We got a pool!!

Alissa woke up today to a nice surprise. When Daddy got off work last night he bought a great big swimming pool and set it up out back for Alissa. Last year he cought the wave runner she is riding on. It actually works, has a propeller. It also acts as a giant squirt gun -- Ali's favorite feature. The picture is Alissa squirting the dog. Too much fun!!

We also went to the movie store today and Alissa picked "Curious George" to watch. Cute movie. There is a coffee shop called "The Beanery" (sp?) next to the movie store, so we stopped in and Ali has a kids hot chocolate. Which is basically a tiny bit of hot chocolate (sugar) with a bunch of whipped cream on top (more sugar) and some animal cookies (sugar coma). So to say the least ny the time we got home Alissa was a tad hyper. But, after the sugar high comes the crash and she will sleep well tonight :)

Rebecca came over with Gage this evening and Alissa was thrilled to have a new playmate.. except he is only 18mths old. Oh well.. between the battles over her Spiderman sippy cup things went well. I might be babysitting her older son Shane for a little while. We shall see.

Oh!! I must write about Jonathan. He finally discovered his temper. WOW! He was in his Johnny Jump up thing (which is a joke because he is too tall for it so basically walks around and plays with toys, oh well keeps him contained).. and I took away a piece of paper that he had started to chew on. Ooohh boy did he throw a fit. His whole face scrunched up, he turned red, and tucked his chin down. Then he started hitting his head against the door, WTH?! Not hard.. but enough to where he apparently thought he was making a statement. I looked on with a mixure of amusement and foreboding.. things are about to get very interesting with him. Here come the temper tantrums!! And something tells me it will be worse then with Ali.. a lot worse. Bring it on!! I need a good challenge to keep me on my toes! :) A side note, his front top tooth poked through yesterday -- which explains some of his grumpiness. Yeehaw.

GROSS!!!!!!!

Ok, all you Ferrero Rocher fans -- you know, the yummy circle of chocolate with a hazel nut in the middle candy in the gold wrapper. WELL.. I decided I have done so good and it is my 1 month anniversary on this diet -- I decided to eat a Ferrero Rocher. I have a SEALED package of them calling my name. I selected my candy, opened the wrapper and guess what I saw??? HMM?? A WORM!!! A very much alive, wiggling, disgusting, meal worm lookin' WORM!! WHAT?! I put the candy in a zip lock baggy and I plan on shipping it back to the company with a letter. WTH?! (WTH = What the heck for those of you who don't know the lingo) I was so appauled. Maybe that's God's way of telling my I shouldn't be cheating on my diet? I got the message!! :) Anyways, just wanted to share. Next time you eat one of those.. check for WORMS first. Blah. I sent the candy -- worm and all off in the mail today. I will post with the response I get.

What a beautiful day!

It was 90 degrees!! Here comes summer!! I already posted the video of Ali playing in the sprinkler -- that was the highlight of our day. We had Papa come over and BBQed hamburgers -- YUM. Ali did not take a nap again today so she will be in bed here REAL soon. For now, I thought you would enjoy this picture. This is Ali's latest invention. A diaper-hat. Does life get any better then this? I don't think so.

Video

I am so excited! I finally figured out how to put a video on here. Today Alissa and Zena played in the sprinkler together. Here is a peek. Its taken by my phone, sorry about the poor quality.

Shrek 3

Hello again. Another fun filled Davis Day.. gotta love the "D" words ;) So we woke up at 8 today and played outside for most of the morning. I am going to buy Alissa a new tricycle because she has a problem working the pedals on the one she has -- kind of a funny design. Anyway, she had fun riding around the neighborhood with her little pink helmet on. We wanted to stick close to home in case Daddy woke up early -- he didn't. Ali went down for a nap at 2 and woke up at 5. When she woke up her and Daddy went to goodwill to drop off yet another truck load of junk -- YIPPEE!! I have the garage clean finally, just need to catch up on the laundry out there. After goodwill they picked up a Paddington's pizza -- yum. Yes, I cheated on my diet.. but after 12 pounds I figure I can be bad every now and then. After pizza I headed to Grandma Davis' house with Jonathan to drop him off so I could go to my ASL class at OSD (Oregon School for the Deaf).

Alissa stayed with Daddy and they went to go see Shrek 3 and hang out together. They went to the new Lancaster mall theatre and said it was AWESOME.. best theater in town! Stadium seating, reclining comfortable seats -- I can't wait to check it out myself. Matt said there were only 8 people in the whole theater for Shrek 3.. nice. Alissa got popcorn and "bubbley" -- Sprite-like product.. she was thrilled. And did you know they have booster seats for little ones? I didn't. Coooool.

So anyway they got home and Matt installed our bedroom air conditioner because tomorrow is supposed to be in the 90's. I also took out Zena's doggie door yesterday because she keeps getting into the trash can and dragging diapers outside -- YUCK. She ONLY does this in the middle of the night -- smart move for a stupid diaper-eating dog. So THAT will be no more after today. We figure we will just put the dog door in when we leave for long periods of time, other then that -- forget it. I'm tired of cleaning up messes in the morning.

Well, I'm off to bed and Matt is off to do some late-night Walmart shopping. He is always so thrilled to go at this hour and shop with all the "crack-heads". Hehe.. The things he does for a gallon of milk!! Until tomorrow..

VROOM!!

We had a fun afternoon today at the Woodburn Dragstrip. Alissa got to ride a "VROOM VROOM" with Grandma Adams -- a scooter. I will post a picture as soon as I can get my mom to email me one. Very cute!! She had a blast going back and forth on the scooter wearing her handy dandy earmuffs of course. She LOVES her earmuffs, even though it was just Jr. Dragsters so not super loud. I carried Jonathan in my sling and he had on his flame baby legs, very track appropriate.

We got home and Alissa decided she was not going to take a nap.. which is happening more frequently. So she played outside with her new doll house (well, castle) that our neighbor brought over for her, and I cleaned the garage with Matt. That has been our project the last few weeks on his days off.. spring cleaning. We have hauled 2 truck loads to good will and one van load to a rummage sale for Relay for Life (cancer organization). We had a LOT of junk. And I was very proud of Matt because he parted with a few items that he didn't want to part with. YIPPEE. I want to be able to park in the garage this summer! We'll see.

While cleaning the garage Jonathan played in his playpen.. he can pull himself up and walk all around. He has been a bit crabby lately because he is getting his top two teeth -- you can see they are just breaking through the gums -- ouch! Jonathan is VERY mobile now. He cruises all over, then takes a few steps to the next chair, table, whatever. And he hardly falls, unless Ali tries to "help" him.. grr. Good thing kids are resilient because he has taken a few good dives so far.

Papa came over this evening for dinner and played with Alissa. Ali went for a wagon ride out front with Papa while I cleaned a bit more in the garage and Matt took a nap in "the cave".. which is what we affectionately call the computer room now because we installed a black out pull down shade so he can sleep better during the day.

As I write this Alissa is snoozing in her bed, Jon in mine, and Matt in the cave. Guess I'd better go hit the dishes while I can. Fun times!!

Memorial Day

We owe it to our fallen soldiers, and their families, to NEVER forget the price that has been paid for our freedom.