Jake's Bday

Jake and his friend Andrew both turned 3 within a week of each other, so we joined up for a birthday party at Chuck E Cheese. It was a lot of fun for the kids, and a little exhausting for the parents. I guess as the kids get older, the parties become more about them then us..bummer!

Christmas Photos

Christmas Tree

We went to get our tree this year, but when we got to the lot almost all the trees were gone. The only decent one left was 9ft tall! Everyone else was buying those little tabletop trees and we come trucking through with this huge tree. It was actually a little embarrassing. They almost couldn't fit it through the netting wrap thing. I kept saying I really wanted a 6ft tree, but they don't have any. Jake had to help Daddy put it on the car. Now it is finally home, but a week later we still need to decorate it.

Santa

Our neighborhood puts on a Christmas event each year. This was the first year we went, and the boys loved it. It was so nice to not have to wait in line for Santa. Jake kept playing with his beard. They also had carolers, caricatures, face painting, and crafts. I went early thinking there would be a crowd and we were the only ones. It was great!

Spaghetti Face

Everyone has to have one of these pictures in their collection! His smile just kills me!

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.