30 days

I'm jumping on the 30 day bandwagon to get myself out of my blogging funk! You can join in as well at Marine Parents. 

Day 1 – a recent photo of you

Day 2 – your favorite song

Day 3 – your favorite movie

Day 4 – a photo of you as a child

Day 5 – your favorite television program

Day 6 – your favorite book

Day 7 – a picture of you and the person you have been closest with the longest

Day 8 – your favorite quote

Day 9 – your dream house (description or photo!)

Day 10 – a photo that makes you happy

Day 11 – a photo that makes you angry/sad

Day 12 – something you are OCD about

Day 13 – a description of what's currently in your handbag/purse/diaper bag!

Day 14 – a photo of a person you’d love to trade places with for a day

Day 15 – a photo of yourself and a new friend you met this year

Day 16 – a song that makes you cry

Day 17 – your favorite website

Day 18 – a photo of your favorite memory

Day 19 – a picture of somewhere you’d like to travel

Day 20 – a talent of yours

Day 21 – a hobby of yours

Day 22 – a photo of your wedding/future wedding plans

Day 23 – a photo of something that has made a huge impact on your life recently

Day 24 – a recipe

Day 25 – your worst habit

Day 26 – a photo of where you live

Day 27 – a photo of someone you could never imagine your life without

Day 28 – your hopes, dreams, plans for the next 365 days

Day 29 – a picture of something you want to do before you die

Day 30 – it's Christmas Eve! post a photo of what's under your tree this year!



A Birthday Pumpkin Patch Adventure

The day of Micah and Hallie's 3rd birthday I decided we needed do something a little out of the ordinary.  We weren't actually celebrating until the next weekend and Tyson had work followed by class that evening so it was just me and the munchkins for the full day.  So I decided to take advantage of the clear day and hit up the local pumpkin patch.  Here's our adventure...

Music Time

**I wrote this post in 2009, but for some reason it wasn't posted, we've misplaced Hallie's cd and will be ordering another.  Read on for more info- they're great! You won't be disappointed... maybe just a little annoyed with the songs you'll have stuck in your head, but your kids will love them!"

My aunt Donna gave Micah and Hallie these wonderful personalized cds about a year ago. We've listened to them almost daily since we received them and each time they have come on Micah and Hallie love them! We had a little lapse in listening (a couple weeks) and just started listening to them again... the result was delightful! Micah had a huge grin and started 'dancing' ie bouncing up and down in the most uncoordinated fashion imaginable. Hallie went straight into her 'dancing' ie. Night and the Roxbury head bob and arm wave. Anyway you look at it, they love these cds, which have 12 songs all personalized with their name within the song. Thought I would share the link with you so you, they really are great cds!

So visit http://kidsjukeboxinc.com/ and order your own! :)

Happy Halloween!

Meet the self-proclaimed "Mr. Conductor" and "Princess"

We sadly missed out on Saturday's Trunk-or-Treat due to an untimely stomach flu, but joined in on the neighborhood Halloween party and stopped by a few houses this evening.  The kids had a great time and were so excited to dress up!  We let them chose their costumes this year, their requests started with a train and butterfly, but Hallie quickly changed her mind and wanted to be a princess and Micah somewhere along the line decided he wanted to be "Mr. Conductor" as he calls himself.

naptime conversation

Real time conversation...

M- what do you need?

H- i need a book

M- you have to be happy, tomorrow you can have a book, you have to listen

M- ok i'm tired good night
closes door

M- it's not time to wake up yet.

H- are you awake?

H- can i play in your bedroom?

M- I have my trains in here. i have hero of the rails, see.

H- i want to play with hero of the rails

H- want to play in my bedroom?

M- no your bedroom is scary

H- can i play in your bedroom?

M- see you can play with more cars, see this is hero of the rails, he needs to be like this.

H- what's this one?

M- I'm playing with hero, do you want Thomas

H- Is this one ouchies?

M- you want to talk to her?

M- no, "mine name is Thomas, what's your name?"

M- That's the number one

H- woa, dancing dancing dancing, wanna close the door?

The door closed. Time to go bust this party up! :)

**This has been a frequent nap time occurrence lately, just had to document!**

M and H turn 3

 We celebrated Micah and Hallie's actual birthday at Red Robin.  They loved the balloons, ice cream, and were stunned by the singing.  Neither moved a muscle throughout the whole song. 

My family came to visit over their birthday weekend.  It was rainy and gloomy all weekend, but we managed to have fun with make shift decorations and dance party. 

A day at the zoo with Hallie

Tyson and Micah went away for the weekend and while they were away Hallie and I spent the afternoon at the Point Defiance Zoo. It was fun to let her run the show and let her pick where she wanted to spend her time.  It was still a little chilly so the zoo was virtually empty which made for an incredibly enjoyable afternoon.