Limiting Monotony

We didn't leave the house at all on Monday and Tuesday. We packed. Those days were also a bit on the warm side, mid to high 80's.
I've said it before and I'm saying it again ... routine is not for me. It's good for the kids to have but not for their momma. It.wears.me.down!

So on Wednesday I took the kids to the park. It was cloudy and breezy, felt so good and because the weather was like this there wasn't many people at the park. That's always nice.

After throwing rocks at the lake for a while this little guy started running back to the playground. You know how fast they can run right and I don't like to run so I sped walked as fast as I could but I was still not catching up to him and he thought it was a game. He was laughing and looking back at me. Well, while he was looking back he fell in a mud puddle. I wanted to laugh so hard but I didn't. I couldn't help but smile though. He got up and immediately looked at his hands and legs and said "Oh No!". The look on his face was so funny and he was so devastated that I didn't even think of getting mad or irritated about his shorts and sandals being all muddy.

So I held his hand and told him that we needed to walk to the restroom to clean off the mud. I called Sydna and Nathan over and gave them a look and told them not to laugh at him ... because then that would be mean and Riley would have gotten upset. Oh they did laugh but Riley couldn't see them because they were walking behind us. The entire walk to the restroom he wouldn't stop talking about what happened. Retelling the story to his siblings, over and over in a most depressing way. So dramatic.
I rinsed off his legs with cold water. I was surprised he didn't complain about that. He was still distraught about what had happened.

He became a bit nervous when I picked him up to dry his legs with the hand drier. He kept saying no and calling sister {tito} to rescue him. Lol. Too funny.

You know what bothers me? Seeing shoes by the front door or anywhere inside the house unless they are neatly placed inside a closet. Right now the kids and Jacob leave their shoes by the front door. It looks terrible and although I hate it I decided I wasn't gonna stress over it. I did tell Jacob that at our new house shoes are gonna be left in the garage. He agreed. So several weeks ago I found a cool shoe rack at Target.com. It can hold up to 50 pairs of shoes. That's awesome. I'm going to make a home for it in our garage. It should arrive this coming week.


On Friday morning I was feeling a bit stressed. I have all three kids at home and I just needed at least an hour by myself, well Riley was with me. When it comes to teenagers and toddlers I would choose a toddler over a teenager anytime. Anyway, I went to schedule a haircut appt then I walked two stores down to Hallmark. Sometimes browsing a store can be therapeutic. They already had some Halloween decorations. Neat! and I began talking to the cashier about San Diego. Well, as I walked in the store I heard the lady talking to a customer about her recent trip to San Diego and so when that customer left we began talking. She kept saying how gorgeous it is there and wishes she could move there. That was nice to hear from someone that has lived in WA for a long time, given that Seattle is such a gorgeous city as well. Anyway, she said that her sons baseball game was in Point Loma and said it was very pretty there which it is and I asked her if she went to the lighthouse. She said no. OMG! I felt sorry they missed such a beautiful landmark and told her that if they ever visit San Diego again that she needs to check out the Point Loma Lighthouse and a visit to Coronado is a must. I didn't want to say too much because I don't want to be that annoying person that just wont shut up ... but boy, was I dying to tell her about all the other awesome things there is to do and see in my hometown.

I didn't feel like cooking dinner on Friday so I had plenty of down time. I watched two movies back to back while Riley slept. I couldn't believe he slept that long since he hasn't really been napping that much lately and when he does his naps have been short.
He was being so lovey dovey. So sweet when you're kids love on you without asking them to. Just melts my heart. So while he sat on my desk and in between hugs and kisses I snapped this cute picture of him.
He totally looks like his daddy.

And this cat has turned into My cat from hell {you know like the show}. Ever since I took her to the vet and she had a thermometer placed up her butt she hasn't been the same since. I'm sure it's not a good feeling but she's so ungrateful. So I'm ignoring her right now until she stops being such a dog {to put it nicely}.

So for dinner we had burgers. We hadn't been to Five Guys since May 19th!! for crying out loud. This is the only place I'll eat a burger from.
Riley is still not into burgers. Inconceivable. So we had to get him some noodles. He does eat fries though but didn't eat many because I got the cajun fries and he said they were too spicy, lol.

After we were done eating we drove over to a park. I wanted to take a walk and take in the pretty views so I told Jacob to drive past the playground. Sorry little guy, no playground this time.

The trail goes all the way back as far as the tree line goes and beyond. It's quite a long trail, one we didn't walk to the end because my little guy was getting tired which we purposely planned this way so he could fall asleep in the truck on the way back to the house. Once summer is over and we get more constant cloudy days I want to come back here and walk it 'til the end.

Made constant stops so Riley could throw rocks in the water and we also saw turtles sunbathing on rocks.

Saw a gaggle of geese, about sixteen of 'em. Not friendly creatures. I got bit on the leg when I was trying to feed one years ago but we didn't know they hissed. I told Nathan not to get too close and he did so he got hissed at, ha! It would have been fun if one would have chased him. That would have topped my evening.

The only reason why I would like to fast forward these next three weeks is so we could already be in our new house, unpacked and begin to enjoy it. Then only then we can begin our new chapter in our lives of being homeowners once again and calling Seattle our home ... for however long God plans for us to be here.

Hoping not to be stuck in the house all weekend long.