Busy Weekend

The weekend was busy, all of us in different directions, none of it about the boys.  We made it a mission to take them on the train this afternoon to make up for it.

Kai was thrilled to be back at the train. Even better with candy.  Eric bought them old fashioned candy sticks.   Didn't capture that joy in the selfie of course.

Luk was melting in the heat so we played in the forest and then took our picnic to the ocean so he'd be cooler.  Going to be a difficult summer if he can't take any heat.

Oops,  Kai's shorts are on backwards.

Doesn't she looked thrilled.  There were better shots but Kai was smiling in this one.  He really, really likes little houses.

They were pretty excited about a mountain of wish blossoms.  They were being flower crushers.  

Kai wasn't leaving the table as long as that picnic cooler was in sight.  He's going to love how often we eat outside.

Mother's Day Tea

Kids were dancing.  We go every year.  The big girls weren't so excited this year.  In general they're getting tired of doing these little shows.  The littles weren't at all interested in dancing in front of strangers so they stayed home with Eric.   We didn't win anything.  At the end dance teacher Shelley gave the girls the wireless gaming console she won.  So they ended up with the raffle item they wanted ;)

Sound Asleep

Esmei sound asleep in Lacie's pee paper.  I'm really hoping there isn't pee on it. Sigh.

A new desk.

The stacking drawers aren't working. Kai lays in the drawers and it's getting all twisted. He also takes the others things and moves them around.  Jia waits until the boys are in bed and then retrieves everything from his drawer.  We also are having zero success getting Kai out of Jia's desk.  He doesn't fit so great in Luk's so he zeros in on hers.  Plus he knows it makes her crazy and I think he enjoys that. I've been searching for another school desk for Kai.  I finally found one, it's older and all wood but the chair is attached plus it was only $20.  We went to get it last night and realized immediately that it's bigger than we were expecting so it clearly had to go to Jia.  Eric and I were plotting how to break it to her that she would have to give her desk to Kai.  Assuming that wasn't going to go well.  She totally surprised us.  She was thrilled with the new desk and couldn't wait to move her stuff into it.  Kai was really pleased with his new desk and got right to coloring.  We were joking that he's peed on Jia's desk three times so he's marked it sufficiently enough to claim it as his own.  Wish us luck getting him to stay out of Jia's new desk.  If he pees on her new one she will lose her mind. 

Furniture Swap.

I left the house to take Lili to Chalkboard on Sunday afternoon .  Drove through lightning flashing in front of us, torrential rain, a sudden river on the roads and then big hail.  Came home to discover Luk and Jia had made a camp under the dining room table and Kai had moved everything around in the living room.  Remotes and wires out of baskets and the baskets filled with Duplo.  Every piece of furniture moved.  Rocks taken from a crystal bowl and lined up on the window sill.  All couch cushions taken off and moved.  Seriously everything he could move, he did.  I wasn't gone that long!  Big girl baby sitting thought he was playing with the others.  Then Kai adamantly denied doing the deed and was pointing at the others.  Jia and Luk were pointing at Kai. Ya' I lost it.  All three of them lined up and pointing at each other.  I hate the blame game.  We all know it was Kai.  Sigh.  So, Eric came in when he heard me ranting.  We sent the boys to the toy room.  Took half an hour to put the living room back!  Jia sorted the dining room.  Then I declared that the living room was mine and that was the LAST time Kai was allowed in there.  So we moved the eating area to the sitting room and the sitting room to the sun room and the duplo to the sun room. 

All in an effort to thwart Kai.  He does great when we're with him but the destruction he can do on his own is awesome.  Luk is upset that he can't watch TV in the living room but they have tv in the playroom so I'm not feeling bad for him.  Luk is supposed to tattle when Kai is doing his weird move everything around thing.  The boys played downstairs for a half hour and then it took me an hour to clean up the toy room.  Kai can NOT handle being in there.  It's too much.  He works so hard at moving everything that he breaks a sweat. 

So, in the morning they were all happy that the furniture was moved around.  Jia is thrilled with her new pink chair.  Kai seems pleased to have the duplo near Eric. 

I bought the mine craft Star Wars shirts for the boys right when Kai joined our family.  Jia was upset that she didn't get one.  So, I kept looking in Walmart and they finally had another one there. So they were all thrilled to have matching shirts. Cute.  Then a boy in school told Jia it was a boy shirt so she likely won't wear it again.  Even though she totally knew it came from the boy section. 

I bought Luk some girl pants because they're slimmer.  Stitch picked the bow off and he was good to go.  That wasn't enough to convince Jia that girls can wear boy shirts.  She has a gauzy skirt on today, proving to Carter that she isn't a boy!

  

We Found a Zip Line!

We met Mom and Dad at a park to have an easy pizza dinner and a walk.  The rain held off right up until we were done eating.  We scrapped the walk because it was just too cold. We had to stay long enough to play on the super cool zip line though! 

Jia and I went to Walmart after the boys went to bed. She needed new indoor shoes for school. This is how it's done ;)

Rock the Salish Sea

Jia was in a concert with her school last night.  Musicians came to the school all week and worked with the kids.  Last night they put on a show.  Forced fundraiser.  Had to pay to see them. 

Jia loved it and she was so adorable up there, singing her heart out and having fun with all the actions.

Way too young and uncool for Fei, she opted out.  Eric and I took the boys to watch.  Kai loved it.  Sat mesmerized through the whole thing and grinning.   Luk was bored, tired and ready to go home. 

Jia is to the left, front row, in black, shielding her eyes trying to find us in the audience.

We raced from gymnastics and we were a few mins late, quick picture in the bathroom after getting her changed before she was whisked away by the teachers.  She thought she looked great with rosy cheeks from gymnastics.