Halloween 2010-Alice and Cinderella oops I mean Minnie

Another Halloween at our house. Annual chili dinner with Uncle Rick and Auntie Alina. Poppy and Grandma Kathy were missed...they're still living it up in Europe...going on two months now...so jealous! Anyway...back to Halloween. So Kendal was going to be Cinderella but her costume had the scent of dye and she refused to wear it...good thing we're not lacking for clothes in the dress-up department of our house...she settled quite happily for Minnie Mouse...and being that she wasn't too enthused about her Minnie costume last year...that was okay...so now I'm wondering if she'll have a different costume next year but dress as Cinderella...hmmmm. So we trick-or-treated in the neighborhood here and loved watching all the people. We had soooooooo many trick-or-treaters...almost had to dig into the girls' candy bags out of desperation...must plan accordingly for next year!!

Travel Town, Griffith Park Carousel and Shane's Playground

We visited Travel Town, looked at the trains, climbed on the trains and rode the mini train; can't wait to go back for their Christmas Town and see Santa.
Loved the carousel at Griffith Park...Mike is a sucker for old carousels and wants to find and ride all those in the USA.
Shane's Inspiration is a Universal park within Griffith Park that is adapted and equipped for all children...special needs, wheel chair bound, blind...it's an amazing place.
We loved our adventure!!!

Haircut for Kendal

Kendal survived her first haircut. She was a trooper...you'd think she's been getting her hair done every week for year like her great grandma...she was chatting Darcy's ear off and thrilled about the attention.

First Grade...Lovin' It

So this is it...the classroom, the view from my back sliding door, the crafts, the bullet boards, the SMART board, the self portraits, the bus craft we completed the first day of school, the tree a very dear person (former parent)came to make for me before school began, the calender corner, the cubbies, the book corner, the books that occupy the shelves, the desks and of course some of my sweet students...I LOVE MY JOB!!!!!!!!!!

Outside Fun

Just some weekend fun in the backyard. We love our backyard...good job Mike!!

Off to School 2010

Yes...it has been a while. Here are the girls beginning their new school year at pre-school. They love it...though Kendal's demeanor before leaving the house sometimes can be a bit challenging (see face below).