First Day of School 2011

 We pose in the same spot every year...I can't believe we've been doing this pose for four years now!  He is very proud of his shirt - it has a football, his favorite number on it, and the year his parents were born on it :)

 Also a traditional picture, which has changed a lot since PK4

The new Phineas and Ferb backpack.  Mom put his backpack away last year and it just reappeared today.  What can I say - it's been a  long and busy summer!?!  At least I know where the kids are...

All ready for PK4 - I can't bear the thought that she'll be a full time student in a year!

 Silly little poser

I love this picture of her, except how grown up she looks!

Project 365 July 23rd thru August 8th

It's not hard to keep up on taking the pictures...it's the blogging them that is a challenge!  The dates here recap our time in California mostly.  

July 23rd

Ben works so hard on this garden, we're all looking forward to eating more from it when we get back from vacation.

July 24th

Scrapbook magazines work about 6 months in advance so they are looking for winter stuff now, this is a layout I made as a submission.  It didn't get picked up :(

July 25th

We decided to stay in a hotel for the night before our trip and then leave our car parked there.  The kids are fired up, I'm not sure we'll sleep at all...

July 26th

Peek a Boo on the airplane

July 27th

Disneyland Day

July 28th

Getting reaquainted with Grandpa

July 29th

Vasquez Rocks with Great Grandma

July 30th

Jump roping in Gram's living room...this doesn't seem like a good idea :)

July 31st

 Hanging out in the Kaweah River

August 1st

 Gram, Grandpa, and Timmy under one of the many cool trees in the park

August 2nd

Look at that little belly :)  Enjoying the Kaweah river, different and much nicer location!

August 3rd

Cooper is learning to climb and explore...I am not so excited about the climbing thing!

August 4th

A football in hand...always.  And yes, we feed him he's just a skinny skinny dude!

August 5th

 Our 24 hours off duty, spent in Long Beach, when can we do this again?

August 6th

We've nicknamed Cooper "the beast" he's always attacking and tackling somebody.

August 7th

Sand Angels

August 8th

Night time swimming - I told the kids we had to do this - Lucy was freezing but Timmy enjoyed it

He's One!

I keep wanting to write this stuff down and keep forgetting.  So right now, I'm putting it here and then it will be there when I want it later!

-He has 8 teeth and will clamp down if you try to get anything out of his mouth

-He sleeps terrible...just like his brother and sister at this age...gives me hope for a couple years from now since they are both awesome sleepers now!

-He can stand up on his own and takes about two steps

-He loves watermelon, peas, milk, peanut butter sandwiches.  There is very little he doesn't like, especially if he can feed it to himself.

-He's learned to shriek, it's bad

-He loves to play in the toilet, I've dragged him out of the bathroom at least 20 times to wash up.  We had just been closing the toilet lid - but he can now open it - and to quote Lucy on the topic "Uh oh that's not good"

-He loves his pacifier, way more than our other two and I'm okay with that.

-He can say mama, dada, dog, ball, hi, dat (that), ah (yeah), uh oh, woof woof

-He can shake his head yes and shake his head no - occasionally it makes sense

-He loves music and will bounce and sway to it

-He likes to point at things he thinks are interesting or to show you he knows what you are talking about

-He loves dogs, balls, being outside, and his siblings

-He likes to watch us play the Wii and tries to stand up on the balance board

-He's pretty even keel but is learning the art of the temper tantrum, here we go into toddlerhood

Project 365: July 2nd thru July 22nd

July 2nd

Another Momenta layout, still enjoying doing my layouts for Taylor's album

July 3rd

 We got a new pool, it has made the heat more bearable

July 4th

Timmy, Ben, and Josh went to a ball game.  Cooper, Lu, and I went to the Jan's for dinner and then to another members for fireworks - it was a great evening.  Lucy thought the fireworks were too loud, Cooper just kept saying "ooooh" and clapping.

July 5th

Grandma & Grandpa came in for a visit - Gram got in on a big long water fight - me and her vs. the kids.

July 6th

Gram & Grandpa

July 7th

 Ummm I stink at blanket forts...I'll have to work on that.

July 8th

I got a front page feature on the Cards Magazine blog with this card, STOKED!

July 9th

She looks so grown up with her hair this way!

July 10th

Cooper's favorite place in the house, standing looking out the back window and barking at the dogs

July 11th

 
Doesn't everyone wear bright red Hello Kitty socks with flip flops?

July 12th

Or a tutu and a poncho underneath their dress?

July 15th

Blueberry picking with friends

July 16th

First ice cream cone from the delicious Culvers - it was a little too cold for him

July 17th

We had Cooper's birthday party today.  He had a funny reaction to the cake but liked it more once he could use a spoon

July 18th
 
I'm working hard on projects trying to get ready to leave town for two weeks...interesting to have to organize a hobby :)

July 19th

Love love love the colors on this card.  I'd never wear them together or put them together in my house - but I think they rock on a card.  This is just one reason I love this hobby, putting together pretty things that don't work in any other part of my life :)

July 20th

 Today he is 1!  We celebrated with a trip to the pool.

July 21st

 Time for the county fair - and it is psycho hot

July 22nd

Lucy loves her Taylor

A Day at the Beach

We took a day trip to the beach with my Aunt, Uncle, and cousins.  I always think it is a blessing when my kids are able to spend some time with nice teenagers - it sets such a good example for them.  Two days with my cousins was perfect.  It was the first time we'd made it to the beach on this vacation (we're going back again :)).  Lucy was very afraid of the water at first, she disliked it so much she was asking to leave.  Timmy liked it and went right in, but fell down and went under and got scared.  So we had two kids who didn't want anything to do with the water!

With some coaxing they came around 

First I got Lucy to dip her toes in, then daddy helped her to jump the waves.

Timmy was easier to convince...the weird way it feels like the ocean is pulling you out just took some getting used to.

Gram is the best at introducing the kids to playing in the sand

Can we move them to Illinois?

Learning to surf early :)

Checking out the tide pools - we saw crabs, sea anenome, mussels, and some sharp rocks

Cousins boogie boarding together

Yes, Woodworth folks, that's your Pastor :)

I forgot how fun this is - of course how often are there enough adults around to keep an eye on my kids so I can play for a couple hours straight and not worry about them?  This was great!  

Timmy - grow up to be like him!

Lucy - grow up to be like her!

I provided the entertainment for Ben with my wipe outs.  He told me how hard he laughed at me, I told him he could laugh as long as he rescued me if I didn't come up :)

Afraid of the water - yes!  Afraid of holding a crab with Grandpa - no!