I can't believe its August already!

Goodness. Its already the "last" month of summer. Its supposed to *almost* hit 100 this weekend. That will be good for my tomatoes but not so good for my little ones that are true PacNW-ers and wilt under the heat. So does mama.

I am going to start making to do lists I think. Its probably a good idea. Even if I don't do them till the last minute. At least I'll do them. Especially with Chris being gone for almost an entire week and me and the boys staying home. Yikes! We are playing it by ear whether or not we will go spend the time down with my family. I kind of like the idea of taking the nap time and bed time and getting some much needed work done on the apartment in prep for our upcoming move.

So here is my "to do" list for the Month of August

Cleaning:

• Pick a hot day and shampoo all the carpets. They desperately need it.  -CHECK!
• Go through and clean up toys and get out wrappers and garbage  -CHECK!
• Pull out the stove and fridge and clean under them and the sides of them (So gross we haven't done this since we moved in. EW.

Kids:

• Take the boys to omsi and watch a super sized movie there -Check!
• Go to the park and blow bubbles
• Get Carson really acclimated for swim lessons -CHECK!
• Go hiking (on not the hottest day of the year) -CHECK!

Moving Prep:

• Paint the Hallway and the living room white
• Hang kitchen blinds back up after painting
• Replace towel and toilet paper holders in bathrooms 
• Fill nail holes before painting
• Take down pictures and artwork 
• Magic erase the "art" on Carson's bedroom door. In fact magic erase all of Carson's "art" 

Its a pretty long list. Hmmm. Well we will see. My guess is that I will end up going stir crazy while Chris is gone and I'll bust out like 90% of my list in the 5 days he's gone. I have a love/hate relationship with Chris traveling. Its nice, because I get some solid 1 on 1 time (1 on 2 time) with my boys. We eat lots of take out, and rent movies. Everyone sleeps in the big bed. We watch movies to fall asleep. 

This trip is going to be extra awesome for Chris. Not only is he working towards bettering his career, he is going to be in Philadelphia! Which is where his best friend lives with his Fiance! I "surprised" Chris with two tickets to a Philly's game. But I suck at surprises and told him like 2 seconds after the tickets arrived. 

Stepping out Saturday!

I didn't snag a very good picture of my "outfit" if you can even call it that. We spent Saturday at the GREAT STEAM UP! It was awesome. ACRES and acres of tractors new and old, a fabulous swap meet! You will meet my lovely finds during High on Thrifting Thursday! I scored! Then Chris scored later ;)


We arrived at the Tractor Pull at 9 am, and we stayed until 4. No naps for either child, it was about 85* which I know isn't hot for the rest of y'all, but in the PacNW its hot and we melt like crayons.

This is probably one of my favorite Pictures of Oliver and I. Riding the train!

My husband, rocking fatherhood like a Boss. I had to pee and so he offered to take both boys on the packs. Then he wouldn't give them back! 

Look at that sucker drool string! lol 

And this one is just always drooly

This is probably one of my favorite pictures of me and Carson. So much mama love in his eyes! 

These are 4 of my 5 favorite people! Grandma, Papa, Carson and Oliver! (number 5 was sitting behind me letting me use him as a back rest)

Carson was very very excited to kiss all his favorite tractors this weekend. But if it was dirty it just got a glare no kisses for the unwashed

Good lord cheeky baby!

I'm still recovering from yesterday. My back is killing me, my fair skin is a tad pink. Carson fell asleep in the car around 430 pm yesterday on the way home. He slept solid till 730 this morning. He did come crawl in our bed about 3, but that was fine. When Oliver woke up at 4 we went and stole Carson's bed. LOL. I love having my kiddo in a Twin!

Olympics watching is well underway! So much fun watching it with our boys. Carson really enjoys it so far.

Oh yeah, the outfit.

Myself: Sunglasses: Coach Thrifted, Top:Target Shorts: Target Sneakers: New Balance

The Boys: Tops: John Deere Shorts: Gap

Summer slow down!

I swear its crazy how fast summer flies by in this house. How fast life flies by as well. I swear it was just yesterday we were getting married, yesterday Carson was born, yesterday Oliver was born, yesterday.

The first day of summer here in the great pacific northwest was met with cloudy sky's, rain and a high of  60 ish degrees. But the real start of summer is the Fourth of July! Kicked off by spending the 3rd through the 7th down at my parents home on the Oregon Coast! The boys fished, Chris gardened, I sunbathed.

We rang in the birth of our nation by watching native americans blow up fire works. The irony is not lost on me. A great part of growing up near an Indian reservation. Illegal fireworks. No cops.

Carson is still talking about the fireworks. He told the sweet older ladies at our garden about them tonight and how they blew up.

I swear we can never leave my mom and dads house on a normal time frame. I always say we'll leave by 4 pm. Normally its about 7:30 at the earliest. Its still a two-hour drive.

We ate burgers 5 nights in a row. In my world, thats heaven! I live for summer foods. Clean kitchens are so easy when everything is BBQ! Nothing like spitting cherry pits too.

We have officially taken Carson off ALL dairy. Its the first step towards identifying a food allergy. We've gone to food allergists, and his pediatrician. Everyone tells me that its just "his bodies way" Um no. No its not. I have a ton to post about on this topic and I will hopefully have a post about it by the end of the week. Food allergies and picky kid is not exactly an easy task.

This next week we're spending some quality time with Chris' sister and mom! So excited. We haven't seen the Aunt for a while and daddy-Grandma was here last month and it was a total blast!

I swear summer is just flying by, busy this weekend. Next weekend we're doing a garage sale with some good friends. The next weekend is the Great Steam up a few towns down. My birthday in august, some sunshine fun with my folks.

Before I know it, it will be Labor Day. Then Carson's 3rd birthday.



Random fact. I have had hiccups the entire time I've been writing. Ugh. Bed