Saturday, November 20, 2010

Christmas Card Outtakes









Alas, there will be some good ones coming your way soon!

Friday, November 12, 2010

Halloweeeeeeen

Our Halloween was not just a one day event. It was the. entire. weekend. And the amount of candy could attest for that.

On Friday night, Arianna and Bernie had a sleepover at Marty's parents along with their 3 cousins. Grammy had all kind of fun halloween activities including carving pumpkins, making masks and of course eating goodies. They even brought home (non-candy) halloween souvenirs, pictures to commemorate their night, and their carved pumpkins. According to Grammy, they actually slept too!

Saturday evening we went to a halloween party thrown by my friend Shannon. There was tons of candy, lots of games and toys too. Arianna wore her Tinkerbell costume but Bernie refused to wear his Dash Incredibles costume. He was the only kid not dressed up. (It's okay to be stubborn independent, right?)


Getting dressed and SOOOO excited to be Tinkerbell!


Playing games with the big kids.

On Sunday, we went to our church's trunk or treat with Mimi and Papa. Again, Bernie refused to wear his Halloween costume. However, once Marty came home from work before neighborhood trick-or-treating, Bernie had to wear his costume. And I'm so glad Marty made him do it (afterall, we couldn't let that well spent money go to waste), because he was soooooo cute!






These kids are just so full of fun!


Dash is ready to run for the candy.


Tinkerbell flies off to go trick-or-treating


And a little fall yard deocartions.


Each time Bernie got candy, whether it was at trunk or treat or in the neighborhood, he said thank you and immediately it followed with "Give me MORE candy!" Slightly embarrassing for mommy and daddy but, the boy knows what he wants.

Dino Roarin' 3rd Birthday

Bernie had his 3rd birthday party almost 3 weeks ago, so I guess I'm sticking with the 3 theme by waiting 3 weeks to blog about it.

We had some family and friends over to celebrate Bernie's Dino Roarin' 3rd birthday.
Marty found this awesome cake and even added some special affects of his own.




Oh yeah, this cake had a roarin', action dinosaur along with some smoke coming out of the volcanoes.




(excuse the pink and purple candles, it's all we had on hand)

(That's what happens when your birthday is one month after big sister's)

(I know what it's like to be the 2nd child too.)

(That was a joke Mom and Dad!)

Grammy and her grandbabies along with Bernie's new bike.


Daddy and son moment as son learns the new remote controlled car.

At the end of the night, Arianna exclaimed "I want a remote controlled car for my birthday too!"


Bernie kept asking for "mwore cake" and "mwore pwesents" anytime anyone mentioned it was his birthday. Thank you friends and family, near and far, who made it a great birthday for Bernie!

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Pumpkin Festival and Veggie Tales

It's been quite a busy week around here. We are planning Bernie's 3rd birthday party for this Sunday, even though his actual birthday isn't until Thursday. It's gets so busy around Halloween, that we kind of have to squeeze it in.

Last Sunday, we went to the Hunsader Farms Pumpkin Festival about 20 miles from here. It's hard to believe farms exist only 20 miles from us, since our area is so busy and populated and basically has no vacant land. We headed to the festival with Marty's parents and sisters. Lots of cousin fun!

Going through the hay maze


Sharing their orange soda, which resulted in orange mustaches the rest of the day.


Grammy caught dancing with the kiddos!


At the Boogie Barn, where you Boogie, of course. Look who was shy and sat down the whole time.


Hay maze, petting zoo, pony rides, circus and so much more!



On Thursday evening, my mom took us to see Veggie Tales Live. Arianna said she loved it while Bernie became somewhat uninterested after intermission.







The kids are standing at the stage for a close up view. This was at the very end. Do you see that black box to the left of Bernie? Looks like a speaker, right?


Well 2 seconds later we found out that it was a bubble machine! Bubby had bubbles all over his head!


What a fun week! Look out for a dino-roaring birthday party coming up!

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Beachin' it in October

We are having just about perfect weather. During the mid-day, it can be a bit hot to turn the A/C off, but, ah, feels so nice most of the day. The kids and I enjoyed this perfect weather at the beach today. Just enough wind so you don't sweat, but not strong enough to blow the sand every which way.

When we first arrived at the beach, Arianna was trying to hide from the paparazzi.





However, it didn't take long for her to realize she liked the attention and started to perform


and pose.


Bernie could have cared less about the extra attention and kept his focus on the sand.




Somehow, the camerawoman got him to break that sand concentration and actually got a good laugh.



Here's to hoping the weather stays beautiful and doesn't get hot again!

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

4th Birthday Cupcake Party!

We celebrated Arianna's 4th birthday on Sunday with a cupcake party.

The "sweets" table with all of the cupcakes.





Pinata Time!


Grabbing all of the pinata loot:


Arianna and Bernie about to decorate their cupcakes.


Each of Arianna's friends with their decorated cupcake.
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Slightly shy during the happy birthday song


Typical birthday chaos during present opening


A birthday timeline


The birthday girl again, with yet another cupcake!

Monday, September 27, 2010

FOUR Years Old!!

Sneak Peak of the 4 year bash!!!