The Houston's Home: Memorial Weekend

Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Memorial Weekend

What a great Memorial Weekend we had. It was one of those weekends that just worked perfectly. To have a whole weekend like this is amazing. First of all the weather was fabulous. I think this is one of the main reasons that we had a great weekend! This was the second weekend in a row that we've had good weather. I could really get used to sunshine all of the time. On Saturday we first went to Costco and basically had lunch there with all of the food samples they were passing out. Seriously, if you haven't gone to Costco on a Saturday (I know it's busy) but you can try so much food it becomes another meal. The kids love getting the little samples. While we were at Costco we bought a carpet cleaner! Maybe it doesn't sound great to everyone, but I was really excited to get it. Our carpets upstairs desperately needed to be cleaned. After Costco and nap time we headed over to Forrest Park in Everett that has a water sprinkler/fountain park. I couldn't believe it was warm enough for the kids to be in swimming suits running through the water, but is was! Will and Claire both had a blast! It was so much fun seeing them go crazy running through the water. I love to see them happy and laughing! I've included some pictures of them at the water park

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Sunday was nice and sunny too, so we had some friends over for dinner and we got to eat outside! I love to eat outside!
Monday we went on a hike to Wallace Falls near Monroe. It was very beautiful! The hike was about 3 and half miles. We brought Lilly with us and she was plenty worn out by the end. Claire did an awesome job. It was a pretty good hike and she did the whole thing without being carried! We did have to promise her a milkshake at the end, but she deserved it. Will walked a little, but ended up in the hiking pack. After the hike we went to eat at Zekes burgers. It was so good. If you are ever in Washington up past Monroe you have to go to Zekes. It was a really good burger. It's a little pricey, but very yummy! Anyway, that was our great sunny family weekend! Oh, we also found out that we are going to be an aunt and uncle again, and Claire and Will are going to have another cousin! Jim and Jamie are going to have baby number 2!!! Congratulations to you guys! We are excited.
Here are pictures of us on our hike!

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Out Of The Mouth of My Kids

On Easter this year Will had his easter basket full of the little plastic eggs when he accidentally tripped and dropped his basket. When he dropped his basket the plastic egss broke open to reveal the candy inside. Will, in the most excited voice I've ever heard him use said "The eggs open!!!!!!" He couldn't believe there was candy inside- it was the coolest thing to him!
(Easter 2009)

I asked Will one day where the new baby was going to sleep. He said: " in a cage". I guess we now know what he thought of his crib.
(Winter 2009)

I was playing with Will one day. He was pretending to be a robot, so I decided to be a robot too, but he said:
"no you can't be a robot you are a princess"
I said:
"what do princesses do?"
He said:
"they just dance"
(Winter 2009)

We drove by a horse pasture the other day and Claire said:
"I really want a horse. If you don't get me a horse mom I will fire you... ... I mean I will fire Daddy!"
(Winter 2009)

We were talking about where we should go out for dinner one night and Shawn mentioned a new Terriakyi Sushi place. Claire got very excited and said, "Yes! Sushi! Shushi! Please! Please! Please! I love Sushi!" We soon found out she meant a Slushee (like a fruit drink) not Sushi. She does not like Sushi.

Claire: "Mom, I can't make my bed. Will is making me have too much fun." (July 2008)

Will's newest fixation is robots. Yes, we saw WALLE, and that's about when it started. Will can't quite say ROBOT though, so he says "Beebot" instead. It took us awhile to figure out what he meant, but now it's very cute - beebot! (Summer 2008)

William at age 2 still doesn't say too much, but some times he gets on a kick and repeats things over and over, and recently he has found bird poo very interesting. I don't know why, but when we go on walks lately he stops at every white spot on the side walk and says "bird poo- ewwww yuck" this happens over and over and over and over on our walks. I never realized there was so much bird poo in the world! (Summer 2008)

I recently walked in on Claire singing a song she made up to her brother. This is a rare occurance, so I thought I'd better write it here to remember that even though they fight they still love each other. Here is the gist of the song imagine in a very high drawn out soprano:
"I love youuuuuuuuu. You are my frieeeeend because you love to play with meeeeeee and you love to go outside with meeee. I love YOUUUUUU!"
She repeated this over and over and Will just sat there listening seeming to know the song was just for him. I will have to show her this when she is mad at her brother for playing with her "stuff". (Summer 2008)

Claire: "Mom, when I stretch my nose up my nostrils look like bunny ears." (Spring 2008)

Claire had a cough one morning. When she woke up she said:
"My voice is crooked" (Winter 2008)

Claire toes aren't just toes. They are "Weeny Toes" because they are so small compared to everything else. (Winter 2008)

Claire: "Mom, don't step on the cracks or you will get boy slime." (Spring 2008)

Claire (in disgust after we had a carpenter ant problem): "Why did Heavenly Father have to make ants on the Earth?" (Summer 2008)

Claire: "I want to be a cowgirl and a mama when I grow up, and I will have 6 babies and they will all be girls." (2008)

Claire (smiling): "Mom, I can't stand it, I'm so NERVOUS for Christmas" I asked why she was "nervous" and she explains how she can't wait to see what Santa brings for her. I finally figured out that she meant excited not nervous and couldn't wait for Chritmas . (Winter 2007)