4th of July fun

Our pal Santi came over for a 4th of July BBQ and we romped and dog-piled in the grass, ate some hot dogs and rode a skateboard that Grandpa Tim brought us.   

Then we lit sparklers, smoke bombs and crazy fireworks like "chickens-laying-eggs" and watched the big show on the river while the full moon rose.  Wow, that was a fun day! 

Family trail run - our first

Koh: Dad was real impressed with me when I ran some trails along the Deschuttes River this weekend on our camping trip.   I jumped rocks, turned corners and avoided every rattlesnake.  I'm fast and I especially like the downhill parts best.    He said mommy would be very happy with my new skills.  I fell and cried only once.

So tonight after dinner back home I took the whole family out and was the leader for our first all-family trail run in the nature park by our home.   Wow that was fun, look at me in this video.   I fell and cried only once.   We're going to do more of these, mommy says.

Dad's day hike

We took dad, both our horses and both our moms out hiking today.  Isn't that weird how mom is in two places at one time?  She told us she could do that.  

Then we went for ice cream . . . yum!

I love watermelon so much I'm speechless

Koh: I wasn't hungry at our beach picnic tonight, but i ate the watermelon anyway.  I love sand and I love watermelon.

Finally, we graduated

Abe: We're not good students (we can't even read), we skipped school two days every week, we don't pay attention to our teachers, we push other kids on the playground - so boy were we surprised when they let us graduate.   Dad says we can get used to it since schools graduate plenty of illiterate kids every year, whatever that means.  Anyway they had a party with my classmates and we had lots of fun at the park.

Antique restoration team

Koh: Our Nana Jo had a pal named Helen Jewitt who hand made this table in 1971 with no nails, just wood dowels holding it together.

40 years of love made the top a little rough, so today we sanded and finished it on a sunny day in our yard, with Dad helping us out.

Angel's Rest but we don't

Abe: We've been to this classic Columbia Gorge hike here a lot and we like it so we went back for more today.   Everyone on their own now, up 1500' feet and down over 4.5 miles.    

Today LOTS of wildflowers, slugs, bugs, holes in the ground, special treats, water, clinking rocks, climbing rocks, mud, peeing in the woods and more.   

Then look - - - how cool are we at the top?  

Look at this, Dad

Abe: nobody showed me this advanced yoga move, I just invented it then showed Mom and Dad.  Do you like it? 

I love carnivals, elephant ears and cotton candy

Koh:

Dad, don't make me punch you

Easter and 5th birthday party month

We got to go to Grandmas for Easter and two other birthday parties for our pals Santi and Maelle.  

We like parties and people and cake.

First baseball mitts!

Abe:  Wow, what a day.  Grandma brought us our first baseball mitts and then she and daddy played with us in the yard.   This is really cool.   We had baseballs but no mitts, and I just finished my first baseball "camp" so I was ready.  

This was a good day, even though it ended with dad hitting me in the mouth with a fast pitch.

THANKS GRANDMA!!!

Triple Haircut Day

Koh: We all got our hair cut today - another dining room special.  Can you tell who's who?   Can you tell which one is the professional cut?   Daddy paid us money and candy this time.   I like that.

Here's a magic trick I won't do again

Abe: I love magic and practice new tricks with my magic kit I got for Christmas.   This week I did my best trick ever: I made this marble disappear.

I mean POOF it was gone and it made me cry because it hurt a little bcause I never swallowed a marble before and it was an excellent trick because nobody could find the marble, not even the magician.

Better yet the TRICK LASTED FOR 3 DAYS!   Everybody was watching for when I made the marble reappear.    We waited and waited.    Then POOP, I mean POOF - I made it come back.  But it was dirty and wet and I'm not going to do that trick ever again, that was crappy.

We love our mom and our grandma and flowers

Today we shopped for pretty flowers for our mom and grandmom and had a project to put them in vases with decorations and water.   Ssssssssshhhhh! (don't tell 'em, it's a surprise)