Blue jammies and red nails

"What's that you say? I'm wearing my sister's pajamas?"

I know the laundry situation is in bad shape when I have to dig through the girl's hand-me-downs to find something for the poor boy to wear to bed. No clean pants. No clean onesies. No clean pajamas. At least what I found was blue.

Jilly was ecstatic to be wearing the same pajamas as Gordon.

Evelyn, despondent and crying. "I can't play with them and have fun with them because I don't have the same pajamas! I remember we had three pairs of penguin pajamas(nope)! Waaaahhhh! "

I cheered her up by painting her nails. Red. "Wow," she breathed. "Mommy, I don't like light paint colors any more, only dark ones! Wow!"

The power of red nail polish.

Simplicity

If you are striving for simplicity and organization in your life, this piece is for you. It's off one of my favorite blogs. It's not very long, enjoy!

Simple pleasure.

Rain, Rain

Enter unseasonable wetness. Inches and inches of rain. Tornado warnings. High winds. Snapped trees. Street flooding. Canceled flights. Grandma and Grandpa get to stay two extra days. Yay!

The babushkas ready to head down to peek at the high surf and beach erosion. We went to the fabric store and they both picked out some fabric they liked, hence the head scarves.

This is the beach we frequent and the high surf and erosion morphed it into something that only slightly resembled the beach we knew. This was before another rain deluge set upon us.

Playing hopscotch with the laundry. Such imagination.

Orange County has a "Great Park" being built. The only completed portion is the events staging area and the free hot air balloon ride.

They take you up 500 feet and you can see most everywhere in Orange County. Pretty neat.

This bike bike-rack. Free fun.

The three-seater.

The nine-month old expert stair climber. He's safe to go up there, as long as the toilet lid is down in the bathroom.

Brothers are yummy.

Intense coloring session. They've made a lot of use out of this little table. I love it!

Before the Rain

We are finally entering the rainy season here, and boy, is it rainy. I've never lived in a place where so much water falls in a short amount of time. Before that though, we enjoyed some fun with Grandma and Grandpa Cows who were taking a hiatus from the frozen deserts of Washington. Here are some pictures we caught one afternoon:

After lots of Evelyn pictures like the one above, Daddy caught the one below:

This boy is always happy at the beach.

Evelyn loves playing in the waves. Jilly, not so much.

We went to look at the tide pools, but sadly couldn't find any starfish. These "nenamies" were pretty cool though.

The south end of Corona del Mar.

The sun sinking into Catalina.