Who ate all the blue berries?

No, we didn't eat all the blue berries. Its pretty funny that they can be totally unaware of the food all over their faces when their done eating. Hands they notice but you have to drag them in front of a mirror to convince them there is something on their face.
Tomorrow night we get to go pick up daddy at the airport. The girls are very excited. We get to squeeze in 4 days of summer with the complete family.

confidence and attitude

My girls don't run low on either confidence or attitude. As you can tell from the photo Billi is picking up some posing techniques from Joshi.

....fair con't

This was the only thing we actually purchased there. Although there were tons of vendors. Its just not possible to shop with kids. Unless Joshi spots a new pink fancy outfit. She can muster the energy required to behave in a shop.

Parachute games with a bunch of hippies. Note: the the little bare butted child on the right in the photo above. long hair, purple fairy wings. Also you can't see, glittery princess make- up and penis showing. indentity crisis at 2 yrs old?

There were several stages set up in various spots. It was a sprawling village in the forest. We mainly saw music performances. Also a pretty funny juggling show.

Oregon Country Fair

I took the girls to the Oregon Country Fair last week end.

Here they are at a booth set up to make hats, a free activity. As you can tell they had a great time doing this. The time put into this activity was really impressive. Quality papers died, they let the kids(and adults) use oil pastels to draw their designs, and then fit every hat to their heads. Cut a hole in the top for Joshi's pony tail to come thru :0) They could make as many as they wanted.

Joshi's first sleep over

Joshi had her first sleep over at Baileys house. She had a blast. For the full editorial and photo spread you have to click to go to their family blog A glimpse of our everyday adventures

The Nature Girls

Joshi's group of girls went hiking today. Everyone had a great time. It was a hot day for a hike but its always about ten degrees cooler in the woods. Everyone packed a lunch. The girls played tag in the woods after lunch. Then they cooled off in the super cold river on the hike back. There was a super bummer at the end though. Someone had broke into 3 cars at the trail head. And one of the cars belonged to someone in our group. The moms purse was taken, window broken, etc. Unfortunately, not an uncommon happening. It happened to me at a different trail 5 years ago.

Hike at Wildwood

picking out their favorite rocks

yippee, we finally hiked the boardwalk educational trail. I never realized it was there.

Happy 4th of July

On Friday, We went to a 4th BBQ at Mikels house. Typical Oregon weather didn't stop the festivities. Joshi and Biili had fun with their friends and got to wear the patriotic shirts MiMi and Pap Pap sent them. (Thank you Mimi and Pap Pap) Luckily, kids don't mind playing in the rain and everyone was pretty muddy on the ride home.

This is Joshi showing off the spoiled American girl attitude she's perfected. The look she's giving me because I dared to pick this outfit out for her and she was "nervous" going to a party not wearing a dress.

more photos

This is a photo of billi's first tattoo. She earned this for pooping on the potty. This use to be a normal occurrence. I thought she would be getting potty trained over the spring but instead she retreated into being a baby again.

Now, heres the weirdest cat I ever met. When the girls were taking a bath the other day the kitten actually jumped in with them. She jumped right out. But instead of high tailing it out of there :o) she stayed around and continued to jump in and out. I think she went in 4 times in all.

Here are a couple more photos from the other day. The was also a carousel where they held the On World festival in Salem, OR. I have to try to catch up on my photos since the summers about to swing into high.