Girl on a Rampage

Last night, for family night we had a cookie party in Kate's room. She was so excited for all of us to be in her room and play. She taught us letters and then we played with dolls. Well, for our cookie party I had brought up some water in a water bottle to put in our tea cups. So this morning she wanted more water in her water bottle. She stayed in the kitchen for 2 seconds and then left to go upstairs. I was doing dishes and feeding Preston a snack. A few minutes later I could tell Kate was in the bathroom and could only assume she was doing something with water so I told her to get out of the bathroom. A few minutes later I venture on upstairs to find big water droplets from her bathroom to her bedroom and a HUGE spot in her bedroom that was drenched with water!!! What a mess!!! Kate said she was sorry and went downstairs. After cleaning up that mess I quickly put some makeup on and did my hair along with making the bed. By the time I got back downstairs I noticed clumps of hair on the kitchen floor. Kate had cut her hair!!!!!!! I was so not happy. I had her come show me her hair and then took a picture. I told her that was naughty and only Melanie cuts your hair. Kate said it was terrible that she cut her hair. She was crying, as you can see in the picture. Now she's going to have annoying bangs that will be in her face, great. Good thing she only cut the front part- it could have been worse, I guess. It's not even lunchtime yet so I'm nervous what more she'll think of doing today.

Floating Down the River

Last weekend, my Dad, uncle and siblings went floating down the Yakima River by Ellensburg. My Mom and Jared were SO nice and stayed home with the grandkids so all us adults could go (Jared had 2 a day football practices and couldn't come with us). It was lots of fun and a gorgeous day. We rented a couple rafts from Central Washington University and had a couple of our own. It was a 7 mile stretch down the river with a few minor rapids, but we had fun splashing one another and watching people get attacked (namely my Dad- who lost his glasses!). Then, we hit a lunch place called The Pita Pit and grabbed some ice cream at Winegar's before heading home. Fun day. Jeff's girlfriend, Sadie, was visiting all week so we had a big family dinner on Sunday after church and got to see both grandparents.

Preston with his new haircut. Jeff and Jeni were showing me how to cut his hair with clippers (then my Mom blended it better after we were done). He's growing up fast and looking like a little boy. He's been eating 2 extra bottles each day making up for when he was sick last week.