Ohhhh, you know what you should do?

Move to WA and buy a gorgeous piece of property! A salmon bearing creek, 2.64 acres, lake access...what's not to love?!?!

Please have the number for CPS handy

You'll need it in approximately 25 seconds...

There is a pivtol day in every young dork's life

For my young dork, that was Saturday. With much ceremony, Troy presented Jack his first light saber. Check back tonight for a video of the momentous event.

Update: we couldn't upload the video. Jack was totally naked in it, and there was so much toddler wiener that we thought better of putting it out there.

For posterity

I want to be able to look back at this blog and see Jack's developments as he grows. With that in mind, I thought I should sit down and make a list of signs and words he knows.

We have him in a very exclusive American Sign Language immersion program (aka, my aunt & uncle's house), and it's totally worth the cost! Hee hee.

Troy, Connie & Jim, let me know what else I'm missing. Things in red have been added since original post

Signs:

1. Please
2. Milk
3. Sleep
4. More
5. All done
6. Dog
7. Cat
8. Mom
9. Dad
10. Sausage
11. Smoothie
12. Waffle
13. Squirrel
14. Banana
15. Bread/toast
16. Bird/chicken
17. Book
18. Cheese
19. Dance
20. Apple
21. Owl
22. Thirsty
23. Light
24. KC (my cousin)
25. Swing
26. Hot
27. Bath
28. ...I know there are a lot more

Words:

1. Momma
2. Dada
3. Banana
4. Kiwi
5. Cakies (pancakes)
6. Mum Mum (brand name of rice crackers he likes)
7. Chicken
8. Blues (blueberries)
9. Book
10. Read
11. All done
12. Cheese
13. Milk
14. Bath
15. Sausage
16. Please (peeees)
17. Butt (and then points to his or your butt)
18. Dog
19. Bird
20. Up
21. Ka (Kannika my aunt & uncle's dog)
22. Kitty
23. Dance Dance (means please turn on the digital music on the TV so I can bust a move)
24. Beep Beep (means he wants to read this book)
25. Keys
26. Apple
27. Pig
28. Owl
29. AB (means sing me the ABC song damnit!)
30. Hot
31. Jeep Jeep (means take me for a ride in the toy Jeep)
32. There are more, I just know it...

Tuesday challenge

Happy first day of June! If someone could please tell western Washington that it's almost summer, I'd appreciate it.

In honor of our rainy and icky weather, my challenge to you is to limit the use of your dryer for 1 week. We have 2 folding racks for indoor drying, and 2 tiny retractable lines for outside deck drying when the weather shapes up! This little guy is fantastic for socks, undis, etc.

We hang our clothes and let them almost airdry. When they're still a bit damp, we throw them in the dryer for 15-20 min to finish up the drying and to get the "crunch" out. If we can do this in the Seattle area, there are no excuses for not trying it yourself.

I've always line dried clothes to an extent, but really ramped it up last month after Troy's company laid off many of their employees. Every bit of savings counts for something. With the outside temp about the same over the last 2 months, my power bill dropped by $30. That is tangible savings.