Halloween 2012

Here are a few pictures from our Halloween this year. Mali was a scary witch, Roan a frightening vampire, and Deven a very grumpy two year old who's on a nap strike and would barely wear his James costume for 30 seconds. Oh well. Next year.

Camping in Lake Tahoe (June 2012)

We enjoyed a few days of nature camping in Sugar Pine State Park at Lake Tahoe in June. The kids had a lot of fun running wild and getting ridiculously dirty. Playing in the lake was fun, too.

Mali's Fifth Birthday - Pony Extravaganza!

Mali celebrated her fifth birthday at Lemos Farm in Half Moon Bay. The day was full of bouncing, endless pony rides, a unicorn pinata, and pony cake of course! It was a lot of fun for all, made even more special in that we were able to celebrate on her actual birthday. Mali has grown up so much this year and is so ready to start kindergarten this fall. She is very artistic and loves to draw, when she's not playing with her dolls and animals. She also loves clothes and even got her ears pierced for her birthday - something she's been longing to do.

Roan's Seventh Birthday

Roan chose to take a few close friends to watch a San Jose Giants football game for his birthday celebration this year. His big present this year was a bigger bike. Roan's such a grown-up little man these days. He loves sports and math and will talk sports statistics all day if we let him! He's such a sweet guy and an awesome big brother to both his sister and little brother.

I said "No"!

Deven's vocabulary has been exploding this past month. Here's a clip of his favorite new word:

Yummy!

Here are some pics of the 3 monkeys enjoying some homemade lemonade popsicles.

Mali loses her first tooth!

Mali lost her first tooth today, just over a month shy of her 5th birthday. As with her brother, her adult tooth has already been in for quite some time behind the baby tooth, so it's a bit hard to see.

Roan loses his second toth

Roan lost his second tooth in March. Lucky for him (and likely expensive for us...), he'd already sprouted the "grown-up" tooth behind his baby tooth long before!

Deven the Fighter

Well, Deven has checked "visit the emergency room" off of his list. It seemed inevitable that he would be the first to go, and sure enough....he took a tumble this evening. We're unsure what happened. Happy as a clam one minute, then screaming. Mandy went in to find him sitting in a laundry basket by the coffee table with a huge bloody gash over his eye. Most likely he was trying to climb onto the table using the laundry basket. Luckily they were able to tape it up and glue it so we could avoid stitches. He didn't let him keep him down long, but he did milk it enough to get to hold Daddy's iPhone for the first time at the hospital.

Thanksgiving 2011

Roan's teacher kindly let us stay in her cabin for Thanksgiving. Here are some pictures from our trip to Camp Sierra. The kids had a blast swinging, playing games, and running wild for a few days.