outdoor play inside

the kids both love playing with water, pouring, measuring, mixing colors, hearing the sound of it, washing things, just endless amounts of fun! usually we do water play either outside, in the tub, or at someone else's house (haha), but i figured why not put a mat down and see what we can do inside. it was a hit, and they played for like 30 minutes (which is a very long time for the kids to play nicely together these days....that's another blog).

play date

ryder's little friend came over for an afternoon playdate. it was so nice to have a girl come over for a change. quinn was in HEAVEN!! she got to do all the girly things, like play with her dollys, dress up, sing, dance, it was just so sweet:)

the girls getting all dressed up

it was time to break out the mat and do a little break dancing. wow, some serious moves here!

pure talent here! oh, and notice he has a tutu on as well, dancing is so much more fun while in a tutu!

school tours again...ugh!

it's that time of year again! school tours have started for the coming school year, and we are in search for the "perfect" elementary school. it's been a bit discouraging, since we went through this last year and, well we all the the outcome of that, ryder stayed in preschool! so here we are again. it's been busy, overwhelming, and exciting all at the same time. we are looking at immersion schools (chinese, korean, spanish, italian), science magnum, montessori, and art driven schools. we are hopeful to get one of our 7 choices, but it's up to the "lottery" to decide that. we are also thinking maybe it's just time for us to leave the city, stretch our arms, take a deep breath of fresh clean air, and run free in the wilderness........we will see where the wind blows us:)

twinkle twinkle

quinn and i had a chill night, since ryder went to bed before her (a rare occasion). she was just so darn cute, and loves loves loves singing! this is her version of twinkle twinkle:)

sick kids:(

well my perfect night turned south around 1130pm. quinn woke up with a fever and the kids have been sick ever since! fevers and cough.....the doctor is calling it the "flu", whatever that means! i am hopeful they will be better tomorrow........

BOO!!!

my good friend, laura, and i brought the kiddos out to the east bay for halloween. we stayed at her parents house and did our trick or treating in the little neighborhood right there. it was so quiet and peaceful, and just perfect!! we played some fun games, ate some candy, ran around the house giggling, ate more candy, then brushed teeth, read stories, and passed out! well, laura and i stayed up, had a nice glass of wine by the fire......it was a great night:)

bobbing for apples....oh the fun:)

little punkin.....this was quinn's 1st official year of 'trick or treating', she has so much fun! it was like the cutest thing ever!!!

these two were just hilarious. the amount of excitement and silly talk between the two, had laura and i laughing the entire night!