Taking a hike

What beautiful weather we've been having! We had a great day for a little hike with some friends. over at Cabrillo  The kids LOVED running up and down the hills and throwing stones into the ocean.  At our highest point and also our turn around point, we stopped to have a little picnic for lunch.  Can't beat being outside, in warm weather, with friends, a beautiful view and having fun. 

See, the world really is round!  :-)

Hot day

It has been crazy hot here!  It's been easily in the 90s!  Pretty crazy for November!  But we'll take it.  People complained that we didn't really have a summer here with it in the high 60s and low 70s for the most part (boohoo, right?!), but anyhow we've had a lot of water fun.  Today, the kids helped me wash the car which included a lot of fun playing with the hose and getting really wet outside.  Then, we went inside to play in our 'pool'.  Yes, that is our bathtub.  But it's a pool if you are wearing swimsuits and goggles! 

Biggest Monkey Day Ever

Emily declared it the biggest monkey day ever.  She often likes to proclaim days "Biggest Princess Day Ever" as she just loves wearing her princess costume.  Halloween may have been over, but our costumes were out in full force!  Kyle put on his monkey costume again and Emily put on her ladybug costume.  And they wore them all day!  We had a great time out and about in costume.  Kyle posed in front of the bananas at Trader Joe's because he LOVES bananas (not really but his monkeys do).  And for a snack, we had leftover (from Halloween) banana Laffy Taffy. 

Pumpkin Patch

The kids preschool took a field trip to Oma's Pumpkin Patch. It was nice to go after Halloween so it wasn't terribly crowded, but we were in a heat wave so it was 90 at the coast and probably 120 at Oma's since it is quite a distance inland.  Yes, it is November.  But how can you predict that?!

Here are the kids - the older and younger class as well as siblings who came along.

The cottonseed 'sledding' hil

Kyle shooting hoops with his classmate

Swish!

Emily and her teacher in the hay maze

Emily on two wheels!

Look who can now ride a two wheeler now!  The balance bike sure did pay off for a quick and easy transition to the two wheeler! Pretty exciting! 

Halloween festivities

Halloween this year was loads of fun for the kids. There were a lot of fun festivities for them to prepare for the holiday.  From pumpkin patches to pumpkin carving parties, they were pretty busy.

Twins club Halloween party at a Pumpkin patch

Emily was Princess Aurora and Kyle, shockingly, a monkey. :-) They were able to dress up on the Friday before at preschool with their classmates.  

On Halloween, we went over to a friend's house for a delicious dinner before heading out Trick or Treating with their friends. 

The Trick or Treating Crew

BatGirl, Princess Aurora, Monkey, Dragon, Knight, Buzz LightYear

Sweetness

Now that we have a season pass to Disneyland, we can go back almost anytime for a little bit and explore smaller areas without feeling like we have to cover the whole park in one sitting. Of course the kids have their favorite areas, but we are getting to see new areas this way too, little by little. So this past Thursday, I took the kids up there in the morning for their "something fun". 

This was so sweet, walking down Main Street, the kids just started holding hands as they walked together.  It was too sweet to not take a picture or ten.  

And when we got to the castle, we saw Snow White frolicking by the fountain!

This time, we spent a little time in ToonTown and saw Minney Mouse at her house. 

Monkey cupcakes

Spike joined us for dinner a couple times this week. One of the nights she brought a perfect dessert for our house!

Almost too cute to eat!

The monkey master himself eats his monkey cupcake.

Normally, he eats the frosting off a cupcake first, but since it was a monkey cupcake, he couldn't bear to eat the face off... well at least until the end.  Kyle (and all of us) LOVED it!

Good to be a girl

Grandma gave Emily this adorable skirt when we were in Chicago.  Emily LOVES it!  She put this outfit together by herself.  As another mom at preschool said, her outfit says, "It's good to be a girl!"

Disney Halloween trip

These are a few fun photos from a trip to Disneyland. It was swelterting hot outside and reasonably crowded, but fun nonetheless. Especially exciting was the first time seeing Princess Tiana from the Princess and the Frog. 

Princess Tiana

Enjoying some ice cream in the heat. 

Jeff and Kyle self-portrait

Buzz Lightyear space ships

Cool shadow shot