Very Late 1 Year and 5 Year Photos

Well, we finally got the kid's birthday photos taken. Only a few months behind on one - at least Miss E's were only one month late! Here's the link if you would like to see the proofs. Mr. Q did not enjoy having his photo taken this time. All of the photos, except the last one, were taken on my lap. We couldn't get any of E & Q together! Hopefully he won't be as scared in a few months and we will try again!!

Easter 2010

Here are a couple photos from Easter morning. Miss E's favorite part of Easter is the egg hunt - she was tearing around the house searching for the Easter bunny's treasure. Thankfully the bunny thought about how cold and wet the morning was going to be and he hid the eggs in the house this year. Mr. Q was even able to find an egg; after he found his egg, he studied it and played with it... he only needed one! After the kids hunted the Easter bunny's eggs at our house we headed down to Granny's for breakfast and another egg hunt, hosted by Granny. Ellie was in heaven, two hunts in one day!! Uncle S, Aunt K and Cousin L celebrated Easter morning with us at Granny's too!

Easter Egg Coloring

We tried a new spinning egg coloring kit this year. E found it at the store and it looked like fun... it wasn't! The thing didn't work right, and the dye that did end up on the egg, came right back off while drying. So, we pulled out the tried and true Dudley's egg tablets and then we waited and waited. It's really not that long of a wait, but for our little Miss E, it's an eternity!!

This one was sick the week before and after Easter; some kind of respiratory infection and an ear infection in each ear... poor little man!

Mr. Q at One Year!

I took this picture in the morning on Q's actual birthday:
We also tried getting some photos for our Easter card on Mr. Q's birthday. Getting pictures of Miss E and Q together was a challenge, to say the least! We did get a pretty good one of them with their cousin L. Oh well, hopefully our Christmas photo attempts will go better... yeah right!

Fun on the Slide

Q & Miss E love playing on the slide. E will climb up the wrong way, slide down upside down, you name it, she does it... And, her little bro has been watching! His favorite thing to do on the slide is climb up the slide and walk down the ladder! Oh, they'll be the death of me!! It was Daddy's turn to make sure they didn't harm themselves (or each other), and a perfect opportunity for some Pest face time!

To Catch A Leprechaun

Miss E constructed her first Leprechaun trap. She anxiously awaited St. Patty's Day and was delighted to find that the trap had indeed worked... unfortunately the Leprechaun escaped, BUT he did leave her a nice little treat. In fact, she said the chocolate was the best she had ever tasted. Wow! I've gotta get me some of that Leprechaun loot!!

Catching Up With Miss E

Well now Miss E is always a busy girl, but here's the update. Right now she is dreaming of being a paleontologist when she grows up. Wait... she also wants to be an animal doctor and sometimes a cowgirl (with a purple saddle no less)! We think she is tenacious enough to do all three! She keeps herself busy riding her bike, playing with her horses and dinosaurs, coloring, doing puzzles and reading. She also loves to play doctor, especially when it comes to administering shots!! Had to add this photo, it was just too funny... atleast she's got a clean nose!!

I've Been A Bad, Bad Blogger!

So sorry to have been absent from our little blog! I'm hoping to keep this thing updated a bit more frequently - hoping... Any who, here are a couple of photos just for fun. First up is our new (Christmas gift) bird feeder. This thing is so cool, the birds that eat from it - little yellow bellied birdies - eat out of it upside down! Pest's Auntie and Uncle told us about 'em, so we added the feeder and thistle to our X-mas wish list. It is really fun to watch the birds flock to our sad little tree - somehow they know when it's been filled, like within minutes! As it empties, and there are only two perches left to feed from, the little critters actually fight with each other. Fauna gone wild!

These other photos were just too cute not to post - doesn't Granny look like she's having fun?

Happy New Year

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'!!!

Christmas 2009

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!

Christmas morning was spent with Granny, Uncle Cotty, Auntie Kass and cousin Lukey. The hit this year with Miss E was her Monty the Dinosaur - her most wished for gift and what she asked Santa for when we visited him at the mall. It was a flurry of activity in the morning and then some quiet time in the afternoon, well, as much quiet time as you can get with the many noise making toys all going at the same time!!! Our Christmas was a good one, hopefully yours was too!

Halloween 2009

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!!).

Pumpkin Patch 2009

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!

Some Randomness For Ya

My computer is attempting to take a dump, so I will be brief about these and just get 'em on here. The kids were cooperative the other morning so I got a couple of photos of them being cute. The other pics are of the kids in their little punkin hats I knitted for them (cousin L got one too, hope to get one of the three of them together).

A Trip To Ballet

A couple of weeks ago we decided to take both baby Q and baby L to Miss E's ballet classes. Mom really wanted to come see E dance, so, Mr. L came along too! We thought the boys would like the music and all the movement... we thought! It was pretty comical to see the kids all lined up in the backseat, so I had to snap a few photos. Miss E did really well at her class, Mr. L did not. Granny was asked to take him out to the hall during part of the class - the kids were on stage, and the teacher didn't want them distracted - fair enough!

Finally Finished It

Well, I finally finished Miss E's sweater! I started it last July and was going great until the all day preggers sickness hit me; the poor sweater was put away with only one arm left to knit! I found it last month and showed it to E, who in turn asked me to finish it. So, here ya go... some photos of her new purple sweater and matching beanie. Not only is purple her favorite color, but it also happens to be one of the 'it' colors for fall - who knew?

This girl is in constant motion, camera setting must be adjusted to account for this. Can you tell I was a little slow on the uptake!Had to post this photo - doesn't she look like she belongs to a dock workers union!