me. It amazes me when friends say things about their kids like "they can look at books for hours" or "they like to stay home and play by themselves." If M and Z had it there way, and they frequently do, each day would be a new adventure to a different place. I cannot think for the life of me where they got that mentality:)

So since the last post we have been on a hundred bike rides, a thousand walks, been to the park about a million times, to open gyms, to pre-school, to dance class, been swimming twice, down to Tacoma to the zoo, The seattle zoo, hung out with friends at gymnastics, been trampolineing and run too many errands to recount.

Anyway they have been very quiet whilst I have been catching up with this, so you know that there is a MASSIVE mess somewhere for me to clean up now.

Om Cultural center

There is a yoga studio a few blocks from where we live that has an open play session a few times each week. The room is set up with trampolines, balance beams, ropes and these cool indoor swings. It is a mellow atmosphere without many rules, and the kids loved it. Even with all the cool equipment the favorite activity was hiding under the stage and playing monsters. The session finished with a drum and singing circle which the grown ups liked even more than the kids I think.

It was almost impossible to get a good picture as the kids were moving all the time, but here are a few of the afternoons craziness.

Passe, Passe, Passe

Passe, Passe, Passe is what M and Z say when they are showing off their latest ballet moves. They have just started a class with friends Morgan and Mackenzie and Wynn and Mia. The mums are banished outside in this class, but we take sneak peeks through the window to see the cuteness of 10 3 year olds practicing their plies and jumps.