Haircut...

This week has been the week of family haircuts. Jeff got one yesterday, Ethan had his today, and I have mine tomorrow. All of us had been letting our hair grow out of control so it was badly needed.

We take Ethan to a place called "The Brat Pack Salon" that specializes in children's haircuts. Ethan got to sit on a wooden sheep this time and had a bunch of toys to play with while he watched Elmo. He was a first not wanting anything to do with the haircut and immediatly stated that he was done and wanted down. To combat his attempt at leaping out of the chair my eye immediatly turned to the lollipops that they had for kids when they were leaving. I grabbed one and put it in his mouth and that all it took. She used the clippers and scissors and whisked away his hair and he could care less as long as he had the lollipop. I will definitely need to invest in these in the future and use them as bribes. :)

Happy Valentine's Day!

Ethan had his daycare Valentine's party on Friday and he got a lot of goodies and cards. He even got to decorate his own cookie there but I was not able to get a picture of it before he gobbled it down. A co-worker of mine, Julia, also made caramel apples this year so I purchased a few since they are so good. Pictures below.

(Ethan's cards and gifts from school.)

(Apple Pie Caramel Apple)

(Samoa caramel apple - made with roasted coconut, pretzels, and chocolate.)

Our neighbors also decided to replace their fence last week which means that we got a new fence on one side of our house as well. This is perfect since that side of the fence has been a pain with boards constantly falling down.

I hope that everyone has a great Valentine's Day!

Vacations Galore...

I have been really busy the past couple of weeks at work so I have not had a chance to update my blog so my appologies.

The next few months are looking to be busier and busier for the Kalles family. We have enrolled Ethan in swimming lessons and he has been having a great time. Unfortunately last weekend they had to move us into the cool pool though and he was freezing after only 20 minutes. The next couple of weeks should be better but he loves to splash and kick.

Later this month my dad and I are headed to Bend, Oregon for a four day ski trip. It will be a trip away from Jeff and Ethan but I am sure we will have a fun time skiing if the snow is good. We are staying at the Sun River Resort and will be bringing our tennis rackets as well just in case the snow conditions are not that great but I am keeping my fingers crossed.

During the month of March Jeff is traveling for about two and a half weeks for work so I will be single mom during that time. I know that Jeff doesn't like to be away from home that long but I am sure that the time will fly by for him since he will be at his companies East Coast tradeshow.

Then in April, the Kalles family is heading to the Big Island of Hawaii to stay at the Disneyland of the tropics, the Hilton Waikoloa Village. I cannot wait for this vacation since we will have seven days of fun in the sun and it will be Ethan's first trip to Hawaii which I am sure he will love. He also gets to go to his first Luau so hopefully he will enjoy it.

That's about it for now. As usual, I will try to update more regularily going forward. :)

Woodland Park Zoo

We have been wanting to go and visit the zoo for awhile now. Especially since the Nocturnal House will be closing on March 1st and this is one of our favorite exhibits. Since we had several days of clear weather and the rain is headed our way again we decided to go. It was a little chilly out but we saw quite a few animals and luckily the zoo was not too crowded. Ethan really enjoyed seeing the animals, especially the Howler Monkey's.

Ethan's Daycare Winter Gala Performance

Ethan is the one on the far left in the brown shirt once the song starts. Enjoy!

Food Lifeline Volunteer Event

Last week my work had a team volunteer event at Food Lifeline in Shoreline. We volunteered our time for three hours by sorting frozen veggies into small sized bags that would be sent out to the food bank. Because of our efforts we packaged over 4 thousand meals to people in need which is pretty amazing for a short amount of time.

If anyone is interested in volunteering with Food Lifeline they have a community volunteer event every Wednesday evening. Check them out here.

Happy New Year!

What are your New Year's resolutions? Below are mine in no particular order.

- Have a lot of different adventure's with Ethan and Jeff.
- Attempt to have more home cooked meals instead of pre-packaged easy food.
- Learn to play the guitar. I got a new book and tuner from Ethan for Christmas that should help me achieve this.
- Try to be more organized.

Wishing you all a prosperous and fantastic year in 2010!