the life of the leals through Aron's eyes

Daddy

2012-01-15T20:57:00.000-08:00

Daddy took a week and a half of work during Christmas. It was so fun. We played all day. I was so sad when we both had to go back to work...until next vacation....

Uncle Alex

2012-01-15T20:56:00.000-08:00

Uncle Alex is home. We love Uncle Alex. When he drives by, Mommy says it is like a moviestar is coming, the way we shout and scream. Uncle Alex plays with us, picks us up from school, takes us to school, reads to us, rides his skateboard with us, plays video games with us and sometimes babysits us.

I love Uncle Alex so much I drew a picture of him and me together. I asked Mommy if he was dark like Daddy...

Silly Girl

2012-01-15T20:53:00.001-08:00

Brothers don't shake hands, Brothers Hug!

2012-01-15T20:52:00.000-08:00

Wilsey and I are best friends, best friends. We love to play together. We play all the time and we usually get along pretty well. Well, one week a few weeks back, we hit a rough patch in our relationship. We could not stop bickering and tattling on each other. Mommy and Daddy had enough and made us "hug it out". Daddy said we had to hug until we could be nice. Finally, Will said, "I am sorry I kicked you in the head earlier today." Unfortunately, all I could come up with was, "My arms hurt."
Daddy said I had to come up something nicer and I told Wilsey I liked him. Which is true, for the most part.

When the Lights go Down in the City...

2012-01-15T20:48:00.000-08:00

One night after Christmas, Mommy got us all jazzed to see the "zoolights" at the Oakland Zoo. The zoo puts lights all over and has a light show. We were so excited, we were singing songs about it on the way. As we pulled up to the zoo, however, we thought it was very dark for a light show. We had never been, but it didn't take long to realize something was wrong! The electricity was out. Oh the Disappointment! Luckily, we have a smart Daddy who decided we should see the beautiful lights of the Temple and get hot chocolate. It became a fun night.

Two nights later we went to the zoolights. It did not disappoint. It was fun to see how many lights there were. We went to everything there was to see. We even went to the play area and played in the dark. My favorite exhibit is usually the alligators, but it was so dark we could not see. We went right up to the tank and Mommy fumbled with her phone to get the flashlight to work. When the light went on.... the alligator was RIGHT there staring at us...eek!

Sarah's Christmas

2012-01-15T17:39:00.000-08:00

This Christmas was great for Sarah, she finally received some "girly" things. And she immediately took to them. She got dolls and a doll's bed, and a stroller. She loves putting her babies to sleep and giving them sippy cups or bottles. She also got girly things to dress up in. She loves her tiaras, necklaces, hats, and backpacks. She is a happy little clam!

Sarah also got a Princess Bed from a friend. And we got a mattress from Oma. It was amazing how it was shipped. It came rolled up like a sleeping bag, but when it opened, it was a real-size mattress!! Anyway, Sarah loves her princess bed.

Christmas with Grandpa

2012-01-15T16:20:00.000-08:00

We went straight from Oli's to Grandpa's house. We spent the night and then had Christmas with Grandpa, Lynne, and Auntie Jenise. We loved just hanging out with Lynne in her comfy bed and watching shows or playing on her iPhone!!

Christmas Dinner

2012-01-15T16:13:00.000-08:00

We had Christmas dinner at my cousin Oli's house. We opened presents and played, played, played. It was fun. Nana got her first picture with all 7 of her grandkids!!

Christmas Day

2012-01-15T16:04:00.000-08:00

We woke up Christmas Day and Santa had been there. It was great and Nana came over to open stockings with us!! We had a great time giving and getting presents. I also noticed Santa didn't finish his cookies and so I finished them off for him! Sharing germs with Santa, that's okay, right?

Christmas Eve Dinner

2012-01-15T12:53:00.000-08:00

We spent Christmas Eve at Nana's house. She has a party every year for her friends. We got to play with our cousins and Nana's new bed. It goes up and down and massages - so fun. Mommy and Daddy always forgets that there is nothing to eat for kids at her parties, so once again we ate dinner out on Christmas Eve. This year's winner - McDonalds!! We were happy. Before we went home we cruised the streets and looked at some of the cool lights. A couple of the neighborhoods had Luminaries and some pretty cool displays. When we got home, Mommy and Daddy let us have a picnic in the family room. Afterwards we set up the chairs and watched Polar Express and ate popcorn. When we were done, we set up the cookies and milk for Santa and waited....

Broadway Plaza

2011-12-20T00:13:00.000-08:00

Tonight we continued our tradition of going to Broadway Plaza for dinner, a new ornament, and hot chocolate. Will and I decided not to take naps beforehand and sure enough, fell asleep on the way. Luckily, Uncle Alex was there to make sure we were not grumpy.

We had dinner at CPK, then we each picked out our ornaments. It was painful this year, we were all so excited, we couldn't decide. Since Will likes Dinosaurs, Mommy showed him the Dinosaur Train one. Well, I ended up taking that and then Will couldn't decide. He finally ended up with a Scooby Doo one because he really wanted one that made noise. Sarah got a "Tinka bel" one. After fooling around in that store, we got our coveted hot chocolates. We were so happy!

Poor Mommy, she shouldn't try to take pictures and drink!

I am 6!!

2011-12-20T00:05:00.000-08:00

I had an awesome birthday. It started on Wednesday when Nana picked me up from school with balloons, took me to Toys R Us and McDonalds for lunch. I got to pick out my presents and the employees at Toys R Us sang to me over the loud speaker and gave me a balloon. I came home and acted like it was no big deal. I picked out Hex Bugs. I gave 2 to Will and now we play together.

On Friday, Mommy made me breakfast, everyone sang to me, and I blew out the infamous Lightning McQueen candle. I went to school in my pajamas because it was PAJAMA DAY!! So exciting (so much so, I forgot underwear!)

Later I met my friends at Jump Sky High - Owen, Brady, Luke, Lexi, Brock, Will, and Randall. We had fun jumping for an hour . We ran around and jumped like maniacs.

Then we went to my house, and busted the pinata. You might recognize the pinata from Halloween. Yes, it is my Halloween Lego Man mask and yes, I am all right with it. Mommy and Daddy think it was a fitting end to the costume.

After that, we ate green cupcakes with yellow Lego men. Then we ran around some more like maniacs. Everyone took home crayons shaped like Lego Men and a set of Legos to build. I love being 6!!

Performances

2011-12-19T23:56:00.000-08:00

Will and I both had school performances this year. Luckily, they were scheduled for different days. At both performances, we sang holiday songs and had parties afterwards. Grandpa came to see both. Below is a picture of Will when he saw Grandpa. Both Will and I performed the same - when it was a song we liked, we performed. When we were not interested, we made it clear! In fact, I yawned during parts, ate my sweater, and danced like a maniac! Fun for Mommy!

Auntie Jenise's Party

2011-12-19T23:51:00.000-08:00

Every year we go to Auntie Jenise's Holiday Party. It is great, we have pizza, juice, chips. Then Santa comes and brings us presents. This year Santa brought us books, Daddy thought this was a lame idea, but as you can tell from the pictures, we thought otherwise. We were very happy with Santa's decision.

After Santa comes, the kid all get dressed in our PJs and watch a movie while the adults do their gift exchange. I was very curious about it this year and kept sneaking upstairs. It seemed pretty lame. Below is a picture of Mommy losing the large serving jar she wanted...she ended up with a nice pitcher and glasses, she is very happy...

Preschool Visit to the Fire Station

2011-12-12T20:47:00.000-08:00

Visiting Santa

2011-12-12T20:44:00.001-08:00

Mommy hates to say this, but we rarely do anything in our hometown of Conord, CA. They do not do things well. But this year, I think they did a pretty good job at the Christmas Tree lighting. We were able to go to Todos Santos Park, listen to music and wait in line to meet Santa. They handed out buttons that lit up. Santa let us take our own pictures, which is what Mommy likes to do. He was very nice and listened to us. Then we went ice skating on the "non ice" rink. I had fun and Wilsey even gave it a try. Daddy didn't like it, said it was like skating on a cutting board. We had fun anyway and went to a great dinner after (with ice cream!)

Notice Santa's chair is missing a piece??

Deflated Snowmen - so Concord!

Our Christmas Tree

2011-12-12T20:43:00.001-08:00

This year, we were going for a fake tree, to save money. When suddenly Mommy found a Groupon for a tree at our local lot. We were disappointed in the lot last year, but thought for the price it would be nice to have the smell of a real tree. Wow! The Groupon trees were great and we were very happy with our tree and service. We were so excited and Daddy let us sit in his back area while they tied the tree to the car.

The next night we decorated the tree for FHE and had a great time. We got about half of the tree done and then we were DONE!

Art

2011-12-12T20:42:00.001-08:00

Thanksgiving in Mariposa

2011-12-12T20:08:00.001-08:00

We went to Mariposa for Thanksgiving. We actually went for a whole 5 days. This is the longest trip we have been on since we went to Oregon and let me tell you, it wasn't any better. Will and I were asking, "Are we there yet?" after 20 minutes and Sarah screamed for the last hour!

However, when we got there, it was fun. Although we were upset there was no snow, Kelsie came and Uncle Alex came from Idaho! We had fun coloring, playing marbles, reading, and burning stuff. I also did the most heavy lifting I have ever done (or will do!)

Thanksgiving at Grandpa's House

2011-12-11T18:39:00.001-08:00

Because we went to Mariposa for Thanksgiving, my Grandpa wanted to have an early Thanksgiving with us. We all met at Grandpa's house early and played. Lynne and Auntie Jenise were there and all my cousins! We had fun chasing each other, playing games, reading books, and watching all the cool programs Lynne DVR'ed!!

The "Happy Face"

2011-12-11T17:06:00.001-08:00

Sarah's First Haircut

2011-11-08T14:17:00.000-08:00

Mommy is a very impulsive person. This sometimes gets her into trouble. She lucked out this time. We were having family pictures taken on Saturday, so Mommy decided to get our haircuts. She always takes us to Great Clips on Oak Grove. We love it. Mommy had always planned to let Sarah's hair grow, it was getting long! But as Wilsey's pointed out, "we were looking like 'ragamuffins'." So, Mommy impulsively decided to cut Sarah's hair that day. Sarah is used to coming with us to get our haircuts, and she usually just plays and gets a lollipop for no reason. When Mommy put her on the chair, she did not like it, but she didn't wiggle a lot and she loved when the water was sprayed on her hair. She knew she would get a lollipop, so it was all worth it and Mommy is much happier!! She looks fantastic!

Halloween Festivities

2011-11-08T14:13:00.000-08:00

Halloween, Wilsey and I decided on our costumes months ago and because they are not typical costumes, Mommy and Daddy had to make them. Wilsey wanted to be Shouka the Killer Whale and I wanted to be a Lego Person. Mommy sewed Wilsey's and Daddy made mine. He worked so hard and it looked so good!! Sarah varied between Dora, Wonder Woman, and Belle.

So, Halloween was on a Monday night this year and our festivities began on Friday with our Ward's Trunk or Treat. We had a great time playing games, making cookies, and going from Trunk to Trunk. Sarah started as Dora, switched to Wonder Woman and ended as Dora. I dropped my Lego Head that night, so there was a little repair that had to happen before we left.

On Monday, we had a party at school and a parade. It was so fun. The kids all thought I was so cool.

Will had a party and parade at his school too. Daddy went to this. He took a lot of pictures but they are not working on our computer for some reason (Daddy wants a new computer). Mommy came to Wilsey's party late and got this shot of Shouka and the geisha, Lexi.

That night we had our friends over to Trick or Treat. Will saw that our friend, Owen was Batman, so he decided to be Batman too. Sarah decided to be Belle and we all thought she looked beautiful! We got a lot of candy, and the Pumpkin Fairy came again. She took our candy and we were able to go shopping at Toys R Us.

Pumpkins...cont.

2011-11-08T14:03:00.000-08:00

We found time to carve pumpkins two nights before Halloween. Funny we found time to go to the Pumpkin Patch 3 gazillion (my new favorite number) times, but we waited until the last minute to carve!! I was excited about waiting because I was very concerned about the 'rotting' I had heard about.

This was the first year that Will and I were really in charge of our pumpkins - we sliced out the top, cleaned out most of the seeds, designed our faces and carved! It was great.

Sarah chose to paint hers, as did Mommy and Daddy carved is HUGE pumpkin.

Will is 4!!

2011-10-30T14:45:00.000-07:00

Wilsey also had what felt like a month long birthday celebration. Will's birthday started on his birthday, October 18 and ended October 28. Will has had a love of whales ever since he saw "Shouka" at 6 Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo. So, everything has been about whales. His Halloween costume is Shouka and his birthday was Shouka themed.

He had a morning birthday celebration, then a party at "Pump it UP" with his friends, then our cousins came over on the the weekend, then school celebrated his birthday. What a lucky guy!!

Pumpkins, Pumpkins, Pumpkins

2011-10-30T14:31:00.000-07:00

The last month has also included 4 trips to the Pumpkin Patch. Will and I both had field trips to the Pumpkin Patch - mine to Smith Family Farm, his to Clayton Valley Pumpkin Patch. We also went as a family at night. The trains and games were all closed at night, so luckily, Oma needed to go back and buy pumpkins for her work, so we went back to do all the fun things.

Sarah

2011-10-30T14:17:00.000-07:00

This last month has been big for Sarah too. She has really become very girly, but still very much interested in what we do. She loves Dora and Princesses. She finally took a swan dive out of her bed, so Mommy put up her big girl bed, without even taking down her crib! She also is going in the potty and picking out her own clothes. I love my little sister.

More Baseball

2011-10-30T14:11:00.000-07:00

This past month has been all about baseball too. I have really been learning how to really play the game. I get pretty frustrated at times, but I have asked to play again in the Spring. I decided I like playing catcher and first base. I also LOVE hitting. I finally got a "descent" bat and have been hitting really well. Mommy and Daddy's bat from Target was not as good as the ones special ordered by other Mommies and Daddies on the team. Luckily, my coach gave us one of his "old" bats and my hitting improved.

Will and Sarah also learned to love the games. They met lots of friends (other siblings forced to come to games), played, and enjoyed the many specialties of the "Snack Shack". Will has decided he wants to play next year too! We will be on the same team!

What Happened to the Leals?

2011-10-30T14:04:00.000-07:00

Well, we haven't blogged in a long time... but man have we been busy. For the first part of this last month, it was all about Mommy and Daddy. Will, Sarah and I were just along for the ride and in some cases, not along at all!!

Mommy ran in a big relay race called the "Ragnar". She and 11 others ran from San Francisco to Napa in 24 hours. They hardly slept but definitely ate! It was smelly in the end, but Mommy had a great time!

A couple weeks after the Ragnar, Oma and Nana tagged team taking care of us kids while Mommy and Daddy went on a "business trip". We heard they were having fun and having dinner in fancy places, but we never found out where they went. When they got home, and gave us presents, it finally hit me and I asked, "Did you go to DISNEYLAND WITHOUT US????" They are still keeping silent...

Baseball

2011-09-13T21:00:00.000-07:00

First of all, let's just say when it comes to team sports, Mommy and Daddy feel clueless. They always find out after the fact about sign-ups - when I come home talking about other kids' teams. I have always wanted to play baseball, but well...

Mommy and Daddy went on a Little League website to find out when sign ups for the Spring were and they discovered "Fall Ball" - a great introduction to baseball. Unfortunately, the site did not include 5 year olds. Luckily, Mommy had a friend who belongs to a league that starts young. Mommy called right away and signed me up! Of course we were a "late add", but that doesn't matter. I am a Pirate!! I am so excited. I love being on a team. I have no idea what is going on, but it is great. The outfield tends to be boring, but I love batting. I always have the biggest smile on my face. The best part was cheering for the other team and giving them "hi fives" and then getting snack at the end.

After my first game, we met some friends at Rankin Park in Martinez. They have a great water feature. There are slides, spray, and a dump bucket. The dump bucket was a little freaky in the beginning, but my friends and I got used to it and joined right in. Sarah and Will, on the other hand, hated the dump bucket the whole time and stayed as far away as possible! We were begging to go back again before we even left. Unfortunately, Mommy found out about this place too late also - it closes next weekend...

Water Slide

2011-09-13T20:43:00.001-07:00

Will and I were a little depressed that Oma, Daddy and Uncle Alex went to Idaho without us. We were even more depressed when we found out Uncle Alex was staying to go to school - who will build Legos with us?? Mommy cheered us up by taking us in the pool everyday and then bringing Oma's slide to the pool!! It was so fun. I went in over and over. So did Sarah. Will took a little more convincing. He sent all of his new dinosaurs down, made sure they made it okay. Then he sent himself down! He loved it!!

Mommy's Birthday

2011-09-12T21:16:00.000-07:00

Mommy's Birthday fell on my "Back to School Night", so she didn't get much of a celebration. However, Daddy did let her sleep in on a SCHOOL DAY, we made her a sign on our easel, she got cool presents, and we got her a card with high -pitched voices telling jokes!! She also got her favorite dessert "It's It's". We tried them, but we really wanted cake...

No More Binky

2011-09-12T21:13:00.000-07:00

I think this day was harder for Mommy than Will. Because when Mommy suggested giving Will's "me me"s to the me me fairy and getting a toy, Will knew exactly what he wanted! No convincing, no long explanations. She had waited until after all his surgeries and complications, putting it off, putting it off. Well, he did it and he loves his "Take Away Me Me" Dinosaurs!!

BIG DAY

2011-09-04T23:32:00.000-07:00

We had a HUGE Saturday and I was excited about it all week. I even told my class about it.

We started Saturday by going to Amelia's birthday party, she is two now like Sarah. We had so much fun playing at Oli's house. We ran around, played, and dared each other to touch worms!! Sarah and Amelia got in trouble together, like usual.

Oh and it was a Dora party and Sarah doesn't have any Dora shirts, so Mommy dressed her like Dora, complete with the backpack!!

After the party, Grandpa took us to the Stanford/ San Jose State game. We had fun; mainly because of all the junk food we ate. But also because at the end of the game, we were able to go on the field. Wilsey and I loved the tree, Oli loved the pom pom girls!!

While we went to the game Mommy and Sarah had some bonding/ fooling around time!!

DONUT

2011-09-04T23:26:00.000-07:00

KINDERGARTEN!!!

2011-09-04T23:16:00.000-07:00

I started Kindergarten last week. It was a big day for me. I attend Woodside Elementary. I have a new teacher named Mrs. Saribay! My Mommy, Nana, and I went shopping before school and I bought a lot of new clothes, a new lunch bag (Mrs. Saribay calls it a lunch pail, hehe), and a new Thermos!! I love lining up each day in front of class, although Mommy caught me biting my nails in front of class, she knew I was nervous, that is what she does!! I also made face with the girls in line...oh no!

My teacher is very nice to me. I have come home excited every day. My Mommy took a lot of pictures the first day. I let her, but the next day I asked her not to do it anymore!! I love going to school and I can't wait to go back next week, after the holiday!!

My brother missed me very much, but played nicely with my sister while I was gone. When I got home we had a great reunion!!

Fly Fishing

2011-08-29T23:06:00.001-07:00

Grandpa took Oli and me fly fishing in Sonoma last week. We had an awesome time. We met our teacher, Rachel. She was so cute. I took to her right away. Like I do with so many of my instructors, I stuck close to her! I also took to the cat that roamed the facility. Grandpa worried I wouldn't try fly fishing because I was obsessed with the cat. But I did and Grandpa says I was actually pretty good. I had good casting techniques and could bring the line in well (there is a technical name for it but Mommy and I can't remember). We didn't catch a fish, even with a stocked pond, but Rachel did and that was cool.

Grandpa let us have fast food for breakfast and lunch, we also went to a park and went miniature golfing. It was a great day and I can't wait to go fishing again!!

Will's Giants Game

2011-08-29T22:45:00.000-07:00

As many of you know, Daddy and I have been attending Giant's games together long before Wilsey arrived. So, you will understand why it came as a shock when Daddy said he was taking Will by himself. WHAT? I mean, I gladly allowed Will to attend games with us...Anyway, Daddy and Will went. I helped Will get ready and of course snuck in the pictures. Daddy got Will a new hat and shirt. Daddy helped him with the customary hat fitting. They had a great time. They went early to get the Tim Lincecom bobble head, but Daddy said the line was all the way to the Bay Bridge and didn't bother -quitter! But Paulette let them in the Press Box and gave them Tootsie Pops. They played on the baseball field and watched the players throw! Daddy and Will ate hot dogs (we call Will's "banana dogs" because he eats just the hot dog and the bun ends up looking like a banana peel), french fries, cotton candy and drank Sprite. Fun! Wilsey had to dance for the cotton candy!! haha!

UFC RING

2011-08-29T22:35:00.000-07:00

Auntie Christine let us borrow her bouncy house for Sarah's party. It wasn't long after the party that we turned it into a UFC ring. Mommy caught us straight up punching each other in the face! HAHAHAHAHA!

Ice Cream Man

2011-08-19T17:32:00.000-07:00

The other night we were all sitting around the table at dinner when we heard a little song jingling in the background. We all stopped and listened. Mommy and Daddy looked at each other and chuckled. Daddy said, "I don't think the kids have ever seen the Ice Cream Man." I quickly corrected him and said, "Yes, we have seen him at the park lots of times. Mommy never gets us anything!" Well, I saw Mommy and Daddy give each other a look and suddenly we were all running outside chasing down the Ice Cream Man. Mommy and Daddy let us pick out whatever we wanted! Wilsey and I got Batman. Sarah got Dora. Mommy and Daddy said we had to finish dinner first. They have never seen us eat so fast. Mommy said she has also never seen that smile on Will's face before... I ate everyone's gumballs!!

Monkey Birthday

2011-08-19T17:25:00.000-07:00

HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY SARAH!

2011-08-09T09:32:00.000-07:00

My sister, Sarah, turned 2 this week. She is so cute. Some people call her "Ya Ya", but she is always Sarah to me. She can be a handful sometimes, but I love to take care of her. I really watch out for her, protect her and help her. She likes to push, Mommy reminds me that I liked to bite, but I do not remember that.

She loves all kinds of sports. She always has to say or do whatever Will and I do. She is so smart. She knows her letters and numbers, not her colors- she thinks everything is green or pink...

She definitely has a sweet tooth and has to be forced to eat vegetables. She is finally liking baby dolls - feeding them, kissing them, giving them milk and "me-mes".

OREGON

2011-08-08T23:36:00.000-07:00

We went to Oregon for a week! I couldn't believe it. Mrs. Bolstad came over one day and said that it would be so fun if we all went with her to Oregon for the week to visit her Mom, Grandma Watsie. I was so excited! However, I soon found out the trip would not include Daddy. I became very concerned for him and his welfare. I thought he would be very lonely. Don't get me wrong, I still wanted to go. But I worried!

We had to drive a long way, but Mrs. Bolstad has a TV in her car so the hours just flew by...but not for Sarah. She screamed a lot!

When we got to Grandma and Grandpa Watsie's house, we played in their boat. We all stayed in their 5th wheel and ran all over their property!

We did so many things in our five days. We went to the fair, rode ponies, saw animals, saw a pirate show where a bird took my money, we rode all the rides we wanted and we saw a PIG RACE!!

The next day we went to Prehistoric Forest and saw replica dinosaurs. Grandma Watsie knew the woman working there, so we got in free, but we made up for it in the Gift Shop - Will got a Killer Whale Purse and a shirt and I got a necklace and a shirt!! We played out front in the creek and had a picnic. Mommy made us re enact a scene from "Tommy Boy". We had to fight and then say, "Look, Prehistoric Forest!".

The next day we went to the Tide Pool. We got to wear boots and go in the water. Will, Owen and I could have stayed all day, but Sarah and Luke could only take so much!

Later that day, we went to a park.

The next day, we went on the Rogue River in a motor boat. It was so cool. We had to wear life vests that said "Jerry's Kids". Mommy cracked up. We saw bear, otter, eagles, osprey, turtles. The boat was fun. We did donuts in the water, and got sprayed!!! It took a long time to get to our destination, luckily we had plenty of snacks and potty jokes to tell each other. We had lunch on the other side of the river, threw rocks in the river (Mommy was so proud, she skipped rocks) and Mrs. Bolstad bought us HUGE ice cream sandwiches!!

The next day we left. We had to do that LONG car trip again. This time we stopped at the "Trees of Mystery" where there was a huge statue of Paul Bunyon and his ox, Babe. Will and I hid while Mommy forced Sarah to take pictures. We also stopped at the Big Foot place and McDonalds where we began our Smurf collection!

Aptos

2011-07-17T20:07:00.000-07:00

We spent the last weekend at the beach - Rio Del Mar. Grandpa and Lynne rented a house on the beach and we stayed with them. It was so much fun! We played at the beach everyday!! We made S'MORES everyday!! Daddy taught us to boogie board. Oli even came down one day and played with us!! Sarah went to the beach ONE DAY. She hated the sand and the waves. From then on, she stayed with Lynne, Auntie Jenise, and Grandpa at the house. She went on walks, ate, and played "GEEMS!"

When we were not at the beach, we were mostly on IPhones playing games!! But we also made friends with our neighbors and they let us play baseball, use their binoculars to see all the seagulls, and shared sand dollars. One day, Grandpa took us to the "Cement Ship" where they have a Marine Center. We looked at fish, tide pools, and ate hot dogs!! Another day, we went to the "Mystery Spot" in Santa Cruz. Mommy has always seen their bumper stickers and wanted to check it out. It turns out it is a place where supposedly something affects the gravity and perception of things. In the Mystery Spot, I was shorter than Wilsey, we watched water roll uphill and balls do the same. Daddy wasn't buying any of it, Mommy bought it all, and Wilsey and I had no idea what was going on! We were just happy with ice cream at the end.

By the time we left the beach, we couldn't stop talking about doing it all again next year!

Fourth of July

2011-07-17T19:49:00.000-07:00

Fourth of July weekend was crazy. Not only did Mommy get the flu, but we did a million things! We went to Brock's birthday, the Ward's Pancake Breakfast, and the Giant's game. It was a lot of fun and we were very busy. At the Pancake Breakfast, we ate yummy pancakes (except the blueberry ones) and we decorate our bikes and rode them around. Right after that, we took BART to the Giant's game. It was so busy, there were so many people. Finally, Mommy came to a game with us which meant we could go on the Coca Cola slide. We were not allowed before because Daddy worried about losing us! While we waited in line, we were able to meet and talk to the organ player!! It was so neat to watch him play!!

When we got home, Mommy and Daddy set up chairs and we watched fireworks from our front yard!!

Swim Lessons

2011-07-17T19:42:00.000-07:00

Will and I took swim lessons this summer. We have been taking swim lessons for a long time, our progress has been slow. However, Mommy says that we have done the best this year. Finally, Will isn't clinging to the steps and I am not just walking on the bottom of the pool. We love our lessons and our teacher, Sarah. "NOT our little sister Sarah, Sarah with the hat and sunglasses." I am even diving off the diving board! When we finished our lessons, we received a certificate with everything we learned, needed to work on, and a lollipop!!

What a Couple Weeks!

2011-06-23T16:44:00.000-07:00

The last 2 weeks started off fine enough. Sure Sarah fell off the chair, but she remained pretty happy and was thrilled with her first band-aid.

A few days later, Will and I were cleaning off the patio for our guests and Will was swinging around the jumprope, when - "WHACK". It hit me. I got my first black eye. I keep calling it a "stye" and I hate the way I look. Mommy knew it was bad when I let her put ice on it, I NEVER let her put ice near me, unless it is a Slurpee. I am okay, but I still have a shiner.

The next day, on our way to get a haircut, Sarah tripped in the parking lot and hit her mouth on the curb. She broke her front tooth! Poor baby. It was bloody and messy, but as soon as the hair cut lady offered her a lollipop BEFORE her appointment, she was fine!!

The two weekswas capped off with the worst bought of stomach flu this family has ever seen. Will and I did not move from the couch for 3 days!! I did not want to eat, barely would drink. Will, on the other hand, talked constantly of food -hot dogs, animal crackers, Cold Stone. I got sick thinking of it! Mommy promised when it was all over, Will could get what he wanted. I just want to be well enough for Cars2!!

Although the weeks were rough, we had fun in between all the chaos - friends, the pool, water fun in the backyard, popsicles...Turns out we only missed the really hotest days that we wouldn't want to go outside anyway!!

Running

2011-06-23T16:10:00.000-07:00

One of the Mommies at Church started a Summer Running Club. Every Monday we meet our friends at the park and run as much as we can. We have these yellow cards that get hole-punched everytime we finish a lap. When we have completed the whole card (5miles), Mommy is going to let us decorate a shirt that says, "Summer Running Club". Since she had to bribe us the first day with snacks, she is not sure whether we will ever finish! Sarah has run just as much as we have - 2 miles in 2 Mondays!

Wake up Sarah!

2011-06-23T16:05:00.002-07:00

Same Ride, Different Experience

2011-06-23T16:05:00.000-07:00

Being Silly

2011-06-23T16:01:00.000-07:00

Hamilton Visit

2011-06-08T16:07:00.000-07:00

Brock and Briggs spent the night last weekend! Auntie Christine and Uncle Brian went to Tahoe for a wedding. We did many things together in one day!! We played Batman. Brock likes to draw, so we drew a lot. He also showed us some football plays on our whiteboard. Brock also brought two movies. I watched "Planet 51" with him. We were scared that is was going to be scary, but Brock took care of us and told us not be scared, "he knew how to take care of little children"! He also brought the "Jungle Book", but I took a nap during that one!

We all slept together in my room and we crashed, but Brock woke up really early!!

While Will, Brock, and I played together, Sarah and Briggs played together. They chased each other, rode on the Rhodies, played dress up, and got in all sorts of mischief. It was fun, we had a blast!!!

It is off to Kindergarten

2011-06-08T15:37:00.000-07:00

Well, I have spent 3 years in preschool and I have attended 3 different preschools. Mommy says she is lucky that I am so easy going, because I totally didn't mind going to all those preschools! But I think she finally got it right with this preschool. I love Teacher DeeDee and all the kids I met. I loved riding bikes and going on all the field trips! I had the best year and now I can't wait for Kindergarten!!

Will's Last Day

2011-06-08T07:39:00.000-07:00

Will finished his last day at preschool last week. He had a great year at Clayton Valley Preschool. On the way to school, we reminiced about his tile on the tile wall, his favorite thing - a Lady and the Tramp dog that he carried around everywhere, and his new friend, Lexi. Mommy was unsure whether Will would have a good time at a preschool, I am sure he did.

Great Nana

2011-06-02T01:17:00.000-07:00

Great Nana went to heaven last weekend. She is in good company with Papa, Opa, and some other wonderful people that I never met. Great Nana was a nice lady. She let us take rides in her walker, she always hugged and kissed us when she saw us. She used to collect M&Ms for us and separate our favorite colors out for each of us. She never minded how much candy we ate, as long as we were happy.

Mommy and Nana are very sad, they miss Great Nana a lot. But Mommy knows Great Nana has created a wonderful legacy of unconditional love that will continue to be passed down.

We love you, Great Nana!!

Chore Charts

2011-06-02T01:10:00.000-07:00

Mommy was really trying to create a sense of intrinsic motivation within Wilsey and myself, unfortunately we didn't get the memo. It was getting harder and harder for Mommy to get us to complete our morning chores in a timely manner. With Kindergarten looming, her fear of us being tardy was taking over, so she created our Chore Charts. Mommy put our chores on a chart with the days of the week, along with our input, on the pictures that went along with our chores. Every day now, we complete a chore and check it off the chart. If Mommy has to remind us more than 3 times to complete a task, we get an X. For every check, we get 3 minutes to play games on her phone. It is working so far (along with the threat that I have to go somewhere called "THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE" if we are "tardy". Sounds scary...)

The Satisfaction of Having Room for Dessert

2011-06-02T01:05:00.001-07:00

We Love Costco Boxes

2011-06-02T01:03:00.000-07:00

I made matching cars for Wilsey and myself! Sarah carjacked mine, but I got her out...

Dress Up

2011-06-02T00:59:00.003-07:00

Weekend with the Navones

2011-06-02T00:55:00.000-07:00

We went to my cousins a couple weekends ago. Auntie Hilary and Uncle Erik went on an overnight date. It just so happened it was the weekend of our annual Giants Game date with Daddy. So, Daddy took Oli, Wilsey, and me to the Giants game. It was great. We went on BART, played a little baseball, watched the game, but the best part was visiting the Press Box again. This is where we ate lunch at the Fan Day. When we were there for Fan Day we met Paulette. There was no popcorn on Fan Day, but Paulette told us when we came back for a game to come visit her and she would get us some. Well, sure enough when we got to the Press Box, Paulette came out with 3 bags of popcorn - she remembered. Not Quite! She told us the bags were for Mr. McCovey. Daddy explained that was someone really special and we would get popcorn somewhere else. Well, I guess our faces were so pathetic or just cute, because Paulette said she would give the popcorn to us and get some more for Mr. McCovey! It was great. We got soda, cotton candy, and ice cream. Even though the 7th inning took forever, it was a great game and I love going.

Mommy stayed home with Nana and the other four cousins. They loved playing together and getting in trouble. When we got home, we had a big sleepover in Oli's room. We crashed that night, but we giggled and played the whole next morning!!

Bestest Buddy

2011-05-16T13:34:00.000-07:00

Wilsey is Wilsey. He tolerates us all being in his world, and lets few people in. He loves all of my friends, but rarely makes his own. That is until he met Lexi. Lexi is my buddies' Luke and Brady's little sister. She is in class with Will. Mommy asked if Lexi's Mommy could take me on the Smith Family Farm Field Trip and she would have Lexi over. Will was over the moon. Lexi went to Kid Zone with them, they had a picnic, rode bikes, and played BatGirl and Robin. I am glad Will has his own buddy!

By the way, I had fun on my field trip. When the farmer asked how long until an egg hatches,
I said, "A Google!"

Navone Carnival

2011-05-16T13:30:00.000-07:00

Oli, Tom, and Joe had a Carnival at their school. It had a petting zoo, pony rides, games, food, and a bouncy house. It was a lot of fun.

Mother's Day

2011-05-16T13:27:00.000-07:00

Mommy's Mommy (my Nana) was gone for Mother's Day, so Mommy was a little sad. We let Mommy sleep a little, but we had to get up and get going because we were taking Great Nana to Auntie Hilary's. It was a somewhat crazy morning. But we gave Mommy our present and card . We got her a Shark, not a real one. (I know I thought it was hilarious too) She really wanted it and I picked out our ninja kitty card for Mommmy. Then Daddy put floweres on Mommy. Papa used to do it for Oma and now Daddy does it for Mommy and Oma.

The rest of the day was kinda crazy, but Daddy and Uncle Alex made good when they cooked dinner all by themselves. It was delicious. Mommy, Oma, and Omi didn't have to cook anything, but they cleaned a little at the end;) And the best part, we sat still for a nice picture~

I Thought I Got a Sister, Not Another Brother!

2011-05-16T13:20:00.000-07:00

Six Flags

2011-04-30T22:20:00.000-07:00

Our last adventure this week, on our "vacation", was to 6 Flags Discovery Kingdom. Our friends, Charolette and Ian and their Mommy, Erin (sounds like my name) got us free passes. We also went with Owen, Luke, and their Mommy. It was great! There was so much to do - we saw Animal shows (which were WAY TOO LOUD), sharks, fed giraffes, went on rides, played in the water, and ate GIANT Slurpees!

Mommy didn't know about the water feature and wasn't going to let us go in because we didn't have a change of clothes, but she just went with it. Later, Sarah went PWT with just a diaper and Will wore Owen's Shirt and CHAROLETTE'S pants!!! I do not like getting wet or dirty, so I did a pretty good job of staying dry. We had a great day and as proof we went to bed at 6 and woke up at 7:30!! That is fun!

"F-You"

2011-04-30T22:13:00.000-07:00

Sarah - the talker. Non-stop. She is so funny. This week when Mommy sneezed, she tried to say, "Bless You". It came out, "F-You!" . Mommy thinks it is hilarious, she pretend sneezes just to hear it!

As funny as she is, Sarah is a sassy pants. She loves getting her way. She loves the words, "NO!" and "Mine!" In fact, she slapped a little girl at the Bay Area Discovery Museum for just looking at her! She will scream and yell if she doesn't get her way and has taken to the desk under the computer when she is throwing a temper tantrum. Wilsey and I just leave the room when this happens and Mommy just grabs the camera!

Bay Area Discovery Museum

2011-04-30T22:08:00.000-07:00

When I woke up on Monday this week, I asked Mommy if it was a school day. "No", she explained, "We are on vacation." I looked around, told her that, "No, we were not on vacation, we were still in our house." She tried to explain that we were on Spring Break and it is a vacation from school. Whatever, it is, I don't like it and I can not wait to get back to school.

In the mean time, Mommy made up for it by taking us to a pretty cool place, The Bay Area Discovery Museum in Sausalito. We picked up my best buddy, Owen, his brother, Luke and his Mommy too. We had the best time. This is a place dedicated to us kids - we could go anywhere, touch anything, go to art rooms, paint whatever we wanted, play on anything - including all the computers! IT WAS AWESOME!! No one told us, "NO!" once. Well, except for feeding the pigeons - that is not allowed! It was a beautiful day!

5 Going on 13

2011-04-30T21:58:00.000-07:00

"Mommy, after I am 12, will I be 13?"

"Yes."

"What can I do when I am 13?"

"What CAN you do?"

"Yes, what can I DO?"

"Well... you will go to Junior High School, you will be in Young Men's at Church, and you can pass the sacrament."

"Wow! Wilsey, did you hear that? When I am 13, I will be in Junior Primary, I will go to meetings with Oma, and I can pass the sacrament!"

Easter Festivities

2011-04-30T21:36:00.000-07:00

Let's just start this off by saying when Easter Sunday hit, Mommy said, "Thank goodness we can finally reflect on what Easter is really about!"

Our festivities started at school with the party there. We had to make cookies and get eggs ready for the Egg Hunt. Mommy said, "We make cookies anyway, this is no big deal." However, this statement seemed to compound itself through the week. No matter, we had fun decorating and eating all the cookies!!!

Next came the Easter/ Service/ Egg Hunt Breakfast at Church. Mommy was in charge of the Egg Hunt portion. Mommy asked people from the Church to "help" the Easter Bunny and fill up eggs to donate to the Egg Hunt. She received over 750 eggs! Everytime someone dropped some off, Wilsey's and my eyes lit up!

The actually day went great. Mommy had to go to the Church at 7 am to set up. People had strewn the Donations from the DI truck across the parking lot. So, along with setting up the Egg Hunt and hiding all the 750+ eggs, Mommy and Alden Aikele had to pick up all the stray donations and get them back to the truck.
The place looked great by the time the rest of us got there. Mommy even brought the Easter Bunny. Like usual, I hung out with him no problem, Daddy forced Sarah, and Wilsey is no where to be found!

Mommy set up the Egg Hunt so the Nursery kids went first. She told them they could only get 10 eggs, which was a good thing because it took them forever to find them - even though the eggs were right in front of their faces!! Before the Junior Primary hunted,Mommy heard screeches and laughter, she turned around to people pointing and laughing at Wilsey peeing in the middle of the lawn! It was so embarassing - that kid will go anywhere! After that fiasco and Mommy pulled up his pants, it was our turn. We ran like crazy and picked up all the eggs we could. The best part was Mommy was so busy running the Hunt, she didn't notice we busted into our eggs and started gobbling up mass amounts of candy. Mommy ended up pulling a WAD of Starburst out of Sarah's mouth.

Later that day, Mommy made us egg shaped sandwiches and bunny face lunches! It was so cute. Then we dyed eggs. When I heard we were "dying" eggs, I began to get a little worried. I don't know the word "kill", so when I heard "dying" eggs, I thought we were hurting something. Mommy explained that "dying" is "coloring", not "killing".

Mommy used our lemons from the lemon tree to make the coloring stick better. Unfortunately, the pulp stuck too. Oh well, we had a good time and while we waited for the eggs to color, we played with Uncle Alex and Oma's computers!! Oh and ate Cheez-Its too!

We "dyed" our eggs at Oma's house, so we asked if the Easter bunny could hide the eggs there too. I was really excited, until I worried the Easter Bunny wouldn't know the plan. Luckily, I found a pen and paper. I wrote him my own note:

When we woke up in the morning, the Easter bunny had left US a note and a trail of jelly beans that lead to Oma's house. We picked up all the jelly beans that lead us there and Sarah was stuffing them in her mouth. The Easter Bunny hid the eggs well. Omi helped Sarah, so she found the most and she also snuck behind Wilsey and stole some out of his basket. Stinker. We all got a little gift from the Easter Bunny!

Later that morning, we went to Oli's house and had brunch. I love playing with my cousins!!

Then we went to Church in our Easter best. Later that night we went to Auntie Jill's for dinner. We saw Grandpa and cousin Joseph! It was a great Easter!

CVPP Easter Party

2011-04-22T17:45:00.000-07:00

Our Preschool had it's Easter Party this week. Will and I are in two different classed had the exact same party - Egg Hunt with Decorated Bags, Bunny, Decorating Cookies, and more. But Mommy wanted to use this opportunity to show how different Will and I are...

It is a funny thing that we love each other so much:)

Sarah was there too and Teacher DeeDee released the butterflies we had been growing...

Happy Easter!

Liberty Gymnastics

2011-04-22T17:18:00.000-07:00

We had a field trip to Liberty Gymnastics this week. I have been waiting for this field trip for months! Wilsey got to go first with his class and ours was the next day. Mommy swears Will had fun, but when you asked Will, the only thing he would say was, "I didn't win the prize." The Gymnastics place gave away a certificate at the end of the session for a month of free lessons. Mommy tried to explain to Will that only one child could get it and tried to remind him of all the fun things he did, but it didn't help. Then she sat me down and made sure I knew that only one child won the prize and that I had to remember all of the other fun things I did, so I wouldn't be sad at the end when someone won the prize....well, I went the next day and I went to Liberty and had a great time. Mommy sat up and observed my hard work, she said she heard my name a lot!! And she heard my name one final time, when they announced the winner of the free lessons, "Aron!" . Mommy's friend laughed and said, "I have a feeling a lesson is going to be taught at your house tonight!" I was so excited!!

Dress Up

2011-04-18T22:01:00.000-07:00

I am the ultimate super hero...Wilsey is second only to me. Often you can hear us running through the house in character talking to each other.

My new favorite character to be is Peekachu from Pokemon. Although I have never seen it, I have read some books, and Mommy and Daddy have filled me in on the storyline. I know there is no Pokemon named Pokemon. The boy in the show is Ashe and Peekachu is the yellow guy and he says,"Peeka!" So, guess what I say all day? Oh yeah, you guessed it, "Peeka" AND luckily for Wilsey, I translate what EACH "Peeka" means...

Sarah

2011-04-18T21:49:00.000-07:00

Sarah is so big. She is 20 months old. Her favorite things are books. She reads all day long. She knows all her animal sounds and names. She continues to talk and talk. She tells everyone she knows, "HI!" and she loves dropping me off at school so she can say, "HI DEE DEE!" to my teacher. She loves playing at my school and today at the Birthday Celebrations, she sat so well!! She knows who Jesus is, she prays, and is almost not crying when she is dropped off at Nursery. She goes to Kid Zone now, no problem. She is even going in the JUMPY HOUSE! She loves shoes. She wears all of her shoes in one day. She loves her rain boots and she loves everyone else's shoes too. I am trying to learn to be her protector, although she takes pretty good care of herself. She doesn't let anyone take ANYTHING from her and consequently she doesn't share! She is a cutie!

Forts

2011-04-18T21:21:00.000-07:00

Wilsey and I love making forts. Although sometimes we fight over making a "Bat Cave" or "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse". No matter what we call it or scream at each other, we have fun, especially when Daddy builds them with us and lets us have our bedtime stories in them!! This particular one, although not Daddy's most structurally sound, was one powered by light "saver". Sarah knocked this one down way too easily!!

Trike-a-thon

2011-04-03T20:58:00.000-07:00

Our school had a fundraiser this weekend. We decorated our bikes for the Trike-a-thon (I chose the Big Wheel and Will chose his scooter and we even decorated Sarah's Cozy Coupe). We collected pledges, then we completed laps around the school basketball court. I kept calling it a "bike race" and I rode around like it was!

Someone brought one of those roller coaster ride- on toys, Wilsey and Sarah stayed there most of the day. I quickly hit the snack table and the Bake Sale table. I also got my face painted as a cat. We all sat very well for the K-9 police dog demonstration. Nana came by to watch us!! It was a fun day for everyone!!

First Cereal

2011-04-03T20:43:00.000-07:00

Sarah had her first bowl of cereal the other day - cereal with milk and a spoon! And of course since she is the baby, she got Fruit Loops. Wilsey and I just recently tried Fruit Loops. Our first cereal experiences were with PLAIN Cheerios and Rice Krispies! She ate every single bite and drank the milk! She is getting so big. She has a lot of sentences. In fact the other day, Mommy caught her with candy. Mommy took it away and she said, "Say Tank too!". She is a funny girl.

Willie the Wonder Bear

2011-03-31T16:52:00.000-07:00

I got to bring home Willie the Wonder Bear, our class Stuffed Bear. For one week, you get to take him home and do whatever you want with Willie. Then you have to draw a picture and write in the class journal. Here is what I wrote: "Arden picked me out. I was happy. I slept with him. I took him with Nana to Old McDonald's. We played. I went on the slid with Willie. I went on a lot of times. I went on the swing with Luke at school and Willie was in my cubby!! I like having Willie. "

Grandpa's Birthday!

2011-03-27T21:38:00.001-07:00

Although it was Grandpa's birthday, it looks like it is ours...Grandpa's house is so fun! We are the only cousins that didn't ride bikes and opted to be toted around! egad!

SHE MADE IT!

2011-03-27T21:21:00.000-07:00

Although I clearly made a "No Sarah Sign" on my door, Sarah tries to come in every day. She wants nothing more than to play with us like a "big girl". We kick her out when we can, but the girl's got hootzpah - gotta say that for her!! She never gives up. She finally made it to the top bunk the other day and we let her stay!

PURE JOY!

Our Many Faces

2011-03-27T20:38:00.000-07:00

Will and I have many faces...here are some of them...

MADSURPRISED MAD/SURPRISEDZOMBIEREALLY TICKED OFF! (THE SQUINTY EYES AND ARMS GIVE IT AWAY!)

JOY ( and some tears)

2011-03-09T21:27:00.000-08:00

So, we received the blessing of a trip to Disneyland for Christmas (thanks Oma). We drove down with Omi, Oma, Uncle Alex and met Auntie Mandy, Uncle Mark, Cohey, and G-Money for an awesome trip. The unfortunate part was that we had to drive down first - that takes forever! We were in Alamo and I was already asking if this was Disneyland. Wilsey shouted, "NO, this is Nana's house! We are never going!"Well, we made it eventually and had an awesome time. Like usual, we got along great with our cousin (he rocks). We went on all the rides we were tall enough for and were troopers - thanks to Uncle Alex for letting us know that ghosts hate green. That got us through the Haunted House. We still don't like Captain Hook, but Minnie...aaahhh she has my heart. Wilsey found the only character he would talk to the whole trip -Pluto. My sister, was forced on many rides and cried through most of them except "It's a Small World". Good thing we all love that one. It brings nothing buy joy to us to hear that song, and even through the cringing, we saw Mommy and Daddy smiling! Family is a blessing.

Superbowl

2011-02-26T22:16:00.000-08:00

Mommy just wants everyone to know she won the Fantasy Football trophy again...
Okay, now for our Superbowl story... Well, we were concerned because our Church time is now 1pm, so we were trying to figure out how this Superbowl thing was going to work...With the wonders of modern technology, we didn't miss a thing - not one commercial;) So, when we got home from Church, we quickly changed into our Sunday Unbest, set up the blankies for the picnic, and put out the spread. We ate ourselves silly and watched "Mommy's other Aaron with 2 A's" kick some behind! It was fun. And Sarah learned a new move "Touchdown!".

Big Day

2011-02-26T21:28:00.000-08:00

On Saturday, February 5, we had a fundraiser at school - a Pancake Breakfast. Mommy went early and helped them cook the food. When she got there, there were auction items set up, raffle prizes out, a bake sale, and a carnival. It was great! And when we got there, we were so excited to see Grandpa and Lynne - they came to support us. Everyone said the sausages were great, Wilsey and I think the duck cupcakes were the best! We bought so many raffle tickets and so did Lynne and Grandpa. We won dinners, packages, and fun events. It was great.

Right after, Daddy, Wilsey and I boarded the BART train and headed to the Fan Day at AT&T Park. We waited in a HUGE line, but it was so fun inside. We ate in the press box, sat on the infield, ran around, and hit balls. On the way home, some man wouldn't let us use the bathroom and I wet my pants. We had to run into the GAP and buy new clothes for me. Then Wilsey had to mass consume cotton candy so Daddy had a bag to put the wet clothes in - Mommy said, "why didn't you just throw them away." Daddy thought she would be mad if he did! haha.

The Text Message Daddy sent Mommy:

BART tickets to fan fest: $20

Lunch in the Press Box at Fan Fest: $16

Cotton Candy at Fan Fest: $7

Aron not making it to the bathroom and peeing in the lobby of 100 California because he told you he had to go on the BART platform and BART has no bathroom and the guard at 100 Cal would not let you use the rest room : $0 and a lot of yelling

New pants, socks, underwear from GAP because it was the only store open with kid's clothes: $20+

Watching your children shove obscene amounts of cotton candy in their mouths so you have somewhere to put the pee pants: PRICELESS.

Mommy Whoops

2011-02-18T00:25:00.000-08:00

So, we took some beautiful shots of the snow, as shown in the pictures from the previous posts. On the way home from the snow, we decided that it was such a beautiful day and we should spend some time together as a family - golfing, shopping, jelly belly factory, the world was our oyster. Unfortunately, around the town of Lincoln, Wilsey got car sick. It smelled so bad. I just put my blankie over my head and prayed for it to be over. Mommy thought it was so funny, she went to take pictures, but she couldn't find the camera. She let it go for the time being, and focused on helping Daddy clean up Wilsey. We undressed him, stuck him in the snow saucer and hosed him off. Luckily, we have friends in Lincoln and they let us come over and do some laundry. Then we headed home.

It wasn't the family fun day we were hoping for, but we got a few laughs and some great memories.

Now back to the camera...Mommy looked and looked, but could not find it. She eventually contacted the owner of the cabin, but she could not find it either. Mommy KNEW it was there- she kept saying this over and over. Daddy got the hint, and the next weekend Daddy, Wilsey, and I headed back to Tahoe. Mommy went to a scrapbooking weekend with Oma and Omi and Sarah spent the day with Nana.

We listened to the soundtrack to Star Wars the whole way up and re -enacted the movie. When we arrived at the cabin, it took Daddy only a few minutes to find the camera IN THE SNOW!!! It was right where Mommy was taking pictures of the babies. The best part was - it worked!!! Daddy called Mommy immediately and she was so excited. All the prayers worked.

On the way home, Daddy took us to Golfland and we had an awesome time!!

SNOW!

2011-01-27T21:43:00.000-08:00

SUPER TIME!

2011-01-27T14:45:00.000-08:00

My Cousins Cohen and G-Money (Greyson) came to visit in January. They brought my Auntie Mandy and Uncle Mark too. We had so much fun playing while they were here. They stayed at Oma's and we went over and played almost every day. One day we skipped school and went to Super Franks! We played so well together. I asked to go see Cohen for days after he left. We will see them again soon - in Disneyland!!

Oma had her special surprise party while they were here. On the day of the party, we took Oma to breakfast one day at the Sugar Plum. I colored a picture at Sugar Plum and they put it on the wall=so cool. They also had hot cocoa with whip cream and sprinkles. Oma got an iPad. I love the picture of her opening it. Auntie Mandy, who knew what it was, looks more surprised than Oma.

To show how much we love Cohen, Wilsey got a straw and shared his Slurpee with Cohen.

New Year's

2011-01-19T13:50:00.000-08:00

For New Year's Eve, we went to the Hamilton's house. We partied hard! We ate dinner, had Mommy's yummy cake balls, and drank "Mardernelli's". We 'cheers'ed each other at "midnight". Wilsey and Mommy even dressed up for the occasion!

Christmas at Grandpa's House

2011-01-19T13:39:00.000-08:00

We spent the day ofter Christmas with Grandpa and the Navones. It was more presents, more food, and some relaxing time for Mommy and Daddy while the cousins played - look at the stack of US Magazines in front of Mommy!!

CHRISTMAS

2011-01-18T15:15:00.000-08:00

WHAT?!?! I haven't blogged about Christmas yet? I must be a busy boy! Let me tell you what has been going on! Besides Christmas and school, I went to a New Year's party, had Christmas with my Grandpa and cousins, my cousins from Seattle came, Oma had a huge birthday, I went to the snow! It is going to take forever to catch up!
Let's start with Christmas! We went to Great Grandpa's for Christmas Eve, but we ate dinner at IHOP - can you say "pancakes"-woohoo. Then we spent the night at Oma's house. We put cookies out for Santa and a carrot for Rudolph, crashed, and when we woke up Santa had arrived and Nana too!! We were waiting in bed for everyone to wake up, when suddenly I realized what we were doing and said, "Hey, shouldn't we see if Santa has been here????" And boy did he arrive, here are some of the highlights from the day...

I don't want to know what Uncle Alex is doing here...Mommy says this is "groteseque". I say, "awesome"!

I finally have my very own football uniform!These two didn't want to wake up!Wilsey and I loved showing each other our gifts!Daddy got a SpiderMan silly string web maker - Wilsey found no humor in it!We each got our own tackle boxes to store our cars!!Wilsey and I bought each other gifts from the school store. Uncle Alex builds the best Geo Trax!Nerf guns in the stocking - AWESOME!!Sarah got a rotary phone and knew exactly what to do! "Hi!"She loved her Cozy Coupe even before the assembly!Mommy finally got it together and Uncle Alex took her all around the house!!At night, we had a fancy dinner together!!

And a Partridge in a Pear Tree...Was he wearing Red?

2011-01-05T20:43:00.000-08:00

Mommy takes us to Kid Zone at the gym...in fact, I consider it my second home. Mommy says she should look better because of it, but that is beside the point. We went before Christmas and when Mommy picked us up, I had this on my face. I told Ariana, who was painting faces, that I wanted a "Patridge in a Pear Tree" . I told her it was a song (in case she didn't know). She did a nice job. While I was getting this done, Wilsey apparently put on a red cape, looked in the mirror and said, "I look good in red. Yeah, I look good in red." Wonder where he got that?

Birthday Re-do

2010-12-24T15:54:00.000-08:00

My re-do birthday was Wednesday. It was fantastic. My friends met me at Jump Sky High and we jumped like crazy!! When we got home we decorated capes that are homemade (thank you Omi, Mommy, Oma, and Daddy). We had cake and ice cream. Then we ran around like crazy screaming and dressed like super heroes!!! It was the best!Speaking of being a big boy...I finished my first Lego set all by myself!! Indiana Jones, thanks Addie!!

Sarah

2010-12-24T15:34:00.000-08:00

Sarah is getting so big. She talks a ton - "again, mama, dada, nana, anun (that's me), goggy, ki cat, hum (some), ball, and she signs please, thank you, food, more, water, eat. She asks to put on her zhoos all the time. She is very opinionated and will not let anyone attempt to feed her.

Gingerbread House

2010-12-24T14:55:00.000-08:00

For Family Night we decorated our pre-fab Gingerbread house. (Notice Daddy is missing. He took his first muscle relaxer and we never saw him again until morning). Oma and Mommy helped. We ate a TON of candy, but also did a pretty good job of decorating our house.

Little did we know the Anal Retentive Show was going to happen after we went to bed. Oma and Mommy had another pre-fab house that came with fondant. The sat for hours and meticulously copied the house on the box - can you say, "issues".

Mommy was sure when I woke up I would say how much I liked their house - nope. I was mad they didn't let us do it with them!

Holiday Musical

2010-12-24T08:28:00.000-08:00

Wilsey and I had our Holiday Musical at school. Thursday was Wilsey's and Friday was mine. Santa came to both performances, which drove Sarah over the edge. We also had a light brunch at both performances. I made a picnic under the piano at Wilsey's performance and then I showed my clever idea to all my friends the next day! Wilsey and I both got bored half way through the performance; especially during the scarf dance. Wilsey made a picnic blanket out of his scarf and sat on it. I put it on my head and tried to make the other kids laugh. Atleast I sang all my songs, Wilsey sang his favorite song through the whole performance! Oh boy!

This is Mommy and Daddy's favorite song/ poem. Wilsey sang it the whole time through the musical - through all the other songs! Mommy recorded him doing it the next morning!

Please Don't Cancel My Birthday

2010-12-21T23:16:00.001-08:00

So, we started celebrating birthdays on Wednesday - Daddy's Birthday. We went to Gator Bob's and then to Hubcaps for dinner. We got milkshakes. Wilsey said he didn't care what he had for dinner, he just wanted french fries. It was a fun night.
Thursday was my "real birthday" December 16. We had giant Mickey Mouse chocolate chip pancakes and I got a present from Mommy and Daddy. It was great.
My party was on Saturday; or it was supposed to be. I woke up really grumpy aommy kept threatening to cancel my party if I didn't "shape up". Daddy took me to pick up the balloons and that is where it began...I told him my head and stomach hurt. He felt my forehead - it was hot. Then I fell asleep on the way home. Daddy knew something was wrong. I got home, crawled into bed, and turned to Mommy and said,"Please don't cancel my party. I just need a nap." That is when everyone knew I was a mess - I never ask to sleep! So, my party was cancelled, well, rescheduled. It was so sad...

Hubcaps, Daddy is wearing my crown from school.

The morning of my "real Birthday"

The next day most of my family did not come to my family party either, they didn't want to get sick. So, my Grandpa tried to cheer me up with a new bike - it worked!

After a breakfast for dinner, we opened presents. Wilsey helped!

I really liked my cake...

So, did Sarah.

I loved my Iron Man pajamas, helmet and boom arm!!

Making my Cake

2010-12-21T09:24:00.001-08:00

Wilsey and I helped Mommy make my cake, simply so we could lick the batter at the end. Sarah did not want to help, but then when she saw we had something good, she went to the bathroom, got the stool and joined in the batter extravaganza!!

Christmas Party

2010-12-12T23:01:00.000-08:00

On Saturday, we went to Auntie Jenise's Annual Christmas Party. Mommy and Daddy have been going to this party since before I was born!!

It is so much fun, there are always so many kids to play with. So, we got dressed up and went over. When I first walked in the door, I thought another little girl was Oli and I kept hugging her, so did Will. She did not like it and ran away. It was alright because something shiny caught my eye - the I Pad. Have you heard of it? I played with it forever and I was pretty good. However, after awhile, Mommy said the screen looked like a petri dish!

Then we had dinner and then SANTA came. We were so excited. Sarah, once again, was traumatized. But we got really cool gifts. We got the Batman accessories to the BatCave. I wonder why Santa did that, we don't have a BatCave... hmmmm? Sarah got the pop up toy and she loves that silly thing.

After Santa left, we changed in our pjs, Mommy forgot my matching ones and had to run to Costco to get me some, and we watched a movie.

Mommy and Daddy participated in the adult gift exchange and lost Sean's cool music gift again - but they did get a Mag light set. Daddy was really excited, Mommy got over it. We had tons of soda, pizza, cookies, and candy. What a great night!!!

Oh Christmas Tree

2010-12-12T22:43:00.000-08:00

We got our "first" Christmas tree a couple years ago at a place in Heather Farms. They were very helpful and Daddy has been faithful to them since. This year we were quite disappointed in their selection, but we got one there anyway. Actually, Wilsey and I could have cared less, we just ran around in the trees while Daddy meticulously looked over every tree.

After we got the tree, we loved watching them saw the bottom and put it on the roof of the car. Daddy made us stay on the sidewalk while the guy put it up there, so we took a moment to enjoy the stars.

The next day, we decorated the tree with our new ornaments and the old ones too. We love looking at the ones we have picked out over the years and fighting over who puts it on the tree!!

The Rest of Broadway Plaza

2010-12-12T22:32:00.000-08:00

After visiting Santa, we went to the Hallmark store and picked out our annual ornaments. I picked out Ironman, Wilsey picked "Cars, and Mommy picked out a handprint one for Sarah. Mommy and Daddy decided to order a Giants one on line. Uncle Alex picked out Indiana Jones, Oma picked out the old Fisher Price toys - the ones we love playing with at her house, and Omi picked out the Chatty Cathy doll.

After that we got hot chocolate. We tested out the new camera's timer and got a pretty good pic. Then we ran around and had fun!!

Here Comes Santa Claus...

2010-12-06T22:50:00.000-08:00

We went on our Annual Trip to Broadway Plaza to get our 2010 ornaments and talk to Santa. I told him how much I wanted the Dinosaur Bubblegum Machine. Mommy looked mortified that I STILL wanted this...oh well, SANTA will bring it. Wilsey said he wanted a train and Sarah, well, she just wanted out! Unfortunately, the camera kept breaking and we had to take 3 different sets of pictures until it finally worked. The looks on our faces show the agony of the situation. But Mommy thought it was worth it because we got the picture for free!