And because I think my kids are pretty cute

Pics

I finally have put my pics on my computer and thought some were worth posting. This is Ben smelling Christmas lights and insisting that, "mmmm, smells good".

remember

This is so I won't forget the funny thing Amelia said today. At Phil's new job he doesn't get wined and dined every day so he comes home for lunch. Today, he didn't come home. Lunch came and went and about 2pm, after asking many times if dad was coming home yet, Amelia says, rather angrily, "why didn't you let dad come home for lunch today?I'm angry at you!!"

Merry Christmas

I know I haven't updated anything about the new place, but maybe sometime after Christmas (but before Christmas next year!!) Here are 2 short video highlights of Ben and Amelia's squeals of joy as they discovered their Christmas surprises.
We had a great time celebrating in the Lassen tradition last night and are off to enjoy a bright and clear SoCal Christmas at the beach today.
Hope everyone has had a nice Christmas.





Also, Mitchell has double dogged dared Phil to get in the ocean like they did last year (the ocean and my pool) so more video proof to come!! It's on my blog, he can't back out now.

Passed

Philip is officially a lawyer!!!
(not passed away as someone thought and responded, "wow that is GREAT!!)

Halloween

Here is a collage to sum up our Halloween festivities. Amelia was Olivia the pig and Ben was her little bother, Ian. These are characters from the Olivia books by Ian Falconer and later turned into an animated show on Nickelodeon (you can look it up if you still don't know) Amelia's snout got ditched pretty quick and I had a feeling Ben wouldn't last with the ears, so his alternate costume was a soccer boy. We went to the zoo and right when Amelia stepped out of the car a little kid immediately yelled out that she was Olivia. Success!! She came up with the costume idea ears, snout, crown, tutu and all and I had to bring her vision to life and wasn't sure if people would know who she was, but thanks I think to the TV series, she was well recognized and it made her beam. We have loads of candy to last...1....2.....maybe.........we'll see!!! Hope everyone had a good Halloween.

I guess Amelia's Birthday too

I guess I better acknowledge Amelia's birthday too. She had her 4th birthday and her first birthday party with friends. She had a blast. If you can't tell the theme is Fancy Nancy. I scored almost everything a few years ago late one night at Target. I was looking for who knows what and turned around and found an entire end cap full of Fancy Nancy party supplies on total clearance and I knew it was meant to be for Amelia. She has loved Fancy Nancy since she was 1 or even less. Amelia was so excited to finally use them and not just have them taunting her in the cabinet. Amelia loves Fancy Nancy and after the party was done she asked, "how many days until my next birthday?" Here are some pics. Yep, I made the cake, but the pics didn't really turn out and I realized this after it was already half eaten. And I guess we didn't take any pics of her real birthday just with the family, just videos so maybe one day I will get around to putting one of those up. And this pic is to show that Ben had a good time too!! Thanks for everyone who made it a great birthday for Amelia.