Simple Pleasures // Funny Moments

Riley played in his pool a couple of times last week.
Jacob would squirt him with the hose, which made him scream and shake uncontrollably. He would turn away every time. I felt so bad and had to tell Jacob to stop getting him wet. He looks so little in this picture.

When it comes to electronics ... especially when it comes to my kids using them ... it is both a nuisance and a delight. Obviously there are some great educational apps out there and fun games to play but the bad part of it is when Nathan doesn't want to share, or claims to want to use it just so he wont let no one else use his things. Nathan has an iPad, iPod and a laptop. Sometimes though, he can be very stingy and that makes my blood boil. Guess what happens when big brother doesn't share with baby brother. Big brother gets grounded for the day which means no electronic usage for the rest of the day and if he complains another day gets added.
And there's times when Riley gets denied to use brothers electronics and has no choice but to play with his own toys. Boy, does he cry ... and whine ... for as much as half an hour. Fun times.

Daddy's home!

Last Wednesday I drove to the area where Jacob works because we had dinner at a teriyaki restaurant that's near. I wanted stop at a bookstore first so we left the house a little early. I had told the kids that they could get one book each. They didn't find anything that caught their eye but I found a couple. I love to read you know. Always have.
Riley was being a bit loud and kept grabbing books. We were set to leave and I told him, "let's go" then he said, "wait a minute. let me read this real quick." LOL! This kid is just too funny and so full of it. I constantly have to look away so he wont see me laugh.

This is Jacob's favorite teriyaki restaurant. There's just as many teriyaki restaurants around the Seattle area as there are coffee houses. It's ridiculous. But, we still drive to this location because Jacob prefers it. Anyway, apparently they also have some pretty good stir fry. So, we had that for dinner this time. It was good but I wasn't able to finish it. Huge portions.

And this girl. That look on her face I know all too well. It may look like she placed her paw on my hand all lovingly, nope! I was reaching over to pet her head and she smacked my hand. Oh, but she loves us ... even if its on her own terms. That's alright by me.

I have no idea who he was pretending to be but he still looks cute though.

... and another. I'm gonna have so much fun showing these pictures to his high school friends and girlfriend/wife. Looking forward to that.

The following evening, Thursday, we spent it out in W Seattle. There was a light breeze making it very comfortable.

We noticed that the tide was high.

Jacob gave Riley a lesson on how to skip rocks ... how to hold the rock and throw it.

He threw it high and made a big kerplunk. At least he tried, lol. He still got a high five though.

Sunset.
That guy fishing gave my picture a nice touch. I may have this one printed in a 8 x 10 and framed.

Just before I took this picture I was telling Jacob about how odd the water was moving. It looked like if a big boat had sailed by causing it to move vigorously but no big boats were around then next thing we know there were small waves then all of a sudden big rushing waves that almost got us wet. The tide came in fast, I mean in less than a minute. We had to move back with haste. Sydna even got her foot stuck between two pieces of large driftwood, lol. She blames me and says that she felt rushed since I was behind her trying to get away from the water. That's SO not true. {ohmygosh! I'm laughing as I'm typing this. My kids and Jacob always make up false stories about me}

Riley was climbing all over the driftwood and all of a sudden when I looked over I saw him sitting all quiet next to Sydna. I just knew that something had happened to him. I asked him what happened and he said, "NOTHING!" so I walked over to him and glanced at his legs and sure enough I noticed he had several splinters on his right knee. Oh boy! That'll be fun taking those out.

I waited until Riley was in deep sleep that night to take out the splinters. I got my tweezers and thankfully I was able to get them all out. I counted about twelve. That must have felt uncomfortable.

Watching the ferry come and go hasn't gotten old and I don't think it ever will. I think it's time we take one to Bainbridge Island.

And what a nice surprise we got Friday afternoon. The kids and I were in the living room when I began to hear some thuds, then I asked Sydna if it was raining. We all walked to the front and sure enough it was raining. Big old rain drops. You could see the quarter size drops on the concrete and the smell of rain was wonderful.

Later that evening, after dinner we watched Noah. Jacob and I went to see it at the theatre and thought it was pretty good even though most of it is fiction. We see most of these big hollywood "Christian" movies as pure entertainment, nothing more.
The kids are looking forward to Godzilla to come out on video. They said it was super cool. I'm actually excited to see that one. I remember my dad watching the original when I was little. The noise that Godzilla makes is still very vivid to me.
Oh, and there's going to be a third "Night at the Museum". Coming on Christmas day. I hope its good.