Friday, October 31, 2008

Trick r Treating

We had such a fun time during Halloween this year.....We celebrated with our good friends, the Sanders. The kids got a BOAT LOAD of candy and were up until all hours of the night! We played a little Rock Band to close out the night. Kiki loves to sing "I think I am paranoid" by Garbage...it is so cute to see her sing along side her brother.






















Pumpkin Carving

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Family Genes


I recently got this picture from my Mother-in-Law. The picture is of my hubby at 7 years old. The other is Kiki at 4. It is just incredible how much Kiki looks like her daddy. Just wanted to share!!!

Friday, October 24, 2008

Our trip to the pumpkin patch



We had a great time at Riley's Farms in Oak Glen picking apples and pumpkins!!! The weather was WONDERFUL and the kids each got a fantastic pumpkin to carve!













Grandma and Grandpa, Aunt Staci and our cousin Jake went too. We think this might have to be our annual tradition each year!









Saturday, October 18, 2008

Andrew's 8th Birthday

Andrew had a GREAT 8Th birthday....we had most of his friends from baseball and they played HARD all day.


I think this was the highlight of the party...those boys loved the rooster pinata (thanks Christina)!!! Since they all are all star baseball players, they immediately took the head off and promptly after that smashed it into a million pieces. They loved it so much that most of the kids took parts of it home with them as souvenirs.
So it wouldn't be me if I didn't mess up a little at the party...I put 9 candles instead of 8...oh well, one to grow on!!!








Friday, September 26, 2008

Our first school fieldtrip

My FAVORITE thing about homeschooling my kids is the amazing things I get to experience with them that we would not ordinarily get to do.
We had a great time on our first field trip of the school year. We went to two beautiful wetlands in San Diego. The kids learned this week what the wetlands do for our environment and what animals live there. We even made a wetland at home to see how it functions.
Andrew had a great time looking for birds and identifying them.....He alway's finds a "grandma" wherever we go....this lady was so sweet to show him a bird and tell him how to see it better in the binoculars!!!

It was so peaceful and beautiful....


We had amazing tour guides at both sites that were VERY knowledgable on what it was we were seeing and describing the animals and plants!!




The kids all had a great time!!!



This was the second site....it looked so different from the other wetland...the reeds were so dense and tall...it was a little creepy thinking what was in there and looking at you!!!






Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Andrew's first baseball game

Andrew had his first game of fall ball. He is on the Dodgers AGAIN!!! He loves it and it is so amazing how different he is playing since spring ball. He is growing taller and making bigger plays!!! He got to play a little first base, which was fun for him and he made some great plays!!!
Andrew is a great hitter this year...he is using a bigger bat (thanks Uncle Nate) and is almost hitting the ball out of the park!!

Of course his favorite position is still catching...he is so unafraid of the ball with all the gear and catches most of the balls!!!



Here he is in his uniform!!! So cute!!!