summer fun!

so now that it is october, i can kind of put an update on the books about the summer.  yah, i've been doing that in these last few posts, but this one is just full of random fun with the kids.
it was hotter than hades this summer.  HOTTER.  it was glorious and i loved ever single second of it.
so one day i can't remember where eric happened to be, but i had the kids all day to myself so i decided to take them to WildWaves.  i've never been there, but we've driven by it a million times.  and after danelle had come to visit and said that they took their kids, i was like, oooh!  that could be fun!  so yes, hotter than hades, so we opted to NOT go on the water slides!  the lines for the slides were so long.  so so soooo long.  but the lines for the non-water rides were virtually non-existent!  as we got close, we talked about how we would go on every ride at least once.  if it was too scary and horrible, we did not need to go on it again.  but we needed to try otherwise we wouldn't know.  the first one was the Ring of Fire.  and the looks on the kids faces as we went up and over in that circle and upside down was priceless!  those kids had never known anything so exciting as going upside down like that.  i on the other hand was about to puke.  this was new for me.  i have always loooved rides.  but this first one made me wonder.  i have talked to other brain tumor and brain surgery folks and even tho my doctor said it was structurally ok for me to do these types of things, after the ring of fire, i wasn't quite sure.  next we went to the WildThing.  and you know what -the kids wanted to be in the front car.  so we waited and those kids went in the front.  and they loved it!  we went on all the rides!  next we went to the wooden rollercoaster - the TimberHawk.  this one was SO fun!  so we went on it two times in a row!  there were a few that i opted out of because i actually did start to get sick... so sick in fact that i had to have us all sit for a while, in the shade, have a snack and just relax.  i was somewhat concerned that i was going to totally puke, but i held it together.  the kids went on the WildThing again, and the one where they got drenched in the water.  They went on some funny mine cart ride and the big swinging boat.  then we got some slurpies and headed home, about 7 or so hours later. 

later in the summer, aly, yes the same aly who allowed me to go to the Super Bowl with her invited us to her family's summer place along the columbia river in entiat to learn how to water ski.  she is an great water skiier and i really didn't have any idea what that meant until i watched her do it!  she did some barefoot skiing and it was intense and scary to watch! 
but she is a pro, and her dad is awesome and if the kids were going to learn how to water ski, i couldn't have trusted anyone else more.  we didn't get out there until late on friday and we got to sleep outside on the deck.  the kids were scared at first but we stayed up late enough that when it came time to sleep they passed out!  in the morning we were ready to get out there.  aly's dad towed sirus around to the boom and got him started.

sirus held on and then he was up!  we was a little wobbly and let his legs fall out the back but he did great and had a ton of fun!

seamus, too, was awesome!  she was up and holding good form right from the start!  so good in fact that aly and her dad figured she was ready to be pulled behind the boat.  that was a bit trickier and seamus got frustrated and cried, but aly got in the freezing cold water, helped seamus steady herself enough to get started and then she stood and was pulled for a while!  it was such a fun weekend and i am so thankful for the invite!

fuzy has continued to get bigger and bigger and more lovey with seamus.  he loves her.  he loves both kids actually.  he will sleep in both of their rooms but he is more apt to let seamus pick him up and cuddle him.  we are thinking about getting him a kitten.  but i don't know if i can deal with more puke, pee and poo. 

eric and the kids grew these giant sun flowers which is impressive since we live in WESTERN WASHINGTON where there IS NO SUN

first day of school - 5th and 3rd grade.  smile nice for the camera!

day two of school and sirus pulled out the bright blue skinny jeans!

walking through the hood, we live in a love filled hood.

one day when it was hotter than hades we went to grass lawn park.  sirus did some big jumps!!

and lastly, back to school means back into the cesspool of germs which resulted in a bad cold or something.  sirus has had breathing problems in the past but usually we give him some home treatments and he bounces back.  but this time it was a few days and it wasn't getting any better.  so we took a trip to urgent care and got an xray.  they were so good with him and he was so good back.  his lungs were clear, thankfully, but after an extra strong dose of his breathing treatment he was on the road to recovery in a few days.
and it has been the same old same old for the rest of september and this first 1/2 of october.
now we just have fundraisers, halloween and the rest of the holidays to look forward to!