Football, Track and Biking

Today was one of the first really rainy windy fall days. Not ideal given Julia decided today would be a great day to take one nap, and this nap only lasted an hour (this girl really knows how to make a mom go insane with her unwillingness to nap). So we headed to the basement and played a few sports.....As usual Jack's first choice was football (tackle style), oh my..... then it was on to track (races down our hallway to a toy made finish line). Per Jack's rules everyone has to participate in all sports, so Julia and I also did some football hikes, long hallway passes, tackled Jack, and had some good hallway races. Finally it cleared to we headed outside for some biking. These two LOVE their bikes! After an afternoon of sports, I am pooped, I just hope Julia is too so we can all sleep a little!

Fall Birthdays

A little behind on my postings..... We celebrated both Jack and Julia's birthdays this fall. Julia's 1st birthday in September and Jack's 3rd birthday today!

Julia's Birthday

Jack's 3rd Birthday, celebrated at a pumpkin patch with some of his buddies

The boys had a few wheelbarrow races

Happy First Birthday Julia!!

Watering the Plants

We watered the plants last night. Well actualy we ended up watering Jack...

Running for Sleep?

Jack and Julia have both been sick over the last two weeks, one then the other, which has made for some interesting sleeping patterns and some really early wake ups, as in the 5 o'clock hour. To get them both a little cat nap to make it through the day I have been taking them on some early morning runs. So if you see a sleepy looking mom pushing a double bob with two sleeping kids on the Burke Gilman early in the morning, it is probably me! Looks like it worked this morning.....

Passing on Tradition

Jack helped Jeff make shortcakes (a Wise family tradition for years) up at Guemes last weekend. Jack has so much fun and I think Jeff did too!

Best Buds

Jack and his best buddy Jomie are having a blast this summer playing on the beach, swimming, and eating ice cream. Here they are one summer evening enjoying an ice cream on the beach.

Julia 10 Months

Julia turned 10 months this week. I can hardly believe she is so close to a one year old! She has gotten to much easier in the last two months. Finally sleeping through the night, has gotten over her stranger anxiety and overall has gotten a lot happier now that she is so mobile. Julia loves to play with Jack and tries to do everything he does. It is so fun to watch her personality emerge. Here she is at her 10 month pictures and Jack's are below. I remember having so much fun with Jack at this age and we are having the same fun with Julia now. Loving summer with both kiddos!

Swim Lessons

Jack is doing his first swim lessons on his own this week. He has been a little shy and scared. Sometimes he will not go in unless I go in with him at first, but overall he is enjoying it and is swimming like a fish! Here are some pictures of a good day when he was really into it. I am so proud of my little guy!

Hawaii

We celebrated my Dad's 70th birthday this year with a family trip to Hawaii! We spent 10 days in Wailea on Maui and had a blast! We spent just about every second at the beach and pool. Jack learned how to swim (well sort of, enough to get from one person to another) and Julia practiced her walking and speedy crawling. So many pictures and so much fun, here are a few highlights.

Julia loved the pool and beachI tried so hard to get some good pics of these two together, a few turned out but most ended up with Jack tackling Julia and both rolling on the floor

Julia spent some quality time in the jogging stroller in the mornings as she and I ran along the Wailea beach trail and then got our morning latte.

Whole family pic.

Jack played a lot of football on the beach

Jack was fascinated by this torch lighter

Attempt at a 4th of July pic of the kids

LOTS of pool time!!

LOTS of beach time! Julia loved the beach and kept crawling right into the water.

Grandma and Papa

Jack thought he was a big boy and tried to surf

So much fun with daddy in the pool

We barbecued at the pool on the 4th of July

Beach Day

We took advantage of the nice weather today and spent our first day at the beach this summer. Jack had a blast running, playing, building sand things and juming in the water. Julia seems to LOVE the sand. She even made a move toward the lake crawling on her tummy. Luckliy Jack stopped her, way to go big brother! As you can see Julia had a little snack eating the sand, yummy!

Gasworks

We took a family outing to Gasworks Saturday to enjoy the sun.
We played in the grass...

watched some seaplanes...

Took in some views...

got a family pic

played some soccer

did LOTS of running

and Julia worked on her new spin moves