Boots

It is November in California (and everywhere else too I guess) and it is a balmy 68 degree outside.  It is chilly in the morning and in the evening and perfect short sleeve weather during the day and I LOVE it.

However, it does mean we have to make our own rain puddles to jump in. 

 Grandma Marilyn found these adorable Hello Kity rain boots at Costco and got them for the girls. They like Hello Kitty because their cousin Ruby does, so they were in love.

 Grandma made them a puddle to jum around in. After awhile they realized that the sand and dirt from Dad's latest backyard project would be perfect for their new boots too. They had a great time stomping around and kicking up dust.

Thanks for the boots Grandma!

Halloween 2013

We start talking about Halloween in August around here. On the last Sunday in September the Halloween decorations go up and we start the Halloween crafting. This year the babies were old enough to be very excited about it.

We started the costume-wearing festivities this year by going to a party at the Disney store with Aunt Katy and Grandma Karen! Lucy wore her Ariel costume and we put the babies in princess dress-up dresses. We decorated bags with Sulley and Mike faces from Monsters Inc. and went trick-or-treating around the store. Then we walked around in a costume parade! I love every excuse for the kids to wear their costumes around and we had a lot of fun.

 This was the first year I actually enjoyed carving pumpkins. Lucy is finally old enough that she does the gross part-emptying out her pumpkin-all by herself. She even did mine for me!

 Katy's Dr. Who themed pumpkin:)

 Lucy carved this pumpkin all by herself! She was very proud of the long eyelashes she added.

 The babies got dressed up for Music Makers the day before Halloween. Joyce is Little Bo Peep and Lydia is Cinderella.

 On Halloween night Lucy got all dressed up in her Ariel costume!

 

Marilyn and Steve met us at our house and drove with us to Castro Valley where Danny was passing out candy at the shopping center he manages. It was fun to see where he spends so much time. There were a TON of people trick or treating and the kids had a fun time seeing Dad. Danny's coworkers got a kick out of Danny-he knew who everyone was dressup up as-be it an action hero or Sofia the First:)

We drove home and went trick or treating. The only pick I got of them was at Aunt Sally's house, but we akso drove over the Grandma and Grandpa Jacobs and went trick or treating in their neighborhood.

 

The best part-the sorting!!

Family getaway

Danny is loving his new job. I am loving it too. We're both getting used to him being gone all day. He leaves at 5:30 and goes to the gym, then catches BART in Walnut Creek. He leaves work at around 5 and gets home about 6. I have never made dinner more often. I'm feeling very domestic:) After his first two weeks we missed some of our family time, so we took an impromptu day trip over the weekend. We drove down to Lemos pumpkin farm right outside of Half Moon Bay.  About 5 miles away we ran into some horrible traffic. We wondered what was going on...turns out everyone else was going to the same pumpkin patch! Luckily we still got a parking spot and decided to go despite the crowds. 

I love pumpkin patches.  The first thing we hopped in line for was the pony rides. I was a little worried the babies would be scared but they loved it.

 We skipped some of the other attractions (I am not a fan of big bouncy houses. We saw a kid throw up in one once and the memory has not faded!) and explored the patch.

 Then we drove down to Half Moon Bay. We walked into some of their cute shops and ate on the patio of a really good deli Danny found recommended in Sunset Magazine. While Danny waited in line for sandwiches the girls and I enjoyed the live music.

 On our way down the street we found this mural! Danny and I went on a little getaway to Half Moon Bay when he was almost finished with his chemo treatments. It was such a hard time...so it was really fun to see it again.

November 2009

October 2013

It was such a fun day. For the first time in a long time we have a plan. (Not that I trust a plan very much anymore...I'm worried I'll jinx it! But its still nice to have a tentative one:)