uuughhh. . .June

Wowza, maybe it's been a few weeks since I've made a post! We've been so busy with the end of school for Lucy (offically a 2nd grader now!) and my birthday, which takes up an entire month as it is. I have a lot of pictures to post, so I'll do them a few days at a time...hold on to your shapewear everyone...it's going to be a wild ride!!
Rowan already tired and it's only 9:30 a.m.

Pretty baby in the morning light.

Back to sleep it is!

An ode to Fart Face

As some of you may know, I started a second myspace a while back, mainly to look at Ryan's myspace page. I couldn't access it unless I had a page myself, so that's what it took. But it was highly secret, as I secretly hate myspace. So, with no better ideas, I decided to make my page a disguise page, with a profile pic of E.T. and Michael Jackson, an old personal favorite. And what better name to go with my incongnietus picture but Fart Face? Right? This post (because I have no other new fun pics) is a dedication, to that myspace page. Below you will see Fig. A, an artist's rendering of my all time favorite image, and Fig. A-1, the actual footage.

Cabin Fever

No, I'm not referring to the amature horror flick starring Ryder Strong, but the Molloy family cabin on Lake Cushman, at the edge of the Olymic National Forrest!! Jen and I took Izzy, Gus and Rowan up for a one-nighter, to get her aired out and cob-web free for the summer. We had awesome weather yesterday upon arrival, and I may have donned one of Jen's 78-year-old Aunt Pat's killer swim suits. Onlookers got a good show. Here's some visual aid: let it be known that I also was playing with color when I uploaded these shots to my computer, so they are all a little different. Enjoy!

Cabin from front. Underneath is wood storage/bat cave. Oars? We got 'em!

No "good dog" for you this time, Izzy. P.S. this game makes a great gift-- Doodle Dice. Do it.

Red haired & blue eyed. She spent most of these 24 hours in this play pen, and loved almost every minute of it! Seriously!

Angus pretending he's a Japanese exchange student with the peace sign in his cheek.

View of the lake and my face. Good times, good times.

A little RECOGNITION

This is a post script to the post you are about to feast your eyes on-- In the first paragraph I make comment on the toys in the picture, please excuse me for forgetting the coolest toys in the picture, the ones my father-in-law, Cliff, made!! There are two toys: an ark with animals, and a put the shapes in the box game. Both of these beauties were made by CDL Cabinet Design, owned and operated by Cliff D. Lago, out of Greenfield, OH. How's that for a plug!?

Family Ties

This is a rare occurance, but I am logged into the computer under Ryan's profile. I came to write a post, and when I clicked to get into my pictures I realized I had none, because I was in Ryan's side of the computer, and all the pictures are in my side. So, what this means ladies and germs, is that the pictures you are about to see Ryan himself has uploaded to the computer, and are all from his phone, it's a day in the life of Ryan Lago, if you please. Let's see what he's got to show us, shall we?

Here we have Rowan giving her new baby a hug. She got this baby for her birthday from Aunt Stacy & Boys, Jill & Johari. The cell phone and keys were also a gift, from Aunt Cindy & Uncle Paul. In the corner you can see the horse from the See 'n' Say, a gift from Auntie Deb, Uncle Carl & Eric.

Here is Rowan attending a tutorial on how to take pictures of yourself for social networking sites. When you hold down the shutter button, you say, "MySpace!" with a gay accent.

Rowan and Lucy sitting on the Care Bear couch getting their daily 3 1/2 hour dose of television. I've said it before and I'll say it again, we are huge promoters of hands-on parenting.

Lucy looking pensive while the eye from her Hello Kitty placemat stares hollow through the eye of the camera.

My lovely husband, Ryan D. Lago. Make no mistake, although times is hard, times is hard, there's no one else I'd take for a companion to make poop sandwiches for lunch with and to watch crude adult cartoons with every night. Love eewe. = )

Zoo Time!

For Lucy and Rowan's birthday, my Auntie Robin gave us a membership to the Woodland Park Zoo. Yesterday we took our maiden voyage, accompanied by our friends Ellie and Donnianne. We had a super fun time, and the babies were so good!! No tantrums, no crying, no sleeping; which could also be a con of the trip, and no Bird/Swine flu or Wolf Aids...that is recognizable so far. The weather was perfect, overcast and warm enough with no breeze. We even got soft serve ice cream and saw a peacock with its' feathers out. It was all the ingredients for an awesome day. And in exchange for some manual labor, Jen bought me dinner and a margarita. I'm pretty sure if I don't get a new job I'll just take a position on the 124th St. Southbound 405 exit with a sign that says, "Will Work For Food: Mexican or Thai perferred, but will settle for a BicMac or a #2, beef, w/a Coke from Taco Time." That'll all be the fine print of the sign ; )Rowan playing in ZooMazium, an indoor playground that was just her and Ellie's size! With oversized chairs for grownups on the outside, no hands on parenting! Just my style.

Having some snacks in the family fun farm where Rowan proceeded to call every animal a dog, and tried to kick a goat in the ribs like 5 times.

Opening a birthday present from cousin Danielle, who drove down from Bellingham for the Panda show on Sunday.

That's all for today ladys and gents. Oh, and please post thoughts on me going back to school for my ASL (American Sign Language) certification. I'm an open book for some advice!!

Happy Mother's Day!

I hope everyone enjoyed the non-rainy weather. I had to work today, but no matter, I was done by 7, and I get to watch Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street tonight!! It was my mother's day present from Ryan, Lucy and Rowan. Also gifted to me was a sweet card from Lucy, and breakfast in bed! And, lest I forget, Lucy woke up at 5:30 a.m., came into our room, and got Ryan up to start the pancakes. He made it all the way to the kitchen before he realized what time it was, and they put on a movie and went back to sleep...but not for long. Lucy came walzing into our room (where I was still sleeping) with a plate of pancakes and bacon, at 6:57 a.m. Needless to say, the kid was excited. She brought me coffee, too; it was very thoughtful and she was proud as a pea-cork (I spelled it that way on purpose).

This video is of tonight after I got home from work. This has been our favorite game for a while now. Rowan gets a serious kick out of it!