Hooray for 2010... Let's all have a good one! We celebrated the new year in style: baths for the kids, some horn tootin' and some entertainment provided by Miss E and her awesome hop-ball skills! Mr. Q did help Pest and I ring in the new year, he made sure that we stayed up well past midnight and serenaded us with some crying, burpin' and tootin'!!!
We had a nice Christmas Eve day up on Palomar visiting with the Idahoans and Beppe & PopPop! The kids had a blast running around and even went on a hike with their dad's and PopPop. After their hike they had to hunt around the yard for their gifts from Beppe! Miss E was extra excited during our visit because her cousins brought their dog Izzy with them - happy, happy, joy, joy!! 
We got home in the evening, got everyone bathed and jammied and then put out the fixin's for Santa. Miss E decided that he needed a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, a yummy cookie and a mug of cran-apple juice. We also had to include 9 slices of apples for his trusty reindeer, including Rudolph! It seems Santa & his reindeer enjoyed their treats, only a sip of juice and a bit of sandwich remained!
This is funny & would make a great little gift for the right person:
Paper Source - Notepad (you've gotta check it out)
It was a whirlwind, but we made it through! Miss E was just a bundle of energy all day (and the eve of)! We carved pumpkins in the morning and then went to Granny's neighborhood for trick or treating and photos. Cousin Lukey, Uncle Cotty and Auntie Kass celebrated with us too! Miss E was a pretty purple kitty and Mr. Q & Lukey were festive in their skeleton pjs! Miss E wanted to start trick or treating right after pictures, but it just wasn't dark yet. Torture!!! We were able to hold her off until just after 6pm and then headed out. She had fun snooping into the neighbor's house and trying to take their dogs as treats! She had a full bag, and some very good candy, pretty quickly, so we headed back to Granny's so she could hand out candy. Miss E took her job seriously, never leaving the front door, and often meeting the trick or treaters in the front yard!!! She had a blast and Mr. Q loved being out and about while we were trick or treating (he even scored a few candies... yeah for mom and dad!!).
We tried these this morning for breakfast and they are really good, and really easy:
Pumpkin Scones
We made it to the pumpkin patch this past Sunday. Granny came along and we met up with Lukey, Uncle Cotty and Auntie Kass. Miss E had a blast - the pony rides and petting zoo held top honors with her. It was so fun to watch her ride the ponies, not once, but twice! 
My fav was seeing my kids standing next to the growth chart. We've got 3 years of photos of Miss E and now 1 of Mr. Q; it is so fun to see how much she's changed (frightening too!!). We watched the pigs race again this year... they were a little hung over from whatever Saturday night partying they did and weren't too feisty, but entertaining just the same! Unlike past years we skipped purchasing our pumpkins at the patch - they were just too pricey... thankfully the grocery stores have 'em for some pretty good deals! Halloween is just around the corner, I've got to get me hiney in gear and get Miss E's costume concocted! Keep your fingers crossed!!! 
Hopefully you can click on each photo grid to see it larger - but, who knows with blogger!
His is officially 1/2 year old... six months has gone by so fast! Isn't it crazy how it seems like forever while your trudging along, but when you look back it just flew by? Any who, Q weighed in at 19 lbs 10 ozs and is 27 1/2" long. His Dr. said that he is in the 80% for both. He's been rolling over for a while now, but has recently figured out that he can get around that way. Still only two teeth on the bottom... with the way he's been teething you'd think he'd have a mouthful!! He's such a happy guy and loves watchin' his sister tear around!!
