Meeting Santa 2012




Julie had to work so we took all 4 kids to the mall to see Santa.

Merry Christmas 2012

It was an Angry Birds Christmas for Spencer this year.

Ooh, Hello Kitty!

Kate's new helmet looks like it fits great.

The kids helped Mommy cook cinnamon rolls for breakfast in their new aprons.

Kate loved opening all her gifts.

Daddy spent some time building Spencer's Angry Birds K'nex.

Here, let me help you with that Grammie.

The kids liked to sit on their "thrones" and open gifts.

Dutch Wonderland 07.27.12

We surprised the kids with a trip to Dutch Wonderland...on a school day no less!

  

Daddy & Spencer got a speeding ticket for going 7 mph in a 5 mph zone.

Kate needed some help getting her train around the track.

Spencer had no trouble with his train.  [Tilt your head sideways to see the picture.  I'm too lazy to redo it.]

Clang clang clang went the trolley...ding ding ding went the bell!

For the 2nd year in a row, Kate LOVED watching the frog prince/princess diving show.  She kept calling it "her show."  Too cute!  We sat in the "splash zone," and this picture was taken about 1 minute before we got totally soaked!

Spencer LOVED riding the Sky Ride which was just a really slow ride to move you from one end of the park to the other.  The bad thing was that Kate was too short to ride it, so one of us had to walk across the park to meet Spencer and the other parent on the other side.

Look Mommy, it's Duke the Dragon!  (A sighting from the train ride.)

The kids (and Daddy too) had a great time feeding the duckies, or "rubber duckies" as Kate called them.

Kate was too scared to actually ride a horsey on the carousal, but she would sit on the bench with Mommy.  I was surprised at how fast that thing went.  No wonder she was scared!

Self portrait from the top of the Sky Ride.

Look Spence, it's Mommy and Kate down below!

Waiting for the train to come through at the motel.

Believe it or not, we stayed at a caboose motel where we actually slept in a  train car!  It was so cool!

Here is the inside of one of the bedrooms.

The obligatory picture of us entering Dutch Wonderland taken by their photographer.

Getting ready to leave the motel.

Our train car for the night.

Kids Fest 05.2012

Batmobile!!!

Maryland Batman!

The Bird!

McGruff!

Kate wanted nothing to do with the "celebrities" we had been visiting all afternoon.

Oh my gosh...that's Elmo, Rosita and Abby Cadabby!!!

Strumming my guitar while we wait in line to get our picture taken with Elmo.

There is a professional picture of Elmo and the other muppets but I can't find it on my computer. 

Happy Easter 04.08.12

Wow, look at all our loot!

Kate insisted on looking at her Easter basket stuff on Mommy and Daddy's bed, and then had to try everything on (sunglasses, bows, etc.).

What a cool dude playing Wii!

Found one!

Me too!

Yep, I got one too!

Spencer was clearly the winner in the egg hunt this year.  

Isn't it obvious that Sadie either idolizes Spencer or is really annoyed by him.

Easter Picture Day 04.01.12

We're on the way to see the Easter Bunny.  Try to look excited, Spencer.  (This is his current "cheese" face.)

Kate's excited to see the Easter Bunny.  Say "cheese"!

Apparently the Easter Bunny is a girl.  Who knew?  Kate was afraid of her and would only get her picture taken if she could sit on my lap.

After getting our picture taken, we went to a chicken dinner at the Lisbon Fire Department.

Cousins!