scary pirate holiday adventure

OCP Company Picnic/Family Day at Oaks Park
Woohoo!!

Splish Splash Part 2

Sooo, after our lovely outing to the beach we all arrived home, tired but happy. I was downstairs doing something, Zakk was upstairs giving the girls a bath, when I heard Charlotte start screaming. It seems she had stood up in the bath, slipped on the tub plug, and slammed her head into the corner of the faucet. A blood bath(no pun intended) ensued, due to the wonderful reaction of warm water on a superficial facial cut. Hubby and I rushed her to the emergency room, leaving my parents with Abigail to finish up bath time and reassure her that baby sis was going to be okay. Fortunately the laceration was not very long or deep, and the nice folks in the ER put some Dermabond on the wound(Superglue for the medical world) and sent us on our way. I am pleased to say Charlotte was a complete trooper and didn't even cry when they had to clean out the wound and apply the glue. She is back to her old self, the wound is healing nicely, and she has managed to keep her butt in the tub, not perched on the ledge! One ER visit down, ?? to go!

nifty paper site

I just found this website while trolling for crafty things to look at.  The name is YellowOwl Workshop and I really enjoyed their stationary and more.  Some really clever ideas for invites and such.  They also do customized orders.  Check them out if you have a chance!

Splish Splash Part 1

Let me start by saying that I am not a jungle jane. I don't like heat, I am a pansy, I wilt, all the while griping and moaning. The reason I say this is because the dog days of August really came up and bit me in the ass. It was between 100 and 106 the past three days here in lovely PDX! It just happened to work out that one of those days, Sat., my parents were coming down so we could all take a day trip to beautiful Cannon Beach and Ecola State Park. All was packed and ready to go by 9am, a lovely taco salad picnic, fresh watermelon and some illegal beverages in the cooler. The list was checked twice and we all piled in for a day to beat the heat. It was a gorgeous day-sunny, a little wind, blue skies after a little mist coming over the mountain range. We drove in, set up at the park, and took a little walk before digging in. The only thing shadowing this lovely day is that I was having some hormonal issues and basically acted like a complete bitch from time to time, even telling my husband to shut up in front of lovely parents and adoring children. (sorry sweets!). After the fog wore off, as well as my attitude issues, we had a wonderful time, complete with dancing around with a whirly gig, watching a young couple get married right by the water, and talking with the grounds keeper(who suspiciously looked a lot like Santa Claus!) and his wife. After another little hike with Momma, Nanna and Abigail, we headed over to Tolovana just past Haystack Rock.



The beach was not too crowded and we staked out a place for our entourage just close enough to the water. The girls had a magnificent time! It was Charlotte's first time in the water and she was a little trooper, even letting me dip her in up to her tummy a couple times! Brrr! Abigail was a screaming banshee of pure delight, taking Momma, Daddy, Nanna and Grampa for runs into the waves, laughing and jumping all the way. She face planted a couple times in some bigger waves but even that didn't deter her joy! We sort of made some sand castles but it is a rather delicate process when you have a two year old smashing everything in to make sand-cakes!The beach has always been a favorite place of mine. I am so happy I was able to share the day with some of the people who mean the most to me in this world. The only thing I am little bummed about is my lack of pictures. Some I used the natural light setting on the camera for and then turned out crappy, and then I left the camera downstairs(computer is upstairs) and I am too damn tired to upload them now! See future post for pics!

chillin' and maxin'

just one

sometimes families are the stones you line your pockets with on your way down to the river.

gemini

gemini girl is split down the middle
her hair beyond the pale blue eye
rough hand seeking to brush tears from the brown one
like a Picasso, square breasts, cubed fingers
clasped together
beholding the fragments of the future
brushing away the past like crumbs.

she always wakes up with a headache
for the halves never meet.
one side is shy
one makes love in a public bathroom
one side tells them they aren't bothering her
the other yells in their faces

she can't help herself.

she wants the country air
and a shining towering condo in the city.
she wants another baby to smile upon,
she wants to give the ones she has away

consumed with a split vote
neither party winning
neither one to rule

no she didn't!

the other day we, my two lovely little ones, and my husband, were in the car on our way somewhere, when my older daughter, A., started kicking the back of my seat ever so gently. The intensity of the kicking increased and I calmly said to A., "I hope you're not kicking the back of my seat" to which she replied, "Does it sound like I'm kicking the back of your seat?". To this I could only hang my jaw in astonished incredulity and wheeze/gasp. If this is only a preview of life to come, I am going to need a staff or team or something to keep up with that mouth/mind!