Santa Clause is coming to town!

This year was a very special year! It's the first year Owen truly knew what was going on.

He was so excited to see Santa Clause...Santa asked what he wanted for Christmas,

Owen said, "I want Toy Story 1 & 2!"

Santa asked, "What else would you like for Christmas?"

"Toy Story 2 & 1!!!" Owen responded.

Santa Laughed and told Owen "it's a good thing you're not a ham." With a wink at mom ;)The funny thing is though...we already have Toy Story 1 & 2...twice...thanks Vern ;)

So Santa will be bringing Owen some Toy Story toys for Christmas.

Samantha did great! Other than we couldn't get a smile out of her. And until she turned and looked at Santa she was fine. But then the screaming started! Hehehe :) The girls taking the pictures, were worried that these were the best photos they'd gotten. We thought geeze! We're happy to have ones without her screaming! ;)

Bathtime Girl!

Just thought I'd share some fun bathtime playtime with you all!

Needless to say, she loves bathtime! And well Owen loves screaming :)

Babies at Play!

Just some fun things we've been up to....Samantha isn't big on the Johnny Jumper, so we've scratched that toy...thank goodness we got alot of use out of it with Owen!
This here is one of the most obnoxious toys that Samantha has...Thank you Vicky ;)...It's also her favorite toy.

And here is Owen jumpin in front of the camera....apparently he inherited this from me....and Grandpa Gus :)

So this is how we get things done around the house :)

She doesn't seem to mind though!

So Vicky moved out on to her own and now the Samantha has her own room. We tried putting them both in a room together. The first night was fabulous...the second...well...let's just say Owen got his own room too!

But Sissy's room is his favorite place to hang out still....gee I wonder why? Perhaps it's clean....uhum....Owen Clean Up Your Toys! :)

Super cute Kodak moments all the time.

I mean how cute is this :) !

This is Samantha's first cookie & first solid food! She made the icky face every time she stuck it in her mouth, & gagged a thousand times. But wouldn't quit eating it!

Again...Owen jumping in front of the camera :) Attention hog much?! We have so much fun every day & every day something new is learned or found....I LOVE BEING A MOM!

Oh Christmas Tree

So this year we decided to change it up a bit, from Blue and White to Red and Purple. It was my idea, but the wonderful husband Jim is, he didn't argue. :) Owen was soooo excited to put the tree up! He knew that Thanksgiving meant Christmas was coming. So all day Thursday he was asking for his Christmas Tree. But we made him wait till Friday :)
Needless to say he was so very happy!

Let me tell you, I had to wait till he went to bed to re-arrange some of the ornaments. Because they were all bunched up right there in front of Owen ;)

But he had so much fun, I didn't want to ruin it so we let him do it. Thank goodness for plastic pretty ornaments!

Samantha was loving the lights of course. But most of all she wanted to eat the tinsel. Shiny**

No really Jim was having fun that night! :)

Just the Boys says Owen

His favorite part, Jim's that is! He loves being the daddy!

Owen didn't go to bed till 9:30 that night, gee I wonder why! Too much excitement!!!

This is what we did alot of. Samantha doesn't like to be left out. And she'd rather chew on the attachment to her binky leash, rather than the binky!?

Words CANNOT describe how amazing my family is. And how much fun we all have together! I am so lucky to have them all in my life!

Oh yah....Mommy's nutcracker.......

Jim and I were talking after all the chaos of decorating, and weren't "really" paying attention to what Owen was doing. Jim looked down and saw that Owen was playing with Mommy's Nutcracker. And if you know me, my nutcracker is a fav of mine. So Jim got after Owen and then immediately started laughing. I looked over wondering what was so funny. Well apparently Owen decided that the Nutcracker needed to suck on something!!!! ROFLOL!!! I was crying with laughter! Again a reminder of why I have children, for entertainment value ;)

The aftermath :) Exhaustion!

Trick or Treat!

So this is the first year that Owen truly knew what Halloween is. He'd been asking all month long when he gets to go trick or treating. I had gotten their costumes about a week and half early and Owen wore it off and on the whole time. So by the time the day came, he decided that he didn't want to be a pirate anymore....well too bad that's what I had. I had to tell him that if he wanted to go trick or treating he had to be a pirate. Then it was ok :) It was so cute when the first person he had to trick or treat from came up. He was almost confused. But as soon as that candy hit his bucket, he was asking everyone for trick or treats. We ended up going to the town of Arlington and treating in town. They had a park full of Trunk or Treaters and every small business that was opened was handing out candy as well.

Yes that's a 5 o'clock shadow!

And a mustach :)

Little baby pirate girl! She was a hit of course.

I mean really, who could resist that smile!?

Awe the candy. He was asking all the way to Fred Meyer if he could have any. I told him he had to wait till we got home. But first we had to make a stop and Fred's and visit "T" and decorate a cake.

When he got his little paws on the sprinkles it was all over.

He kept telling me, "Mom I really really loovve sprikles!"

And spiders!

We ran into "T" while we were decorating and I took the opportunity to take a kodak moment. Vicky was a Military girl...I'm not sure which branch. But she was super cute!

The final product, needless to say I didn't eat any of it later ;op

After we were done treating and docorating we got home and the kids played off the sweets and sugars(well Owen did) and I thought they were so cute I didn't want to take them out of their costumes yet.

My little posy girl...she knows that the camera is out!

AARRG Maty :)

ICK!

It's been a while since I've had to drive in the rain...at night....I forgot how much I hate it! We've had such a wonderful summer, I almost felt like I didn't live in Washington for a while! But I got a nice reminder. And well, it doesn't look like it will let up for a while....like until next June! BLAH! It was 2pm and I was starting dinner....because it was so dark I thought it was more like 5pm....then I realized that no one was home from work yet and well, cartoons were still on the TV....hmmmm...can I get July back PALEEEEEAAAZE!?!?!

Owen's 3rd Birthday Party!

So I cannot believe my little baby boy is 3! Well technically not until Monday, but who likes Monday birthday parties? And well Owen has been counting down the days...I'm sure he would have exploded if he had to wait two more days :)!So we started out the day with a big surprise!
He had no problem asking for more presents when he was done.

His first Choo-choo train! He loves it so much...all morning I heard Chugga chugga chugga choo choo! So cute!

And Owen's first calendar from "T"(Vicky) It was Blue's Clues...who knew that after three years he would still love that Blue Puppy dog and dorky 30 year old man singing in the T.V!?

So Owen asked for a Pirate Cake for his Birthday...I figured I would take a stab at making my own cake...I'm actually proud of the outcome! And it was delicious! Thank you Betty crocker ;) The bakery manager at Fred Meyer gave me the black gel frosting and the idea of the chocolate gold coins....I came up with the rest. And yes that yellow square is supposed to be a treasure chest :)

Chuck e cheese! Wow it was loud and insane, but so much fun to watch Owen. He didn't know quite what to make of it all when we walked in.

He was scared of the sharks! Jim and I ended up playing the game, but then Madalin showed up and she showed him how to have fun!

Jungle gym....

Games, games, games! Oh my goodness! We got there at 2pm and left at 5:30pm!

Spoiled boy got his own Black and Decker tool set Drill and all! A pet Dinosaur, baseball/bat,drawing kit, and so much more!

Later the kids decided to play with the TV they had set up for kids...

it was so cute to watch them dance!

Samantha had to get in on that too ;)

With Vicky's help :)

And this is the aftermath :) He crashed so hard and well so did Vicky apparently! Now all Owen talks about it Chuck E Cheese....Games and Birthday Cake....And I'm sure I'll be hearing about it for the next two weeks.