The Ross Family

The Gingerbread Factory

Well, we broke away from the heat only to go to Tall Timber which was even hotter!  But we went up to see Justin and then hang out at Leavenworth.  Ever since I was a little girl, we always went to the Gingerbread Factory to get a cookie.  You can get gingerbread girls or boys, butterflies, trains, planes, etc.  My little sister Bree realized very quickly that you ALWAYS get the train.  Because it is the biggest cookie.  And if you only get one cookie, you might as well make sure it is the big one!

 

Here we all are getting our cookies.  I'm on the left, our cousin Britteny on the back right, Bree in the left front, and my sister Cambree on the front right.  Cute, right?

Anyways, I wanted to go the Gingerbread Factory this weekend and get Jax a cookie.  Here we are:

 

And of course, Jaxson got a Gingerbread train cookie!  He enjoyed it.

 

It was a lot of fun to go there since I hadn't been there in a while.  But is was over 100 degrees in Leavenworth and we decided not to walk around in it.  So we quickly got back to the car and enjoyed our air conditioning. 

Record Breaker Day!

Seattle broke it's record today for the hottest day ever. We were in the 90's which was pretty hot and humid. Jax and I went to Burlington and shopped at air conditioned stores to stay cool in the afternoon. When we got home, we headed to the beach again. This time we had gotten water wings for Jax. They were the last boy pair at Target! I was thankful to have found them. Bt the way, Target was wiped out on their swimming sectioned!
So we headed to the beach and even I got in the water this time. It felt so nice and cool! Jax collected sea shells, tasted some rocks, and splashed around. I worked on my tan. I think this is the first time in all that I have lived here that I have gotten a great tan naturally. I was pretty excited about that!
Hopefully we start to see some cooler weather soon!

It's hot, hot, hot!

It is so hot today. We decided to go to the beach and enjoy the water. Jax had a blast and enjoyed the cool water. Look happy he is?

Help! I'm being attacked....

Look at that little monkey climbing all over me!

 

More Fun on the Slide

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A Day at the Park 2

It is gorgeous here today.  We took Jaxson back to the park today and he ran right for the slide!  He loved it and was braver this time.  He would slide down so fast and land down on the ground.  One time he even landed on his head!  He just got back up, wiped off his hands, and motioned to get up on the slide again!  He had a great time, and really started to get the concept of climbing on the toy too.

Here is a video of Jax going down the slide.  You'll have to turn your head..the video is sideways on accident!

Jaxson on the slide. Tues @ Ft Nugent on 12seconds.tv

A Day at the Park

Today was a very nice day and we wanted to see this new playground at a nearby park.  It was suppose to have a section just for toddlers.  And it did not disappoint!

At first we put Jax on the slide, but he was a little hesitant.

So we tried the tunnel instead. 

Finally he got the courage to go in it!

And then got a brave and tried the slide again.

Go Jax!  Wheeeee!

And after a refreshing drink, he played some more until he got tired.

We will definitely be going back there this week to play some more!

Ohhh...Fishes!

Today my mom, two sisters, and nephew were in Seattle so Jax and I went down to join them on the waterfront.  We took the little boys to the Seattle Aquarium and they had a very good time.

Jaxson and Travys both enjoyed the tide pool which allowed them to touch the starfish and sea cucumbers.  Jax took this to mean that he could splash in the water and he quickly got soaked!

Jax proceeded to throw a tantrum when we decided to move on from the tide pool.  Lovely.

Here's Travys standing still for a pic...a rare moment!

Here's Jax enjoying the fishes...(look closely and you can see them.  They're bright orange!)

And after looking at the fishes, we decided to head to Ivar's...to eat the fishes!  Yum!

I love this pic of them.  Look how happy Travys is to have a buddy.  And Jax is so clueless!

And of course, we feed the loud noisy seagulls.  Jax called them "doggies" and Travys kept telling the birds he was "gonna get them!"

(Auntie Bree is babysitting the boys here.)

We had a great day.  We couldn't have asked for better weather!  At the end of the day both boys were exhausted and promptly fell asleep as soon as they got in the car.  That's a sign of a good day.

And this still doesn't get old!

Yup, I still think pants on the head is pretty funny.  So does Jax.  Long pants on the head is even funnier!

My Little Picasso

I recently read somewhere that 18 month olds love to do arts and crafts and although they don't really care about their art work, they sure like the process of it.  It recommended stickers, crayons, play doh and finger paint.  Well, I like to live dangerously, (but not that dangerously) so I ruled out the finger paint and play doh for now.  But stickers and crayons?  We could do that. 

And Jax loves it.  He thinks the stickers are so much fun!  And he laughs when he can't get them off his fingers.  So this was definitely a good idea.

Here is Mr. Artist...

Hard at work....

And the finished product.  Beautiful!