JAMIE turns 5. As in FIVE YEARS OLD! I know, we can't beleive it either.

Lil' Reds backed into our driveway and unloaded a pig, sheep, goats, a pony, chickens, ducks & some bunnies...let the rumpus begin!












happy birthday big boy - WE LOVE YOU SO MUCH!!

at the santa monica airport today. we were watching the planes - one landed and the pilot asked if we wanted to check out the cockpit.

honestly, they pushed so many buttons - i don't think i would get on this plane anytime soon!

my new favorite iPhone app - you can hello kitty EVERYTHING! it's so rad!

they had to hold on for dear life. this thing at the park got going so fast

pumpkin patch with room 8 !!

reading before we hit the beach this morning...

love this picture of her

Dylan continues to impress me

We made special muffins today - it was a recipe from the book grandma and grandpa sent for daddy's b-day. Plus we altered it a bit to accommodate for chocolate chips. Classic.

I discovered how to get the kids to eat breakfast

Homemade waffles and whip cream on top. What's not to love?

The implications are staggering

Thanks to Jamie for pointing out the old ball and chain.

Gymnastics! Dylan insists on wearing this ballet outfit every week - she's a little stud!

run girls run !! dylan is in princess heels, by the way.

quick stop at the petting zoo on the way home from camping...

a day in the life of a 4 year old. click on image to read...

they love a party with face painting !

Our front sidewalk and some translations

We have been writing on the sidewalk in front of our house as of late. School's back in session, so we get a lot of kids back and forth and found this awesome tribute in chalk from a stray piece our kids had left the night before. I translated it on my iphone this morning on our walk to school and it said, "Pure Fart".Honestly, my gut says, pure feet. Because pedo is kind of latin for feet, as I was trying to explain to Jamie this morning while I cut his fingernails.

When I got home I translated it on freetranslations.com and it said, "pure I ask". Pure Fart makes me laugh a bit more, needless to say feeds my inner child's ability to continually laugh at fart jokes - (my kids too)

What does your translator say? Thank god I don't rely on my online translators for conversations with spanish speaking natives. I rely solely on my inability to conjugate verbs, speak coherently in the same tense, and stammering.

What does this say to you? Please leave a comment.

dress up! (thanks for the pictures, lisa. sorry i cut out your cute kids but wasn't sure you wanted them on our blog!)

Today at Cha Cha Chicken

http://samolive.net/cha-cha-chicken-is-chaching-best-bets-for-the-beach

this is about 1/8 of what came up from our garden. and our juicer is broken so this should be fun trying to eat all of these.

while trying to get out the door for soccer (we have never been on time) J&D had an impromptu tea party with apple sauce, raisins and wheat thins

Jamie's preschool class hit the Santa Monica Aquarium at the pier.

Jamie & Owen...


Our little leader volunteered for the teacher...



Lunch and fun at the beach following the aquarium...

Jamie graduates from Guppies and just plays on the last day