Disneyland w/ the Werts

We went to Disneyland with our friends and the kids had so much fun. My friend made reservations for a character breakfast. As we ate breakfast different characters would come around and visit. It beats hunting them down in the park and standing in line. Ty kept kissing them, and biting their noses (sorry Minnie) at times. The rides were great as usual. It was also nice to go with another couple, since us adults got to take a couple rides too!

Girls Getaway

Hey a post about me! Yes, thanks to my girlfriends I get to have a life of my own at times. We actually got to have a weekend away with no kids or hubbies. We always have so much fun together. I don't know what I would do without them.

Ty Dancing

Halloween

Jake was Bob the Builder this year and Ty was a spider. We trick or treated at all the grandparents (all 4 sets) the night before Halloween, and then went around our neighborhood on Halloween. Jake loved handing out candy. We set up a microphone and speaker to scare all the kids, and Jake would pick it up and say "Happy Halloween" in a scary voice...soooo cute! These pics are from playgroup when we attempted to take a pic of all the kids together. Yeah right :( So these are cropped from the group pic...sorry gals! The top looks sweet, but the bottom picture is what we are use to seeing. I feel like I am constantly saying "Be soft Jake" all day long! You can see Ty is use to it.

Pumpkin Patch

We headed off to the Pumpkin Patch as we have the last 2 years with our playgroup. It seems to get more chaotic each year as the kids become more mobile. We weren't even able to get a group pic, because the kids wouldn't sit for even a moment. We still had a great time, and felt it was worth it. We went on the pony ride (Ty looks like such a big boy) and hay ride, ate some BBQ, and picked out a pumpkin.

Jake ABCs

Cape Cod

Matt's dad and stepmom took the whole family to Cape Cod for a week. We had a great time! We got to go to Nantucket, Provincetown, and Plymouth Rock. It was beautiful there! Matt's dad held a Memorial Service for Matt's grandma and her ashes were put to rest with Matt's grandpa.

It was a lot of work with the two boys. They were off their normal routines and diet which equaled complete chaos a lot of the time. This plus Jake in the midst of his terrible twos was quite challenging...and we got to deal with it in front of the whole family. We stayed in the same house. It was great birth control for our younger brother and sisters.

Ty's 1st Birthday

We had such a great time at Ty's birthday party. It was a messy theme and the kids seemed to enjoy getting messy. It was a great time to hang out with family and friends.

My Big Boy

I cannot believe how big my Ty-ty is getting. I thought this was the cutest thing. He is such a sweet boy and he's got a smile that makes my heart melt.

Attack of the Peacocks

Down the street from our house are a ton of peacocks. Jake loves to go and visit them. They are beautiful. The last time we went we were watching about 30 of them pecking at the ground. I took out some goldfish crackers to give to Ty and when I looked up all of them started marching toward us. I was really getting scared. I picked Jake up and tried to act like everything was fine. I pushed Ty in the stroller with one hand and carried Jake with the other. It only occured to me later I could have thrown the goldfish down and they would have left us alone. One or two following us would have been cute, but not 30! I learned my lesson!