Maggie and politics

Today were sitting at the table eating frozen pizza for dinner, and the TV was on. There was an ad for Al Franken (a Dem. running for the Senate). Anyway, Maggie was singing an Al Franken chant/song and when she was done, she said, "I like John McCain better". We've never talked about politics, or the election...I thought it would be over her head. I smiled and said ok and then she said, "I think daddy likes Barack Obama". I didn't even know she knew the names of these guys. So we had a little discussion about the election coming up and who was running for president. So now we're good to go. Then, when I thought the conversation was over, she says, "I'm Barack Obama and I approve this message"! I was cracking up!!!! You never think they are listening to the TV, but now we know!

Seattle trip - Part 4

Here are the last of the pictures from our trip to Friday Harbor. Oops, I see they came out in reverse order...oh well.

On the ferry home...bye-bye ferry boat!

The last sights of Friday Harbor.

Friday Harbor ferry dock.

This is the boat, The Catalyst, that we went on.

Here's the cousins (Clara was miffed about something), on the statue of Popeye the seal.

Oh no...snow!

It is a sad day...the first snow flakes came a tumblin' down! Actually there were many more than a few. It was cold and windy and snowy. But no fear, back to around 60 by the end of the week. It would be nice not to have to send the girls out trick-or-treating in heavy coats and hats over their cuter than life costumes. We'll see!

Maya was under the weather today. How do we know? She snuggled. We always know that when one of the girls is snuggly, they don't feel very good. I have to say though, its SO nice! I get to just sit quietly in the rocking chair and rock with one of my babies. No wiggling, squirming, whining, yelling. Just quiet snuggling. : )

We had a very boring weekend. Hardly left the house. It was really nice. This week we'll be getting ready for Halloween - party at our house on Friday night - and a baby shower for my friend Becky on Saturday. Fun fun!

Ugly

Sorry about the funky background. I'm trying to get something better than the ugly Kelly green...I got the sides to change, but for some reason the top is still the ugly green. : )

Seattle trip-Part 3--Jones Island

Captain Bill took us to a deserted island known as Jones Island. You can camp there and stuff, but you can only get there by boat and no one actually lives on the island, except for the deer and other animals. It was a little chilly, but we decided to take a little walk to the other side of the island.

Here we all are on the trail that goes right through the middle of the island. The trees are huge and it was like walking through a tunnel.

The deer on the island are obviously pretty used to humans being around. Shannon gave us some apple pieces to feed to them. I guess some of them will come right up to you and eat the apples out of your hand. The kids were much to noisy for the deer to get that close, but they definitely got closer than the kids had ever seen. They threw the apples to them and the deer gobbled them up!

This is on the opposite side of the island from where we "parked" the boat. It was extremely windy and cold on this side. Owen refused to wear a coat even though he was freezing! The kids had fun though, throwing rock after rock into the water.

This is a view of the island from the boat. It was really beautiful.

Captain Bill gave us a tour of the engine room. This is the original 1932 engine. This was made before they made casings and stuff, so everything is exposed and has to be oiled by hand every couple of hours. This engine is one of a kind and so Captain Bill is his own mechanic and parts have to be special ordered and are VERY expensive. It is very cool though!

After we left Jones Island, we had lunch on the boat and it began to rain so we pretty much stayed inside for the ride back. We tooted around the islands for a little while, going by Gordy and Lori's old house on Orcas. We hung out up in the Captains control room and he let the kids "drive" the boat and look at the equipment. Down in the main cabin, Grammy brought enough coloring supplies to last a lifetime, and the kids colored away having a terrific time. We returned to Friday Harbor around 5:00 pm, tired. : )

Seattle trip-Part 2--The Catalyst

Gordy and Lori won an awesome 1 day charter trip aboard the Catalyst from an auction they attended. They invited us all along for the trip! The boat was I think like 70+ feet long and was built in 1932. It was one of those beautiful old wooden boats with the heavy teak doors and a lot of the original stuff, like the engine (which I'll show a picture of in another post). Captain Bill and his wife Shannon took us out for the day. They were great hosts and made us feel right at home.

Poppy and Maya sailing away.

Here's the clan...well most of them anyway.

Mags and Maya sitting at the back of the boat. Maya was obsessed with all the bouys!

Maya checking out the waves.

Seattle trip-Part 1--The Ferry Ride

I just downloaded the pictures from our camera...all 105 of them... so hopefully there will be several posts in the next few days. I'm gonna have to get them up in shifts. Maya is currently taking a little snooze, so here goes - Part 1.

Dinner at Grammy and Poppys with cousins Clara and Owen.
Here's the cousins riding the ferry out to Friday Harbor. It was chilly, but they had a great time looking out at the water.

Cousin hug!

Clara and Maggie coloring on the floor of one of the Suites we stayed in. Gordy and Lori have beautiful suites that they so graciously let us stay in. I highly recommend them if you're ever taking a trip up to the San Juans!

Nudie patootie

So today a terrible realization set in...I think Maya is wanting to drop her naps. Yes you heard me right. She had a terrible time getting to sleep all summer, and then yesterday, no nap! I put her down and she talked and sang and cried for an hour, so I finally went up to get her and she stuck her leg over the crib rail and said, "get out!" And that was that for the day. She did, however fall asleep by 7:30 pm. Yippee! So today I put her down at 1:30 and she goofed around for 30 min. and finally fell asleep for only an hour. And tonight...down at 8:00, still up at 9:30. Twice I went up to see what could possibly be the matter to find her completely naked, diaper and all. So, I had to confiscate the footie hippo jammies and she was NOT happy about that at all. She got to come down and watch the debate for a little while before FINALLY going back to bed and falling asleep. Tomorrow I guess I'll try no nap again and see what happens at night. Maggie did this the exact same way. One day, no nap and that was it for naps. Why can't I have a kid who naps well into their 3rd year???? Now I'm really gonna go crazy. Help!!!

For some good news, I think the diarrhea is gone. Today only 1 poop and it wasn't diarrhea! After 2 weeks of 3-5 runny poops per day, today was heaven. AND only 1 time out today for naughty behavior. Yeah!

I'll try to get our Seattle pics up soon. I've just been too lazy to download them onto the computer. : )