Thursday, November 19, 2009

The MESS Monster!

I have been wanting to share what an interesting daughter I have... The only way I can describe Karis is ....a "messer".
She is always into something and usually in the nature of creams , lotions, or any sticky, gooey substance.
Today I returned home from music lessons to find she had been into the honey. She got it all over the stairs, and various pieces of furniture in the house. It is truly not a fun thing to clean up! We are still finding sticky in places. I can not tell you how many "messes" she has made on my walls and doors and floors. She has been into make-up, bag balm, lotions, and just recently toothpaste. I took this picture below, one of the many messy memories she has made. I need to keep a scrapbook of this, because I have never had a child like this before. They certainly are each one unique. Perhaps she is an aspiring artist? I wish I could interpret this behavior?? Anyone else have a child like this?



Sunday, November 15, 2009

PORTLAND TRIP!

Here are some pics from our Portland trip we took a few weeks ago. We went with my brother Brian and my sister-in-law Candy. We stayed a nice hotel in Vancouver...close to IKEA..oh yeah! We spent a whole day in downtown Portland and shopped around town....walked EVERYWHERE! It was a beautiful day...although I did a taboo...and bought some new shoes for the trip...I wore them that day...and yes...my feet were killing me!! Later that day we ended up looking for shoes for me...I finally found some slippers at Ross. OHHH! What relief! The last day of our trip we decided to visit the "Little People, Big World" family pumpkin patch. I don't have cable...but my brother and his wife do, and they enjoy the show and knew that the family lived close to Portland and had a Pumpkin Patch. We headed out in dry weather..but as soon as we got there it just poured. We took a tour on a tractor ride and got soaked...so unfortunatly we decided to head on out to somewhere dry. So we ended our trip with IKEA!! Too fun! I love that store! (Ladies...we need to get a group of us together sometime and make a day of it!) We all had a great time together and made some fun memories.




Family members of the "Little People"...one of the twins is on the right...he drove the tractor for the tour.
My "Cool" hubby trying to keep dry!




Candy and I getting soaked by the rain while on our little tour at the "Little People Pumpkin Patch".









Downtown Portland...beautiful fall trees at every corner!