attempting to reintroducing dairy

i've been off of dairy for the last couple months because jonathan was really sensitive to it in my diet. it has been well worth it to preserve his happy demeanor, but i decided that it was about time to test the waters and see if he is ready for me to eat it again (i think diane's sensitivity wore out around four and a half months). we had friends in town this weekend and i wanted to take them to one of my favorite burger joints, so i figured it was a good time to try it. if i was going to have a fussy baby for the next few days, i at least wanted to enjoy the cause.

we went to king charley's, a drive in on the side of highway 9 that we used to go to on our way up to the lakehouse. it was an extremely nostalgic experience for me; the taste of the summers of my youth. the food was as delicious as i remembered. i was a little sad because i was hoping they would have fresh fruit shakes but they were between strawberry and raspberry/blackberry shake seasons. the (fake) blackberry shake that i got was still delicious though.

so far (about forty hours later) it looks like jonathan's doing alright and i'm starting to get my hopes up that i may be able to start eating dairy again. either way, it was a delicious meal and we'll no doubt be heading up that way again soon.

bunches of pictures

i have kids, and i've been trying to take pictures of them more lately. so you get to suffer through it.

diane insisted on posing with this pop-up toy.

this is me trying to get her to tell me what a tiger says. it is my favorite thing that she does. it's ridiculously adorable and i know that she'll probably grow out of it soon. i really need to get it on video. the way she scrunches up her face is hilarious. none of these pictures do it justice, but combined, you might get the general effect.

itty bitty splash pad at grass lawn park.

 

last weekend, we hit some garage sales (kind of a bust) and ended at noah's bagels for some brunch.

this is how diane looks during most meals. even if you think it's not that messy of a food, she'll surprise you.

 

another excellent shot of diane's fashion sense. i call these her "do no wrong" sunglasses because i'm pretty sure that i'm incapable of disciplining her when they are on. 

(bad) video proof that jonathan is rolling over. he's even more pro at it since i took the video. he's growing up. yikes.

is that a threat, or a promise?

madeleine's latest response when i won't give her what she wants is, "fine, then i'm going back to bed."

i don't think it's produced the desired result.

picture and video dump

it's been a while since i've posted pictures of the kids. so, you're going to get a bunch at once, starting with this picture of all three kids (three? when did i get three kids). this was a few weeks ago and already jonathan seems way bigger to me. 

this next batch is from one of our sunday outings. we went over to woodinville and walked along the slough/sammamish river trail for a while.

 

 

these ones are from the girls playing in the backyard in their pool and on the slip 'n' slide (both of which we got for free on craigslist). the weather was really hot (for washington) a couple weeks ago and has become more intermittent again, but the girls still like to go out there for brief stints, regardless of the weather.

madeleine on her new bike. we got her another used bike that is slightly smaller because the other one was just a little too big and heavy (she's on the heavy one in the video below). as soon as she got on this one, she really took off. i love how easily she switched from her strider to this bike without training wheels.

diane still doesn't really show any interest in the strider yet, so while madeleine rides her bike, diane tends to push the stroller around the neighborhood. with her helmet on.

jonathan likes being on his changing table and i tried to get some pictures of him being really cute, but he's hit that stage where as soon as you pull out the camera, he gets really interested in the camera and stops being as cute. but i still snuck a few good ones in.

an attempt to get a picture with him snuggling me, but it didn't really work.

nobody's hair parties like diane's hair.

here are a few videos of the kids: