First Fire

After an in-depth lesson from our "fireplace guy" on the in's and out's of our fireplaces (c'mon, we're desert folks), we lit/built/started(?) our first fire on Saturday morning. It has been getting pretty nippy around here and we couldn't wait to make our place a little more toasty. We were sure to give the kids a "fire safety" lecture and then proceeded to light up. Pretty nice!

Halloween 2010

Another one bites the dust... This one seemed more exhausting than the others. Maybe that's because we celebrated for an ENTIRE WEEK.

We started off on Saturday - the week before. There was a festival here in town and so, of course, the kids got dressed up and we went. All the hard work Abuela put in on Lucy's Dorothy dress paid off. She was beautiful. She had everything from the hair down to the ruby slippers. Oh, she even had Toto (courtesy of Nana) in a basket, too. I let her wear blush and lipstick and she was in heaven!

Milo's costume was a perfect fit, too. Easy to get on and off, not too bothersome (he wore it for extended periods - I think it kept him warm) and stood up to the crazy little chocoholic's torture.

The Friday before Halloween, the kids wore their costumes to school for their parties. Lucy was sure to protect Toto from the grubby little hands of her classmates (she told me).

The following Saturday there were two trick-or-treating activities at two different shopping centers here in town. Lucy was lucky enough to meet Snow White at one of them. Must've brought back memories of her trip to Disneyland (oh shoot, I've got to blog about that, too!)

And finally, Halloween Day (as Lucia likes to say), we got some pictures in on the front porch. The kids had a great time decorating with the fake spider webs. I don't know why I didn't get any pumpkin carving pictures this year, but our guy's by our door behind Daddy.

Here's me trying to get a good picture of Lucy and Milo...at the same time...smiling...

Not gonna happen.

I'm better off snapping some individual shots.

And finally, real-time trick-or-treating.

I'll leave you with our quick 'photo op' in an unknowing neighbor's driveway.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

My Little Punkins

Lucia's New Favorite Pastime

She could spend hours cutting and glueing anything and everything.

The Cat in the Hat

The Cat in the Hat was at the zoo for labor day weekend. Since Dr. Seuss books are Lucia's favorite right now, we just had to pop in and say hello. Here we are getting our picture taken with the cat of the hour.


Notice, Antonio wins the Man of the Year Award. I am carrying both kids, the diaper bag, the snack bag (and who knows what else).

HA HA!!!

One of Lucy's favorite things to these days is to try and keep a straight face while her daddy does all kinds of silly things, attempting to make her laugh. It goes something like this:



Oops, she lost!

Sprinkler Fun

Lucy and Milo love to play in the sprinklers, but aren't always up early enough to catch them in action. The other day they were, however, and not only were they able to have a little fun with the water, but they somehow managed to make a RAINBOW while they were at it.