Misc silliness



It is not very often he is willing to ride a dog statue

New braces (which aren't so new anymore)

Entertaining themselves while waiting for food

Entertaining themselves take 2

Catching rain is fun!

Happy New Year!

Camping at Mission Bay

Sara's packing for a one night sleep over

Surfing Seany



Camping in Big Bear

To Blog or not to Blog

That is MY question. I love blogging. I love sitting here and writing all about the kiddos latest happenings. I love looking back and reading about them. I love seeing the pictures of their squishy little faces and my thoughts that go with the pictures. That being said, time does not seem to be on my blogging side these days. When I'm not shuttling said children around, I am supervising Super Puppy from eating every little thing he can get his sharp little teeth on.

Since I am on here right now, I will give a basic, compact Circus update. We are enjoying life. The kiddos are as busy as ever being kiddos. We have school, baseball, hip hop dance, and even more baseball.

Iain...

Iain is still loving Middle School. He's doing well in all his classes and even got 6th Grader of the Year! We are very proud of all his effort this year. He's still playing baseball, enjoying it and planning on continuing with it. Here is a pic of Iain with the Superintendent after being presented his award at the School District Board Meeting.

Another highlight for him was meeting CJ Wilson of the Angels. CJ went to FV High School, which is where our kids will go. Since he was recently signed locally, he came back to the school and gave autographs for kids. It wasn't publicised so they actually were able to spend a few mins talking. Mind you he pulled up in his Ferrari with his entourage. :-)

Sean...

What a fabulous 3rd grader he is! To say Sean loves school would probably be a vast over statement. Sean enjoys the social connections he makes at school, he loves recess, not sure he loves school in and of itself though. That being said, Sean has maintained straight A's all year. He is still enjoying baseball which is apparent in his City Report Project he recently did. He chose Anaheim just so he could do the Big A. Look closely and you can see Diego made it in the project, first jeep on the right! :-) As an Angel lover, he was of course also thrilled to meet CJ Wilson. Getting an autograph by someone who went to a local high school felt special to him.

Sara... 

Little Miss Sassy Pants! She is soaking up every minute of Kindergarten. She loves school, she loves learning.  A few weeks ago, Sara started a Hip Hop dance class. She loves it! We were debating between ballet, cheerleading and hip hop. She made the right choice! She likes the hip shaking, sassiness of the moves and oh how it suits her! (It's all very clean and age appropriate) Last month she received an art award at school. Her rendition of Abe was shown at the District Art Show. Indian Princesses has also been a big part of Sara's fun. She has had two camp outs over the past 3 months. She's loving it!

That wasn't so basic and compact. I'm hoping to get back on here soon, maybe before Iain goes off to college??

Meet Hurley

Hurley!

I'm sure most of you have seen him on our facebook page or at least heard about his antics. He's fun. He's crazy. He's snuggly. He's most definitely a puppy.

We were lucky enough to find him online when he was almost 4 months old. We submitted a two page application (which seemed a bit much) and were accepted a week later. I knew when I saw his picture that he was our dog. It sounds hokey but I did. This is the picture.

Over Thanksgiving break we drove about an hour to visit him for the first time. He was small, skinny, sickly, very, very stinky and scared to pieces. He sat on the grass in front of us and quivered. Iain and the boys questioned that he was 'meant to be' ours as I kept telling them. I didn't. I must admit his stench was a bit alarming but he was ours. We did not take him that day. We went home to 'discuss'. I called the foster mom back the next day and told her we were still interested but wanted a full vet work up on what was going on. The following day I received a call. He needed meds (shocker) but they would pay for everything. Iain decided to take a leap of faith based on the assurance of his insane, sappy wife :-). Four days after we met him for the first time, he was home with us. I can confidenty say we are all glad he's here!

Now, 6 weeks later, we're still having fun with this little guy! The kids take turns walking him every morning and Iain and I walk him every night. He is training pretty well. He can sit, stay, roll over, shake and occasionally come when called. He also eats electrical cords, barbies, slippers, and anything that belongs to the cat. Pretty talented huh?? This quirky, silly dog fits in perfectly around here!

Sara {Turns 6 in Style}

Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!

We love your sassiness. We love your independence. We love your individuality. We love your sense of fashion and your need to accessorize.

We love your kind heart. We love your sweet spirit. We love you.

Pinkie Pie (via Pixr)

A few weeks ago, Sara had a project for school. She was to make a spider out of any type of craft items we had at home. She chose styrofoam balls for the body and pipe cleaners for legs and spinerettes. We took out a box of paints and asked her what color(s) she wanted her spider to be.

Yep, you guessed it, pink and purple. Notice the purple sparkly purse on the table with her. It goes most places with her right now.

When the day came to turn her spider in, she went from proud to a bit scared but thankfully right back to proud. She stood in front of the class and happily shared her spider, Pinkie Pie, with her friends. She told everyone about the paint colors, legs, eyes and the process of making 'her'. It is now displayed in the school library for a few months.

I just realized I don't have a final picture of Pinkie Pie! I will go to her school and get a picture on Monday.

Halloween 2011

This year Halloween was a whirlwind of activities. We had class parties, pumpkin carving (twice), and of course trick or treating. We had Super Squirrel, Tony Romo and a ballerina. They ran around the neighborhood collecting candy at an alarmingly fast rate. After their feet were tired and bags too heavy to carry they came in. Iain then went out for round two in another neighborhood with some friends (and a parent of course). He came home with an insane amount of candy, Thank goodness we are donating most of it some this year!!  

Sara's candy                                                                    Iain's candy

Sean admiring all his goodies...very closely!

Let the candy eating begin!!!

For you Mom...

This website is so fun! It is the non-iphone equivalent to Instagram. I've been searching around cyberspace for something to apply fun effects to photos and was feeling a bit left out of the Instagram frenzy. But alas, I found one. It's so easy for time to slip away while playing with the photos. It allows you to put three different levels of filters/effects on the photos. It starts with the color, goes to texture and ends with borders. Most of them give an old time feel. Here are a few of my projects...

 Oh how time flies. Look at those little faces!

Bark Bark

We have a barking seal in the house this week. Sara woke up yesterday with the undeniable sound of croup. She feels okay but the cough is horrible sounding. Thought in honor of her last two days of in the house confinement (especially when it is beautiful out) I would post some pics of her.

From a few weeks ago

I love that little face!                                                        

Waiting for boats to go by

River Girl

We hope you are feeling better soon Peanut!