Sunday, December 14, 2008

Troublemaker Summer!!

Another one of those lucky moments for Summer...she was able to open the fridge all by herself. She decided she needed a morning snack so took the cheese out of the fridge and took a huge bite out of it. And then she went to the snack drawer and opened up some chips. I heard the crackling of the chip bag so that is when I went to see what was happening.
Nice!!

She's sooo darn cute that it's hard to be mad at her!

The Carousel - November 2008

The kids like to go to South Coast Plaza to ride the carousel. They were very excited to see that they switch out the horses and replaced them with reigndeer....and it's only the beginning on November!!
I'm actually not sure which Summer liked better...the white gumball or riding the carousel.

Irvine Park - November 2008

We love Irvine Park! We went with a group of our friends to spend a couple of hours exploring. They have a cool train (see below), a duck pond, pony rides, and even a small zoo.
Summer loved this little weird looking horse type thing. Not actually sure what it is but she sure loved it!
Summer LOVED feeding the goats. And petting them. When we ran out of quarters she was smart enough to stand by people who were feeding the goats food so she could get in a quick pet.


Being the animal lover myself, I also had fun feeding....look how cute this goat is! I love the little pink tongue.
There is a sign that says not to pet the ponies because they may bite. Of course since Summer can't read she ran straight to them and started petting them so Ben joined in. I have a feeling even if she could read she probably would have gone over and gave them a quick pet....

Hanging Out - November 2008

The kids think it's so cool to build forts with the couch cushions so we do that every once in a while. Ben was multi tasking by hanging out in his fort while controlling his electric train.

More practicing with letters.
Sometimes Summer is able to open the fridge by herself. Luckily it's still pretty hard so it's pure luck for her when she can actually open the fridge door. Here she is checking out the contents of the fridge, deciding on her afternoon snack.
Caught Red Handed in the fridge:

Ben - November 2008

In order to enter kindegarten the students need to know their letters, numbers, colors and how to write their name. Ben knows all of his letters, numbers and colors so now he is practicing like crazy with writing his name.

Here's Ben at his last soccor game of the season. His very favorite part of the game is running through the tunnel at the end. He is third from back to the picture on the left. Notice his little skip hop at the end at the picture on the right.


Happy Halloween - October 2008

We started out our Halloween at Ben's school where they held a costume parade. Ben was a red bug this year (thank you to Becky for giving us the costume....a hand me down from Cater). Everyone loved the costume and Ben won the prize for best costume for all of the pre-K and Kindegarten students. This is a picture of him with his teacher whom he loves!
At lunch time Summer and I went back to Ben's school to join in the halloween party.
It was in the 80's so the bug costume proved to be too hot for Ben. After shedding the costume he did a great job at hitting the pinata!

After the carnival we headed to the grocery store to buy some stuff for our halloween dinner (which included mummy dogs). They both love this little blue car.


Halloween continued....October 2008

We talked about Halloween for all day (and for weeks prior) so the kids were READY to go!!!

Oh my gosh! Trying to get these two to stand still for a quick shot was pretty much impossible. Probably because: A) they are 2 and 4 and it's just not a toddlers nature to stand still; B) they were more than ready to get going on the trick or treating; and C) who knows how much candy and cookies they already had in their little systems!!!
Summer loved to say "meow" and when people would say, "take as much candy as you would like" she would shovel it into her bag until I would intervene. Ben was polite and just took one and was off to the next house!


Ben poured all of his candy out on his high chair tray and started to dig in. I then realized that he really did think he was going to just sit there and eat ALL of it, one after the other. Luckily he was a good sport about putting it away after he was able to talk me into letting him eat 4 pieces (since he's 4 years old).



Awww.....so cute! Summer was so happy to sit down and finally eat a piece. Several times during our trick or treating she would sit down on someone's grass and try to open a piece of candy, it was funny.