November 2007 - Happiness Is...

Tyler is doing so well with the potty training, and he especially loves wearing big boy underwear...even though he puts it on BACKWARDS :)

November 2007 - The Zimmer Children's Museum

Los Angeles is truly full of all kinds of wonderful activities for children. I took Tyler over to one called the Zimmer Childrens Museum (http://www.zimmermuseum.org/). It is full of great hands-on activities for the kids, Tyler had a BLAST!

Ty got to play in a real airplane

and interact with some computers

It is also full of little rooms where kids can role play, like a store, and a tree house, and a Synagogue. I HIGHLY recommend it!!

October 2007 - Halloween Night

Once again we invited friends and family to Trick or Treat around our complex with us. Kathy, Zoe and Colin came as well as Cousin Briana with baby Addison. Our neighbors Illana and Elijah joined us to for some fun too. We all had a great time!

Tyler, Nikki & Zoe before we left

Illana, Nikki and Zoe before leaving

Our favorite skunk Addison

Just check out that loot!!

October 2007 - Nicole Turns 5

Yep, Nicole has made it to 5. She was so excited for this birthday, probably because she was the last one to turn 5 in her Kindergarten class. She even told me one day that she couldn't go to school any more because everybody is 5, and she is only 4 :(

We had her party at the Color Me Mine Pottery Studio, and she had a great time creating with her friends. They all did something Princess-related...or course :)

Happy Birthday to our FAVORITE 5 Year Old!!

October 2007 - Happy Halloween

For Halloween this year Nicole was Elina from Barbie Fairytopia,

Tyler was a driver for Lightning McQueen from Disney/Pixar's "Cars"

October 2007 - Disneyland Halloween

Halloween is so much fun at Disneyland! They decorate the place up with a halloween theme which just adds to the fun! Kathy and I took the kids there to see the halloween stuff, and we decided to be completely NUTS, and wait for the fireworks which only start at 9:30pm. When your kids usually go the bed at 8pm, stretching it an hour and half is CRAZY! We threatened to just leave a few times, but we kept each other strong, and we did it! The fireworks were truly worth it!!

This picture doesn't do it justice, but here is a glimpse of Main Street, with the Mickey Pumpkin at the end.

Nikki and Zoe waited patiently in the stroller, and goofed off a bit :)

Tyler and Colin hung in there too!

October 2007 - The Pumpkin Patch

The fall would not officially be here without a trip to the Pumpkin Patch. Mike, my Mom, Nikki, Tyler and I took a drive down to Orange County to see a pumpkin patch with our friends Victor & Kristen.

We took a ride on the train

The kids got their faces painted

And Tyler tried to show off how strong he is :) It was a fun day!

I got Tagged

I was recently tagged by my friend, Karen. After finding out that it meant to be "tagged", here are 6 Habits/Facts about me:


1. I LOVE cars! I am not into classic cars, or engines, just what the latest and greatest ones on the road are. When we lived in the Bay Area, I would so look forward to the Auto Show around Thanksgiving weekend that we attended every year we lived there. The LA one is okay, but I miss the Moscone Center!!

2. I am very organized! I believe that there should be a place for everything, and everything should be in its place! Desite having children, I have not been broken...yet. I kinda hope that I hang onto this habit though!

3. I cannot type.

4. I love yellow cake with cream cheese frosting! It is my ULTIMATE comfort food! It makes everything better!!

5. Even though I fought bitterly with my two brothers growing up, they truly have turned out to be two of my best friends in the world! I am trying to convince Nikki that she needs to be nicer to her brother, but I guess that it is still early days!

6. I used to be an avid ballroon dancer. I have medaled in Bronze, Silver and Gold Standard Ballroom, Latin and Social Dance and Bronze and Silver in Country Western dancing.

I now tag Nicole Guerra in Novato, and Mindy, my favorite sister-in-law :)

Sept 2007 - Last Time at Disneyland

Our dear friends the Nuttall's moved this month, but we snuck in one last time at Disneyland with them! The kids had a great time! We miss you guys!!

Sept 2007 - Tyler with a Power Tool

Tyler seems to have a knack for the family business - power tools...uh oh!!!