Seaside Halloween party

Here are the pics from the Seaside Halloween Party. My sister and I brought our kids down to the party at about 6:00 pm. They had a lot fun trying to win candy and prizes!

Abby looking cute...



Sweet zebra...



Attempted group shot...


Ring toss..


Sydney quickly figures out that it is easier to put the rings on the bottles herself.



This is Jamie on the cake (cookie/candy) walk. He didn't ever really get that you had to win to get the candy. He just thought you walked around in a circle and then went to pick out something from the prize table. The funny thing was that his number was normally called anyways so it all worked out!

Carrie's been stung!
Cute zebra rump...

Veteran's day weekend

This weekend there was an online crop with a club that I belong to, PersonalScrapper.com. They list challenges and as you complete them, you are entered into a drawing for a prize (more scrapbooking supplies). I've never posted my layouts on the blog, so I thought I'd share the ones I made this weekend for the crop, since I already have them scanned in.
















Here's what the journaling says on the top layout:


7:30 am – squawk until mom gets me my morning ba-ba

8:00 am – stretch, yawn, time to get up and watch baby einstein while mommy takes a shower. Sometime I get bored and would rather play with the buttons on the t.v. causing my brother to yell at me, but I don’t care, cuz I can yell louder than him anyways.

8:30 am – breakfast time! Eggs, toast, kix, cheerios, juice, and fruit are all yummy things.

9:00 am – I don’t really care if I’m sticky but apparently mom does because about this time every morning she assaults me with a waving, wet washcloth.

9:30 am – I scream until ma-ma is done changing me and getting me dressed. Why doesn’t she give in and just let me go naked?

10:30 am – After playing for awhile I feel very tired so I go find mom for some more milk and she lays me down to sleep.

Noon – Lunch time! Chicken nuggets, PB&J, raisins, and crackers are some of the things I like to eat for lunch.

2:30 pm – Naptime again? I will try to resist, but the warm milk just puts me to…

3:30 pm – Okay, ready to play again and I get all the toys to myself because big brother is sleeping! Time to wreck his trains!

4:20 pm – Daddy’s home! Hugs & Kisses.

6:00 pm – Dinner time! I never know what I’ll get but I’ll try it, and I’ll try to eat with a fork, because…I’m a big girl!

7:30-7:31 pm – Story time! Heck with this, I want to look at the book the way I want to look at it, this page, no…this page!

8:00 pm – Nigh, nigh time! ‘til tomorrow…

A few final tidbits from San Diego

These are pictures from our favorite mall, La Jolla UTC (University Town Center). They have a little play area for kids and even a little train that they can ride on for a small fee.







One of the last nights there we got chinese food from a place call Pick Up Sticks (why are all the good restaurants in california?). Jamie had fun trying to use the chopsticks but I don't think he understood that they were for eating!

long time no blog

Some of you may have wondered if I was going to continue blogging now that we're back. Well, the answer is yes! Things have been kinda upside-down lately as you can see from these pics:







First plan of attack? Clean the fridge...


Jamie and Grandpa asleep on the couch...


I just wanted to load the dishwasher without little hands reaching in!


Abby now likes to kneel or stand in her Bumbo seat (better make another warning label for that!)...

The way Jamie sees it - week of 10/7

Jamie got inked again! Currently he has 4 tattoos, but this last one is a "grown-up" tattoo. He's really proud of it and was trying to flex his muscles (see his fists?). I didn't know that you were supposed to put tattoos on the underside of your forearm, so that's my fault if you're wondering!




Here's an archive of his past quotes:
I haven't been good about blogging this week but here are a few things overheard:

"Mommy crapbooking"

"Abby no choke on nat, not dea" (not a good idea)

"oh bebbermine" (oh, nevermind)


10/8
"Abby turn now...(2 seconds later), dat 'nuff, Jamie's turn.

10/10
"Abby, what dough-ing on?" (what's going on?)

10/11
"Want Q - eat." So this one is a little hard to explain. Just before breakfast, Jamie found his letter Q that goes to his leapfrog and he showed me and told me it was a "Q", which I said "yes" to. Then while we were eating he told me he wanted a Q. So I told him that it was right there on the table and he could have it. But he said no "want Q - eat". And this went on for some time with both of us getting very frustrated and me finally spilling out "fine, eat your stupid Q, I don't know what you're talking about" (not my finest moment). Then at lunch, I cut up a kiwi (the first time we've had them in several months) and gave it to Abby. To which Jamie responded "I want Q too". Ooops! He had been thinking that kiwi's were called Q's. Well, he was close.