Timmy's 2nd Birthday

Since we are having a combined party in January for the kids we just kept his birthday low key. A few presents, a cookie cake and dinner at Red Robin. Timmy had a good day and loved all his presents. He especially loved the ice cream at Red Robin.

Tis the Season!

So it's already been a hectic month full of fun festivities. A week ago or so my parents and I took the kids to the aquarium. They both loved it. Katelynn especially loved the colorful froggies she found. It was fun to see Timmy's reaction to all the fish. I will post some pics plus a couple extra. Katelynn got a new Rudolph shirt that she loves and wanted to show it off. Rudolph is her favorite character at the moment and she is consistently singing the song. Today we are attempting Santa. Katelynn wants to tell him what she wants for Christmas. I'll post some pics of that a little later. Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season.

El Mirage

We went camping again this weekend. This time we went to El Mirage. It's a dried up lake bed in the desert. A great place to bring your off road toys. Dan and our friend jim were able to ride their dirt bikes so they were happy and the kids got to play in the dirt all weekend so they were happy as well. We had some great weather but it did get a little cold at night. About the mid 30s. Luckily we had a heater in the trailer. The wind kicked up pretty bad by Sunday but We were leaving that day anyway. Enjoy the pics!

Costumes

This year for Halloween Katelynn is Nemo and Timmy is Squirt. Nemo is Katelynn's second favorite thing and after a little persuading, I managed to talk her out of being a frog and being Nemo so she and her brother could be something together. Timmy had his Halloween party for his mommy and me school so I snapped some shots of the 2 of them in their costumes. Dan and I dressed up this year as well. It was fun to dress up and go to a friend of mine's Halloween party yesterday. We figured out that it had been about 9 years since we wore costumes. Enjoy the pics!

More "Pun-key" Patches

That is what Timmy calls pumpkins...."Punkeys". Anyway since Katelynn's preschool has a pumpkin patch right next door we have visited it a couple times this year. Timmy is so funny because he loves pumpkins for some reason so he was just running around touching all the pumpkins and having fun. We went into the petting zoo where both of them just had a blast with the animals. Katelynn didn't ever want to leave the cage. It was fun except for cleaning the messes off our shoes. :(

Desert Camping

This past weekend we took our trailer to the desert with another family so that the guys could ride their dirt bikes and the kids could play in the dirt. Timmy is such a boy, the minute he saw our friend's mini bike, he immediately tried to climb on it. Dan took him for a ride on it and he was hooked. Katelynn was in her element, playing in the dirt and rocks with her friend Adam. She was dirty within 5 minutes of getting out of the truck. It was my first experience of camping in the desert. I was a little worried at first but it was actualy really neat. We had one great day out there but unfortunately the winds kicked up the next morning and we had to leave a day early. The kids actually didn't care about the wind too much it was us adults who didn't like it. Enjoy the pics I have posted from the trip!

Apple Picking

This past weekend we went Apple picking out at Oak Glen Orchards off the 10 freeway. It was a new and fun experience for all of us. On the way back we found a Pumpkin Patch where you can pick your own pumpkin off the vine, which was also a new experience for us since most pumpkin patches around here have pumpkins already off the vine and are way over priced. All this outdoor stuff was right up Katelynn and Timmy's alley. They had a blast. Enjoy the pics!

Timmy's Update

Timmy will be 2 years old in December. He is such a big boy now and tries to do big boy things all the time to keep up with his sister. He is talking pretty well now. Sometimes he makes up his own words for things but for the most part we all know what he is saying. For instance he calls a doggy a "dee". He is starting to make 2 word sentences for example if something fell down on the ground like a toy he will say " ball.....down". Timmy wants to grow up faster then he is suppossed to and will try all kinds of things that Katelynn never did at his age. It might just be the boy in him as well. I, on the other hand, would like to keep him a baby as long as possible.

Katelynn's update

Katelynn is now 3 1/2 years old. She started preschool last month and she loves it. It's neat for her to come home and tell us everything she played with and learned. She loves to read books and her passion is still Frogs. She wants nothing to do with anything girly like dolls and princesses. She is all about the animals and bugs, and anything to do with the outdoors.

Hello Everyone!

Hello All,
I thought I would set up blog for you all to come out and take a look every now and again. I have a myspace account but most of you do not and since I have not figured out my camera software to email pictures, I figured you would all enjoy this blog. I will periodically send out updates for you all to come out and take a look.