Sunday

Yesterday we went to this truck gathering event type thing where kids could climb in all kinds of utility and emergency vehicles.  It was kind of weird, but we were there with friends so it was pretty fun.  

Also I made an apple cranberry almond pie yesterday.  The results weren't as perfect as I had hoped cause it needed a few more minutes in the oven, but even a bad pie is still pretty good.

This is the crust with a layer of homemade almond paste on top.  Ohhhhh yeah.

Trucks and pies.  What more do you need?

Light Reading

Just some light Thursday night reading.  We were in the middle of reading lots of books and this is the next "book" Danny picked out to read.

Like a good mom, I told him that he had to ask Tom to read it to him.  

November!?

What the heck!  How is it November?  This is getting ridiculous..

Here are some pictures from Halloween!  Due to our crazy schedule, costumes were very last minute and 100% thrown together with things we had lying around.

We left for LA last week Wednesday.  Got back Monday morning and then I had to go teach in the afternoon.  Yikes.  We had a great time visiting family and going to Ed and Heather's wedding.  Unfortunately, we were pretty busy and I didn't take many pictures at all!  Ugh.

On Sunday we got to go to Manhattan Beach.  Daniel thought it was fun to swim in the sand.

My celebrities checking in!

Like I said, not many pictures from the wedding.  Something about chasing a toddler and trying to keep him quiet during church and all that...

But, the couple I did get from the reception were of Daniel LOVING the band!  He mainly wanted to stand and watch them rather than dance with me, but it was still pretty cute.

Thankfully there was a back room at the reception and the kiddos found the stash of dinosaurs!

The backroom was necessary for naps at the beginning of the reception.

On the way from the ceremony to the reception.

Crazy cute cousin pic!

The Keck Effect billboard!

And finally, some old ones from Maui that I haven't posted.

Nothing like early morning shirtless coloring.

Where Have We Been?

Oy, it's been a really busy week.  We have all kinds of pictures from our one night stay in a cabin in Hana last weekend but haven't had time to post them.

I'm playing piano for the middle school play this weekend, so I've been in rehearsals every afternoon/evening this week.  Out of the 5 work days this week, 4 of them have been 13-14 hours long...ugh.  Daniel has gotten to hang out at rehearsals with me a bit and has been a real trooper.   He's my trusty assistant.  Now if I can just teach him to turn my pages for me...that'd be real valuable!

This morning he decided that he wanted to play in his crib.  It was pretty weird, because he NEVER plays in his crib.  Regardless, he thought it was pretty funny for us to throw all of his stuffed animals and balls in there with him.

What a party.  

Hopefully I'll get to post some Hana pictures this weekend.  Tomorrow will basically be spent at school with open house and two shows, but maybe Sunday...who knows.

Pizza

We went out to a new pizza place last night (thanks to a giftcard).  They didn't have any appetizers or food to distract toddlers, but they did give us some pizza dough to play with!

And just a random photo of a silly kid walking around with his belly out.

Saturday Shenanigans

Just a couple of basket cases!

And of course, because we always do, we went to see the ducks.  But today was different...for the first time we spent the $2 on a bag of duck/fish food.  We were pretty popular.

Drum

Whoa, it's been awhile since I've posted.  I guess things have been busy for us with work, getting broken into/robbed, daycare closed, etc.

I'm so very happy the weekend is here and hope to make the most of it.  Hopefully that means some more pictures coming soon.

In the mean time, Danny got to spend a little time at Seabury after school on Thursday.  He loves coming and playing with the middle schoolers and acting like he owns the place.  He got to play this awesome drum in the drama room.

See ya soon!