Pre Holiday Lull

There hasn't been much to report lately.  We got all our flu shots last Tuesday.  Actually Holiday opted for the nasal spray variety but the rest of us got injections.  It was on Veteran's Day so we had a family day and after flu shots we went to the Arboretum.  It was a beautiful, cold day so we took a lot of pictures.  Then on Thursday Johnny had a fever so I stayed home with him.  Nothing serious but he obviously wasn't 100%.  Then later on in the day I realized I wasn't feeling so good and I had a low grade fever myself.  So I guess it was good that I stayed home.  Johnny and I went back to daycare/work the next day.  It was a cold so I'm past most of the snottiness but Johnny is especially snotty right now.  We went to a birthday party for my nephew Ayden and niece Sammie on Saturday.  The kids always have fun playing at their house.  So mostly we're doing day to day kinds of things, but the holidays are around the corner and I know things will get busy again soon so I'll enjoy the lull while we have it.

Halloween and Holiday has lost her first tooth and Daddy's Birthday

Yes people...Holiday has indeed lost her first tooth.  It's the front, left, bottom one.  Holiday told us on Thursday that it was loose and she even let us wiggle it.  Then it fell out on Friday and she's way excited about it.  I'm thinking that it probably didn't hurt and not much bleeding so that's probably why this experience has been positive for her.  But she keeps forgetting it at school so we haven't had a visit from the tooth fairy yet.  Friday was also Halloween so we took the kids trick-or-treating in the Ballard area near the home of one of Holiday's friends from school, Theo.  Theo has a little sister Molly so the girls and boys kind of divided up and played together.  During trick-or-treat time Johnny kept screaming, "THEO, THEO, WAIT, WAIT!"  It was pretty funny since Theo was only inches in front of us.  But Johnny really liked Theo.  Johnny just had a red cape on for his costume but it pretty much covered all of himself up.  Holiday was Elsa from Frozen, very popular this year.  Johnny pretty much yelled the whole time either calling for Theo or Holiday or yelling TRICK-OR-TREAT! or THANK YOU!  It was pretty hilarious.  We were out for about an hour and then went back to the house so the kids could play some more and dig in on some of the candy.  Every time we got trick-or-treaters all four of the kids would come busting out of the bedrooms to see who was at the door.  Saturday was Daddy's 43rd birthday.  I think this one was slightly bittersweet for him since the kids have been hitting a lot of milestones lately which obviously means that they are growing up.  But he still had a good birthday.  I made him a pumpkin/chocolate cake (which was really good) and I gave him a couple of boardgames and a pair of fancy unicorn socks.  I had missed the part where the unicorns fart out rainbows.  Even better.

Beach and Pumpkin Patch Pictures

  

At the beach. 

Johnny digging in the hole

Come on in Holiday. 

There we go.

Time for beverages. 

At Maris Farms this month.

There goes Johnny. 

Next comes Mommy.

In the corn room.

Those pants are black.  Apparently dried corn is extremely dusty.  I beat her socks against a fence for a few minutes when she was done in there.  Gotta love the 'corn angel' though.

Johnny wasn't too sure about this at first and then warmed up to it once Holiday started playing.

She liked jumping off the side and landing in it with maximum dress flaring.

Grandma and Johnny with a big bag of kettle corn.

Johnny rode the ride which was great

Kids doing the fishing thing.  Adyen caught his but Holiday had no such luck with about 6 close calls.

Johnny riding a pony.

And doing it well.

That jump pillow was scary.

All the kids liked it though.

I just let Johnny jump his hardest. 

Johnny just lied down and rode the wave.  I wasn't jumping at all and I caught a lot of air from all the kids jumping around me.

The fish thing was pretty cool.

It's a new feature they have this year.

Johnny really liked that bag of kettle corn.

The kids at the restaurant for dinner afterwards.

Continuing on our photo journey

 

Us at Woodland Park Zoo.

Johnny's not down there by himself.  You can see Holiday's knees.

Extremely photogenic kids. 

This was during the thunderstorm and the animals just went buck wild.

The zebras were especially frisky.

Holiday was fascinated by the kimono dragons.

Johnny was initially interested then he ran away screaming from this statue. 

Tell us all about it Holiday.

Holiday getting a hug from the baby elephant statue.

Awwww....

By the otter exhibit. 

At Bumbershoot.  David and Johnny inching closer to the water.  Holiday in the foreground hanging out with Anna and Anna's friend.

Same shot but including my feet.

Right before the Kindergarten potluck.

Vogue.

Dressed up for school.

BBQ at Grandma and Grandpa's house.

He's just a little too short for the tricycle but he sure had fun trying.

Holiday and her cousin Ayden playing with the little tire swing.

Grandma thought the kids would like to play with the empty boxes.  I suppose if you're going to toss them anyway it makes sense to get full use out of them. Right?

More fantastic pictures

Holiday at Grandma Linda's house. 

Both of them kicked off their shoes to be comfortable at Grandma's.

Holiday likes her toys at Grandma's.

They enjoy the little table and chairs too.

This was at the King County Fair.

At the wading pool on Beacon Hill.

Surprise face! 

Teeter totter. 

Holiday on the other end. 

Johnny with Hazel.

Johnny likes playgrounds.

And playing in the water. 

At Remlinger Farms.

Mommy and Holiday in the stage coach. 

View of the roller coaster tracks.  They have beautifully landscaped the entire farm.

Holiday and I are in the fourth car from the front end.  It's just as well that you can't see Holiday too well. She wasn't happy.