Friday, December 13, 2013

Christmastime is Here

Visit to the Sierra Madre Fire station

Decorating their own tree

Stockings hung by the chimney with care


Family Fun night to see Frozen

Picking out our Christmas tree

Ty insisted on colored Christmas lights. He put on one strand at the bottom of the tree.





Train ride



Santa at Daddy's office

We sent our letters to Santa

Angela's ruby slippers she insisted on wearing today.

Cinnamon apple ornaments we made to hang on the tree and make the house smell yummy!


Annual Family Photos



Friend photo. We all swapped taking photos of each other this year.


Friday, November 15, 2013

Tyler Turns 5

Five is a big milestone birthday and calls for big celebrations. Tyler was really excited to celebrate his fifth birthday with his friends and family! As a five year old he has a lot of great characteristics. He is naturally athletic, silly and smart. At his recent parent teacher conference his teacher had nothing but positive things to say. She wrote, "Tyler is spontaneous, resourceful, and enthusiastic. He stimulates play. He has lots of ideas and expresses himself to his peers. He is a team players but also is content to do things on his own. He seems to always be happy and upbeat. He makes the best of every situation whether he initiates it or not. Tyler is a doer. He is always busy exploring some aspect of the classroom and outside set-up. His is silly and entertaining in an appropriate way. He can also be very serious and pensive. I love his spunk and his "charming" personality." I feel like this is a good description of him.

Some Fun Facts:
1. Tyler told someone not to say something the other day because his Grandpa says it's wrong and he is a judge.
2. We went to McDonalds for the first time the other day to meet some of his class mates. I was ordering something and he says, "Mom can I have oatmeal?"
3. He likes bananas and eggs, but not in the morning. He loves rice and hummus!
4. He can shoot a basketball better than most of the 6 years olds in his basketball class.
5. He loves to wear mesh shorts and sweat pants.
6. He told us the other day he wants to learn Korean because he wants to talk to the people in Korean at our favorite restaurant.







Tyler's Rescue Bot Birthday Party













A few of the details:




Tacos Chiuaua catered a taco bar

Rescue Bots in Training
They did three tasks to become certified Rescue Bots... Team Work, Aim and Speed.

Made Tyler Bots out of recycled material. Daddy and a friend, Erik were the judges.

Our friend Matt dressed up and led games for the kids



Thursday, November 14, 2013

Halloween 2013

 Presenting: Captain America and A Pretty Peacock


Costume parade




A preschool playdate/Halloween party

Angela wanted to trick or treat with the high school girls from next door.


Making a ghost in class

Grandma Knight helped us pass out candy