Hawaii

We spent a week on Maui as a family. We filled our days with time at the pool, playing at the beach, time at the spa and eating good food. Joshua and Keith went on a submarine ride and I took the kids on the sugar cane train. We can't wait to go back!

Memorial Day

We spent a perfect day at the beach with friends on Memorial Day.

Memorial Day Weekend

We took the kids hiking in Big Basin National Forest over the long weekend. They had a great time. We were suprised how well they did on the hike. We went on a 4 mile hike and they both walked (at times ran) the whole time. We had a great day.

Soccer

Joshua has taken up soccer. It is little crazy with 15 4 year-olds running around on the field.

Yo Ho Ho

Joshua had a pirate party this year. He and a handful of shipmates walked the plank and went on a treasure hunt for buried gold and jewels. We had a whole lot of swashbuckling fun.

The goodie bags were filled with all things pirate related.

My attempt to make pirate ship sails.

A picture from each year of his life hung above the table.

Joshua's Birthday

Our boy is 4! Happy Birthday Joshua. We love you so much!

Easter 2010

The Easter bunny found us this year. Thank you Poppie and Mimi for spending Easter with us this year. We loved having you here. Happy Easter!

Elise turns 2!

Our darling little girl had her 2nd birthday. What a gift she has been to our family. She is just sweet, gentle, funny and so smart. She adores her brother and he adores her. Her Papa and Nana were here to celebrate with us. Happy Birthday little girl. We love you!

In Stitches

Laugher is the best medicine (so “they” say). I have been getting plenty of it from Joshua lately. A few of his best lines from the week;

I found him in the back yard in nothing but his lightning McQueen underwear. This happens often- clothes are always an option for this boy. He took them off somewhere in the backyard. I asked him to go find his clothes and put them back on. After the third time I asked, apparently he didn’t approve of the tone I was using. His response-

“Geezs…why so crabby?”

Friday morning I woke up at 6:30am to Joshua standing beside my bed.

Joshua- “Mom, I have some thing for you”

Me (half asleep) “What”

Joshua- “Hold out your hand”

Me (receiving his gift in my hand) “What is it Joshua?”

“A Booger”

Awesome- just what I wanted

The boy loves butter. I have seen him many times rotate between spreading it on bread and placing a pad in his mouth. Yesterday, he asked for “some toast with his butter”. The butter was the main event and the toast the afterthought.

On the way home one day, he told me that I was going the wrong way. To back me up, I asked the navigation to take us home. Joshua listened to the car give us directions to our house. Confused he said, “The car don’t have eyes, how do she know how to get home?”.

Yesterday we were out on a bike ride when I noticed him holding himself.

“Joshua, we need to get home so you can go to the bathroom”

“It’s ok Mom, I will just hold my pee pee to stop it for a while”

New Do

My beautiful little girl unfortunately has fine hair that is growing at a snails pace. In an effort to give her a little body, I picked up some pink curlers. When I took them out she looked in the mirror and said, "pretty girl". I must say I agree.

XOXO

Love is in the air at the Miller's this February. Happy Valentines Day to all of you!

Disneyland

We spent a few days at Disneyland last week. Elise's favorite ride was the pink elephant ride (Dumbo). The Peter Pan ride was "too scary" because of Captain Hook. Joshua's favorite ride was the Jungle Cruise which we had to ride three times. My favorite thing about Disneyland are the chocolate chip cookies at Marceline's Confectionery in Downtown Disney. Keith's favorite thing about Disneyland is sharing his one of his favorite childhood memories with his kids.