Happy Halloween!

We had such a fun Halloween, how about you!?! We headed over to the McD's home and enjoyed some Frankenstein jello heads, spooky brain punch, mummy dogs, and so much more. The kiddos had a great time trick or treating and collecting all their sweet loot.

We also made sure to carve our jack o lanterns, let me re-phrase that, I made sure to carve the jack o lanterns. At one point Tyler said, "Mom, make sure you finish the pumpkin while we're at Target with Lola!" At least Aidan was impressed with, "Wow Mom! You're really good!" I'm so glad they approve!

On my safari I found the cutest monsters!

With my Besties: Athena and Alice
What an assortment of little ghouls:
a beautiful vampire, a sweet kitty cat, an adorable astronaut, the handsomest Percy Jackson, one cool DJ from the Crypt, and the cutest SCREAM monster I know!

Can't wait for next year...BOO!

Pumpkin Patch Fun

We ventured out to Dell'Osso Family Farm for our pumpkin patch outing this year. And a venture it was, all the way out to Lathrop! I wouldn't say it was a pumpkin patch so much as an amusement park. This place had it all with some pumpkins thrown in! We took a ride on a train, jumped in some jack-o-lantern jumping houses and picked up some perfect pumpkins. Tyler says we got the best ones! I would agree. Stay tuned for our carved masterpieces next week!

There is an Aidan inside of that pumpkin!

These are some handsome boys if I say so myself!

Take a look at the many faces of Tyler...

That face says fun!

How many more days til Halloween????

I think Halloween is the boys 2nd most favorite holiday! As soon as decorations start being sold their costume thought process goes full speed. This year Tyler is dead set on being SCREAM. Why? I have no idea. He has never seen the movie and certainly wouldn't like it if he was allowed to. Aidan really was trying to get me to let him be something gruesome, with blood and weapons and such. I know, I know, I should just let him. But I really think he's too young for that and might just scare himself if he looked in the mirror! So, Aidan decided on a DJ from the Crypt - Kind of cool I think! To say these boys are super excited, is an understatement! We are eagerly counting down the days! However, at any and all opportunities these silly boys are trying on their costumes and parading around the house, just to be sure their costumes still "fit!" LOL!

Happy Halloween!

Park it!

To beat the summertime boredom blues I took the boys to the park. These two have been fighting their way through the entire summer, and it's driving me CRAZY!!! I put them on their bikes and we took off. It started off fine; sun in the sky, nice breeze, easy ride, until the two of them crashed into each other - which then of course set Aidan off. Punching his brother in the arm, "Why did you have to come so close!?!" Followed by Tyler screaming, "It was an accident, gosh!!!!" I mean, how you can fight while riding a bike is sheer talent I tell you.



We arrive at the park, famished no doubt. Luckily, mama had packed a lunch. We ate ham sammies, chips, and sipped on ice cold water. With full bellies, surely we could enjoy an afternoon at the park, right? WRONG! In no time, tan bark is flying, Tyler is stomping off, Aidan is teasing...to make a long story short we didn't stay long and headed for home.

Thankfully, the ride home was less combative and all was well for the next hour or so. I never thought I'd say this, but, when does school start again???

Aqua Adventure

We spent the day at Aqua Adventure with Justin and the Morton bros, and boy was it fun! This is a hidden gem, well maybe it's not hidden but it was new to me! The lazy river was a huge hit with everyone. Aidan got out of the water to eat lunch and a snack, a mere 30 minutes total of the entire 5 hour day. I think Tyler must have gone around and around and around a bazillion times - never failing to call and wave, "hi mama!!!"

Snack time!

We can't wait to do it again! In fact Aidan has requested next Wednesday please.

Play Date with the Morton Bros.

Today we had a play date with Tyler's best friend Noah and his brother Aidan. Yes, Noah's brother is also Aidan, so by the end of the day we had Aidan 1 and Aidan 2. I'm not sure which is which but it seemed to work for the boys.

We started off with mini-golf at Malibu Castle in Redwood City. The boys had fun putting (more like driving the ball) into the holes, OK, OK, sometimes we just picked the balls up and moved on. Some of those holes are very challenging!

from left to right: Aidan (1), Aidan (2), Tyler, Noah

Then we were lucky to visit a fire station in Woodside. Noah and Aidan's Aunt Kate works at the station and we were given a personal tour of the station as well as our own ride on the engine! But wait, that's not all - next door to the station were horses! So the 2 Aidans fed the horses apples while Noah and Tyler watched.

this Aidan loves having Tyler on his lap, the other one? umm, not so much!

Aidan hamming it up in the rescue engine

This was the highlight of the day I think: a car cut in many pieces that the firefighters had been training with. The boys were so intrigued with the glass and metal and destruction!
BOY HEAVEN!

It was such a fun day! We're already planning our next play date where we can get wet!

First stop: Newport Beach

first stop of our summer vacation was beautiful Newport Beach. the weather was gloomy and grey but that sure didn't keep my lil' fish away from the water.

our next stop in Newport Beach was the cutest little place called Balboa Island. we ate breakfast at wilma's patio and then strolled the downtown street of the balboa peninsula. the narrow streets are lined with one of a kind beach cottages and residents drive golf carts or beach cruisers to get around. i've found my newest dream retirement destination.

good food = happy boys

barrels and barrels of salt water taffy!

katrina, blinky, and auntie evah joined us for dinner later that day

while at dining at bluewater grill, in the harbor there were TONS of jelly fish! can you see them!?!