6.5

Always a cause for celebration, Annie officially had her half birthday on the 1st.


Sounds like a good excuse for cupcakes to me.


Auntie Mary, Annie's godmother, even celebrated with us.

oh, there's more

Had enough of the pictures? I haven't even gotten started yet! This is what happens when I wait a month to get the photos off the camera.

work day

Check out the section of fence that the wind blew over a few weeks ago. Joel and the kids spent an afternoon fixing it.

park pics

Warm winter evening bike ride at the park.


The sun was a bit too much...


so sleeping proved to be a better option.

starting school

The latest event in the IslandFourActuallyFive household involves a certain 3-year old starting preschool! Both the said 3-year old and his mother are thrilled with the school and his new found independence.


First day of school. He even gets to stay for Lunch Bunch. He couldn't have been more excited to go.


Celebrating after his first day. McDonald's was the celebration place of choice. Of course.


This weekend he got to bring home Dandelion, the class "friend." He took her everywhere he went and we wrote about it in her journal so he can share their adventures with his class. He LOVED having Dandelion visit.

smiles

Zeke is smiling (and laughing!) a lot now - especially when his diaper is off. We've been trying to get pictures of it which is proving hard to do. (No, not that it. Get your mind out of the gutter.) I mean pictures of him smiling. We finally got a few...

symmetry

Joel is the numbers guy...

Zeke is 3 months old.
Jonah is 3 years and 9 months old.
Annie is 6 years and 6 months old.

bacon nirvana

My friend Heidi sent this to me and we have decided that we must do it. I can feel my arteries clogging right now...I can't wait! The NY Times also has a great article about this bacony goodness. My eyes are watering just thinking about it!

15 years!

Joel and I had our 1st date 15 years ago today. 15 years seems like a lifetime! Let's see...in the past 15 years we have:
Traveled to 7 different countries together
Lived in 10 different apartments or homes
Worked at a combined 18 different jobs (Joel's job at KFC still has to be my favorite - free chicken!)
Had 3 kids, 2 dogs and 1 fish
Argued a lot - but laughed even more

There's gotta be more but I'm drawing a blank. I think my brain cells are being depleted daily. Anyway, we're going to celebrate tonight by watching Alfred Hitchcock's "To Catch a Thief" just like we did 15 years ago.

Oh - the picture was taken on Valentine's Day in 1994. Check out his hair!

change

President Barack Obama. Wow. What a day. My friend Heidi and I saw him speak here two years ago. I feel so proud to have been there from the beginning. We kept Annie home from school today to watch the inauguration. I love that my kids got to see history being made today. I'm still feeling so overwhelmed by it all that I can't seem to find the words. Maybe his words will do. The Seattle Times made this cool image of his speech using Wordle...

happy list 5

Jonah starts preschool next week.
Ricky Gervais at the Golden Globes.
Joel's new boss really, really likes him. A lot.
Zeke is happy and sleepy.
5 days until the inauguration.
Neighbors.
The new nephew is almost here.
Zeke's laugh.
Wii Star Wars Legos.
New friends.
Sleep.
The laundry is folded.

12 birds of christmas

And now we'd like to present Annie and her fellow 1st graders singing the 12 Birds of Christmas at her school's holiday program. Technically, it was her post-holiday holiday program since she had 2 snow days in December and they had to postpone it until last week. Annie is sitting in the front row in the short sleeve white shirt. I'll pay $100 to anyone who can actually figure out what they are singing.



(Just kidding about the $100, Jason.)

baby babble

We'd just like to warn you that this is oozing in cuteness as well as boringness and is intended for the viewing delight of grandparents, aunts and uncles.

2 months old and kind of cute

we love snow!

Dressed (?) for the snow.


Zeke's first snow.


It came down for an entire day.


The car is under there somewhere.

merry christmas (a few days late)

 
 

yummy!

We may have a new Christmas Eve tradition: gingerbread waffles. Heavenly!

wishing you a groovy christmas

Jonah wanted to know if we could get costumes like this and actually do the dance.

Christmas 2008...

The year mom and dad secretly opened the present a week early. Sshhhh...

things that are not fun

Winter break starting 2 days early.
Taking the bus downtown with 3 kids and a ginormous stroller.
Having 16 ounces of coffee spilled all over you.
Waiting for the bus in 26 degree weather in jeans that are completely soaked with coffee.