I don't mind the rain drops momma...

We are trying to do a bunch of things we won't necessarily get to do for a while once sister joins us this week so today we went out to breakfast in Snohomish at a cute restaurant called The Cabbage Patch...we had to convince Deven that it was better than Starbucks and apologize for his apparent life long addiction. 
Any how the point is, we dragged home to a 'nicer' restaurant then instead of going to a park due to the rain we looked around town in a bunch of antique shops...as you can imagine Deven was losing his marbles by the end of our outing. 
It was still raining when we got home but honestly the kid needed to 'get out into nature and make some discoveries' (Google Dinosaur Train)!!  So we armed him with rain boots and a baseball hat and he went to work moving muddy water from one hole to another...no joke!!  I checked on him midway through his adventure and he let me know that, "he didn't mind the rain drops." Honestly, at that point neither did we!!
Love that kid!

Christmas 2011 Preparations

I think this may have been the earliest we have ever decorated for Christmas.  We had both the tree and the decorations up by December 1st.  I'm pretty sure Deven might be driving this new schedule we are on but I'm having a good time.  We've got a new advent calendar, we've watched the Polar Express three times and counting, and hot cocoa has now become a staple.  Let the festivities begin...or rather...let them continue.
Pics above are: a. A post xmas tree hunting hot chocolate treat, b. X
xmas tree all decorated, c. Deven and xmas tree 2011.

For fun!

I just really liked his picture and I've been terrible at posting this last month so I wanted to get SOMETHING up!!  We were having breakfast outside at Starbucks this morning trying to pretend it is remotely summer-like outside and I decided to play with my new phone.  Weekend routines are so refreshing!

Starbucks

Some families go to breakfast on Sunday mornings at cute little pancake houses with doilies and such well the Johnston's hit Starbucks together. Deven's drink of choice? Short kids steamed whole milk...delish'!!