Friday, October 31, 2008

Happy Halloween



I love halloween! Here is a collection of pictures from our halloween festivities this week. Making sugar cookies, making halloween cutouts to hang on the fridge and carving a pumpkin. When I pulled the seeds out of the pumpkin, Joshua said "squirrel food!". He also insisted that it was a happy pumpkin that had ears.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Oakland Zoo

We made a trip to the Zoo over the weekend. Joshua had a blast running around looking at all the animals. His favorite- the giraffe.
Joshua checking out the Elephants.


Elise with her Dad after we rode the train.
Joshua called this roller coaster an orange tiger train. The boy loves trains!









Thursday, October 16, 2008

Sous Chef

Joshua enjoys helping me out in the kitchen. He will come running in when he hears the mixer come on. Because of an age handicap, Elise isn't much competition for licking the beaters, spoons and bowls. We were making the brownies for a visit from his Uncle- another one of Joshua's loves. He always loves it when Blake comes over.





Sunday, October 12, 2008

Family Day

Our Saturdays are usually spent running errands and taking care of things around the house. Keith decided that we needed to shake things up yesterday, so we headed to Gilroy to spend some time at an amusement park. It was really fun. We went to a park that is geared more towards younger kids. Joshua had so much fun. Last night, I went in to say goodnight to him and he insisted that I lie down. He started reminiscing about his day... "I drive blue car", "I fly fish", "I ride boat", "I ride train", "I ride horse- up and down". It was the first thing he started talking about this morning too.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

A Mother's Love



For 2 1/2 years I have been constantly telling my son how much I love him. I have waited and anticipated the day that Joshua would utter those three little words back to me. Typically after naps he likes to snuggle until he fully wakes up. This is one of my favorite times of the day. Today while I held him I said "I love you Joshua". He was still a little groggy and whispered to me " I love.....(my heart started softening)..... trains". Not the third word I was hoping to hear. Hopefully, one day I will move ahead of trains on the list of things he loves.


Thursday, October 2, 2008


The freedom of having a big boy bed at times has been more than Joshua can handle. Most days he fights taking a nap. After I read a book and tuck him in bed, I hear him get out of bed and start pulling out toys. In the end, sleepiness prevails and he crashes wherever he may be.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

We just got pictures back of Joshua and Elise.

Joshua loved the camera....




Elise was a little bored....

In the end, we got a good shot of them both....