Family Portraits with Yiayia and Papou

Family Portrait time!!  We had a fun little photo session in Colorado - here's the proofs.. can you tell we had fun??  Can't wait to put some of these on our walls!

Open Gym

So we've been going to open gym a lot to tryout our new tricks.. this week we added a few new ones to our repertoire...  I walked across the high high beam by myself and figured out how to hang on the rings and flip over!  I kept landing on my legs so I tried over and over again until I figure out how to land on my feet!  

Caitlyn learned to so stand up and grab the high bar then swing and jump off onto her feet!  Check her out..

No sun, no prob...

Well, it wasn't exactly sunny today, but that didn't stop us - we did a little tour or Portland - 1st we hit up the Portland Nursery to check out some plants and trees, then headed up to Rocky Butte to get a good a look at the city.  I really liked seeing all the jets land at the airport and could even see the bridge to my house!  (The Fremont Bridge)

And what better way to top off the day then at Salt and Straw - Strawberry ice cream for me and Chocolate for Caits.. um um good!!

Sunny Saturdays = fun outside!

And a little shopping at the grocery store (we're good helpers, can you tell?)

 Oh and this is the swing out in front of our house... I love sitting up high on the rings and check out Caits, she figured out how to jump on and swing by herself!

Trampoline tricks...

So Caitlyn and I have been watching lots of gymnastics these days and we've been "inspired" to try some new tricks on our trampoline...  here's a highlight real of our favorite tricks...

oh and do you like our leotards?  they match :)  after watching gymnastics we both ran up and changed into leotards - they help us do our tricks.  

 

When I root I root for the Timbers..!!

Well it was opening day for the Timbers and according to my dad it was a first in Portland, no rain for the opener!!  Guess the Timbers Army wasn't expecting it and were prepared for the rain!  I thought the sign was pretty cute (I liked her dress :) - do you recognize her?

I have a new favorite player too - his name is Diego (he's new this year and scored the first goal!!)  I really just like his name because there's a character in Dora the Explorer named Diego :)

Happy Birthday to Caitlyn!

Can you believe it... Caitlyn is 3 years old!!  I remember when she was born... and was a tiny little baby ..and now look how big she is!  She really wanted a green tinkerbell cake for her birthday so mom took a stab at it.... have to say she pretty much made Caitlyn's dream cake!  She was a good helper too (if you count licking the mixers a good help ?)

She had a really fun birthday - we went to her favorite spot - the climbing gym!!  Lots of her friends came who had never been there before and discovered their monkey climbing skills (i think their favorite part was the slide down though :)

I figured I might tell you some things about Caitlyn that would be fun to know now that she's 3..

let's see...  

1. she never stops moving (flipping on the couch, jumping the trapoline, jumping on mom and dad, twirling her dress... the list goes on)

2. she takes good care of her babies (most of the time) - takes them for walks in the stroller (around the house), puts them down for naps, rocks them to sleep.. and then there is the occasional toss down the stairs ...oops!

3. She loves to be naked - pretty much every day after school she comes home, takes off all of her clothes, puts on her tinkerbell dress and is ready to play (she says she doesn't need underwear because her dress covers her bum)

4. She's went sledding on her own for the first time (down a big hill backwards!)

5. She likes to play soccer, play "catch" with basketballs, and do "gymnastics" (especially doing flips on the trampoline, swinging on the bars, and walking on the balance beam)
6. She has a really big sweet tooth and a really small "meat" tooth (still does not like meat - except for a good hot dog if you count that :)
7. She always take her shoes off in the car (and I think it drives mom and dad crazy!!)
8. She loves to wear these dress up shoes with heals that sounds like "clip clop... clip clop" (which really drives dad crazy)
9. She's pretty much obsessed with puzzles and they about the only thing that keep her focus for more then 5 mins (she's pretty good at the too!!)
10.  She's ALMOST figured out how to ride a 2 wheel peddle bike!!  she can make it go, but can't make it stop quite yet.. hopefully that comes sooner then later...haha!