Happy Easter!

Here are some pictures of the kids before church on Easter Sunday.  Brittany took some really good ones, but Michael just wanted to be/do something else!

 Here Michael is blowing me a kiss!  He's trying to suck up to me.  Brittany said she was making a wish.

 Here they are posing with toys the Easter Bunny brought to them -- cars, Barbie.

 Michael is pouting because he wanted to have the camera and take a video!

 They wanted to take a picture in their room (yes, they still share a room) before the photo shoot.

Misc

While in Newport, we adventured to Knott's Berry Farm (we had 1/2 price tickets), and, surprisingly, the kids loved it!

This was their favorite ride by far...notice Brittany's face...pure joy! She's our thrill seeker.

One morning, it became very quiet all of a sudden...not a good thing with toddlers. So, I went searching for them (didn't have too look too hard...just followed the giggles). This is where I found them. Now, what possess a child to climb into a dryer?! Anyway, I took the picture and then promptly put them in timeout.

This is Brittany at her preschool during free time. She loves dirt and she loves to dig!

I love this picture of them at Brittany's preschool! Every time Michael sees this picture, he says, "Brittany is my best friend!"

Post Thanksgiving Day

After Thanksgiving, we headed to Newport for a week! We had some friends who invited us to stay at their timeshare. It was soooo nice! We all loved it.

It was warm enough for us to spend a few hours at the beach! The kids were thrilled!

Catching Up! Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving down in OC with Sally & Noel. John, Jan, Cory and Stacey came to visit, and the kids were dying to see some of their cousins!

Brittany and Michael are too thrilled with any Thanksgiving feast! They are becoming picky eaters, so their dinner consisted of grilled cheese sandwiches, grapes and chips! Yummy!

Stacey was so good with the kids; she allowed them to crawl and wrestle her!

Pumpkins

Pumpkins, pumpkins who has the pumpkins? Here's granddad cutting faces into the pumpkins! How fun! Trying to help in the face department here.

Michael was very serious here and wanted to make his own.

I really don't like it getting dark so early...yuk! Here Granddad is cutting the pumpkins to get the "goo" out of the pumpkins...outside, of course.

Michael thought he needed his hat with the shield on in case any of the "goo" flew into his face!

Costumes...

Costumes for the night...Michael was dying to be a fireman, and loved his costume. Here he's with friends at the Ward Trunk or Teat! Posing at home before going out into the neighborhood (yes, his costume really glowed).

Brittany was a pink (yes, pink) batgirl! The mask that came with the costume was too small for her, so we found these glasses which were perfect!

This is Brittany after eating a cupcake she won at the Cake Walk game.

Posing at home before heading outside for more treat!

Halloween Decorations

Here are some decorations from Halloween -- better late than never! I cut these images from my Cricut and put them on the wall. The kids loved them, and they didn't even "bother" them!

The mice were the kids' favorite! We had them all over the house.

This was something I came up myself...easy but effective. The white table cloth with the black felt looked great together (and no cost to me)!