New favorite play place....

Another Thursday another soccer class! Thomas is improving every week. This week I was so so happy to see him participating and really getting into what the coach was asking them to do. Next week I will take the camera as its his last soccer class for a while. And he has the cutest little soccer uniform I want to have a pic of here in the blog.

After soccer Sarah, the kids and I all headed out for lunch....where to go?
Where else but the new kids play area and food court at the local mall.

Southcenter Mall is our local Westfield mall, its huge! And now that the new extension is complete its even bigger! I had not seen the new addition so it was very exciting.

I was completely shocked! Not only was it huge, but so nicely done....very swish! It has a very Bell-square feel about it (or for those in Aus, very much like Chatswood Chase) They even have a Pumpkin Patch store, first one in Seattle!

The kids had so much fun in the play area. Lots of fun things to crawl through and climb on, its a fun modern, jungle theme. Even the family restroom has a wonderful play area, toys, a TV, comfy chairs for the adults, more like a living room! Even nursing moms had their own areas with personal TV's....nice! One other thing that really rocks about the new play area is that they were smart and put a Starbucks right next to it for the mama's....yeah!

I have no pic's from today but found an article from the Seattle Times which has some photos of the new renovations....

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2008067251_southcenter23.html

My new favorite place to spend way to much money....

Today while the boys were in Soccer camp, Sarah and I got to have some more hang out time...whoo hoo! We both have a love for gardening and home improvements (someone else who is just as addicted to HGTV as I am...lol!) We spent the other day visiting nurseries like Furnies in Burien and Lowes in Tukwila. OK Lowes is hardware but they still have wonderful plants.
So today we wanted to head out again and visited a great little hole in the wall outdoor garden sculpture place, very cute frog there! We also stopped in at another wonderful little family run nursery, I think it was called Earlington's? Up in Renton, very friendly and helpful.

But my all time favorite place, where I could spend all day not to mention all my money was "Second Use" OMG I am in love! I was so tempted to ask if they had any positions available...lol! Second Use is a salvage center, mainly salvaged house parts from demo's. I have never seen so many wonderful old lights, fittings, knobs, doors, windows...etc mostly from old old houses.
I am so going back there with measurements and a list (should I be saying that, Dave if your reading I won't spend too much...lol!)
Anyway I will post here any treasures I find, hopefully something old that needs some restoring. I would love to find a new dinning table and chairs.
Check out their website link on the side of my blog, I can even shop there online, so dangerous!

Last Day of Soccer Camp and NO TEARS.....way to go Thomas!

Its ironic, last day of soccer camp and he is finally happy to be there, no tears!
Just a kiss good bye, a high five and a few words of "you'll have fun" and "mommy will be back in 2 hrs to pick you up" he did so well. What a wonderful way to end such a big week for Thomas.
I have some pics and once I download them I will add them here!
We love this soccer program and will sign Thomas up for classes starting next week.

Look at those dry eyes...yay big boy!



Off to soccer he goes and the candy machine he never misses!



The huge indoor soccer center and Thomas running after a ball.


Soccer buds....Noah and Thomas at the park after a long week of soccer!

Just Another Day in the crazy, busy life of a soccer mom!

Today was another beautiful summer day. The boys were still asleep and I actually got a shower before they woke....Aaaaaa! What a great start to the day.

Thomas was off to Soccer camp for his second last day and I had a fun morning with Harry all planned. We arrived at Soccer and Thomas was actually excited to be there. He ran down to the field bypassing the candy machines, which was a first! screaming soccer, soccer! Maybe he won't cry when I leave him today. But that was not to be! He screamed again, but thank goodness not for long, he really is getting better and the separation anxiety is lessening. He really does have a fun time and loves soccer with his little bud Noah!

Now for 2 hrs of special Harry time. I planned on spending our time together getting him enrolled in Karate and visiting a number of Taekwondo schools.

He's so excited and has talked about this for weeks now. After weeks of research online I made a list of all the local places to visit. We arrive and one after another all the places we planned to visit were closed...bad timing or what! I really wanted Harry to watch the kids in class all dressed in their cool white uniforms and to get a feel for it, to see if it's something he really wants to do. Disappointed, we will have to do this another time. He's still excited for his Karate!

Next we headed to 24hr fitness to get mommy motivated for working out....hahaha!

Finally, I bit the bullet and spoke with a personal trainer to help me with my motivation and help kick my butt. Just what I need, a drill Sergeant! We talked about my goals and how I would achieve it with his help. It was great and can not wait to get my "Get fit" (aka, loose the wobbly bits) program underway. I am very excited!

Dave has been working crazy hours....CRAZY!!!! I really should be saying Dave...Who? (sorry honey if your reading this, I miss you!) Anyway, work is stressful at the moment, with deadlines, meetings...etc, etc! So its been a little rough this week with the boys and the house. But Dave and I do get sometime in the late evenings, its usually watching Le tour De France together. We love it and try and watch it together every year. We hope to one day to see it for real...fingers crossed that will be another blog in years to come, watch out for that one!

Anyway, that was our day today. Its nice to end it at home, in our beautiful backyard enjoying the weather and each others company....We can do so much to stay busy, but it really is the simple things I love the most.

I'm a Soccer Mom!

Haha, Pulling out of my driveway this morning (in my Honda Odyssey) I had to laugh....
Yes, I am a soccer mom!
Today was Thomas's first day of his week long summer soccer camp. I have never left him in this type of environment before I've always stayed, he is such a big boy!
Thomas has been playing soccer for 2mths now at a wonderful venue in Tukwila. Its a huge indoor professional soccer field, very cool! Thomas and his friend Noah have been doing this together with Coach Nora and have a ball (mind the pun....hahaha!)
I'll take some photos this week of my little soccer star!