slacker

So, this is a post I ment to finish two weeks ago, but I kinda forgot. We've been busy with work and school and getting ready go leave for Mexico so I sort of forgot to post all these. We woke up to a beautiful crisp fall morning and decided to go up to Dustin's parents place to spend the day outside. Lukie had spent the night and the boys really needed to run off some energy.



Wyatt was a helicopter for a while.

rare

This morning Dustin called and said he'd be home early. Early for him is, like, four. So, at eleven I was really surprised to see him. Wyatt was so excited to see him. Plus he was on a massive sugar high because he poured almost an entire bottle of sprinkles on his oatmeal earlier. So when Dustin got called back to work we were all kinda bummed. But, he decided to take Wyatt with him which means I'm home alone for the rest of the day. WEIRD! I kinda don't know what to do with myself. Good thing I have plenty of homework and cleaning to keep me from getting bored. Plus I rented 'the proposal' and I'm going to watch it completely uninterrupted. ahhh.
I also thought I would post some pictures from the past week or so.

Stickers

A sheet of stickers came with Wyatt's 'High Five' (Highlights) magazine. I thought nothing of just handing the sheet to him and go along with cleaning the kitchen. A few minutes later he asked for more stickers. I was sure all of the stickers were landing on paper, so I gave him another sheet that was in the junk drawer. A few more minutes passed and I went to check on his artwork only to find that none of the stickers landed on paper.




And here is Tucker. He's doing much better now after he had to have surgery on Friday night. Actually he's even spunkier than before. We had to go back to the vet today to get that tube removed and then next week we'll go back and get the stitches out.

School!!

Wyatt and I went back to school yesterday. He's in the same room as last year, but with a different teacher. A lot of his friends are back this year so he was really excited to see them. There were no tears this year at all during the goodbyes (I admit most of the tears were mine last year) but, I have class until 5:20 p.m. so I'm one of the last parents to pick up. So, that's going to take some getting used to. I have a pretty good schedule this term. None of my classes are easy, but they also don't sound too hard either. Plus Wyatt is in school on Fridays but I don't have classes that day so I'll have a full day to catch up. And it's starting to look like Oregon again.....dark clouds and rain have come in, so I'm ready to be back in school.

Got Grapes?

Because this boy LOVES to eat them!

San Diego

Wyatt and I went on a week long trip to San Diego. It had been a year since we were down there. We stayed at my dad's house the night before so he could take us to the airport at 4:30 in the morning! yikes! Everything went smoothly at PDX. We even got to go through the express line and Wyatt got a TSA badge for taking off his own shoes and going through the metal detector on his own. We got down there just in time for a crazy heat wave. I lived there for two years but I don't remember it being that hot. Anyways, my mom didn't have a kiddie pool so she just got out some storage containers instead. It was pretty funny.


Tori and Wyatt were two peas in a pod. They played very well together. Nathan was gone for the first few days we were there, so it was just the two of them. My mom and I took a trip to IKEA to play house while Heather was teaching. Tori was an excellent realtor showing off each room. They took turns 'owning' each room. We even tested out most of the dining room tables. The next day the duo decided to do a duet on the piano.

A few blocks away is a really fun park. I think we were there at least once every day.


Even the walk to the park is pretty!




On Sunday Heather took Wyatt, Tori and I on an adventure. We rode the Trolley. This was all Wyatt wanted to do while he was in San Diego. We bought an all day pass and rode all the way to the border. On the way back both kids fell asleep and missed a very loud domestic dispute. Three hours later we were ready to be off....and to get a shower! I didn't bring my camera on the adventure. :(
On Monday everyone left for school so Wyatt and I were a little lost on what to do. But my mom was home by lunch time and we headed to La Jolla for my favorite taco shop, Porkyland. The name scared me off for a while. But, once you have one of their tortillas you'll be hooked. mmmm. We stopped at La Jolla shores for a quick 'toes in the sand' moment. Later I went with Heather to the yoga class she teaches. I've taken aerobics classes from her, but never yoga. She does really good. I liked that I didn't have to see her because she explained each pose really well. I was surprisingly sweaty afterwards. Tuesday morning Nate got back. My mom didn't have class until the evening so we decided to go back to the beach. This time to my favorite beach, Torrey Pines. First we stopped at Elijahs for breakfast. And I'm sure this is no suprise, but it's my favorite! Plus they have outdoor seating and didn't seem to mind that my child was running around like crazy. Nate taught Wyatt to body surf. Pretty amazing, acutally. We got back and hosed everyone down. Then I got to go to my mom's yoga class. She had us focus on our feet, which is something I almost never do. When the feet were in the right spot the poses were a lot easier. And by easier I mean I didn't fall over as much, I was still sweating and feeling every pose.




Then our last full day was Nate's birthday. He's really into this show called Bakugan. The whole thing flies over my head....even after four episodes and two rounds of his game. I had to read the instructions for the game three times before it sort of made sense. But, we had a good time. He won one and suprisingly I won the next round. I think he may have let me win. :) We went out to the mini trampoline to take some sweet action shots. Then he wanted to go to Denny's for lunch. It has been years since I have been to a Denny's so I was suprised at the new menu. With so many choices I ended up getting eggs and toast. Next we headed to Macy's where Nate picked out what he wanted because I was totally clueless what to get him. Then we were back in time for his Bakugan party at the park. Heather had got pizza and squirt guns. An amazing combination for an eight-year old party. There was potato sack races and the craziest Darth Vador pinata.



This was a maple syrup cheers to the man with the pancake beard.



And then it was time to come home. We had to fly to Seattle first with a hour layover. So for a hour I had to hear "mom, where's Attle?" I would explain that we were in the city of Seattle, not going to see anyone named Attle, only to hear two minutes later "mom, where's Attle?" We had got Luke a spiderman cape that Wyatt wore on the way home as he fell asleep in the car. I guess even spiderman needs a nap sometimes.

Bears

I got out my teddy bear, Pinky to play with Wyatt and his bear, Woody. Then Dustin got out his black bear, Bear. Now they're all friends.