Left the Homestead

So come Thursday morning, Honey Buns got off work early due to the weather and we decided to pack up the kiddos and head into town and stay at Mom and Jim's house for a couple days. It was nice to get out of the house and see some family and see the snowy town. Here is Lake Whatcom all pretty and snowy. I love it and wish that it would snow more and stay around longer! :)

Winter Wonderland

It started snowing at our place on Wednesday evening... Yay! We love it! The snow always reminds Honey Buns and I of our year in Tahoe. This is a picture of our "outdoor" tree. We bought a fake tree a couple years ago, but decided we want the kiddos to still experience the whole "chopping down your own tree" thing so we, meaning Honey Buns cut down this tree on his Dad's property. He brought it home in the middle of a rain storm and put lights on it in the dark. It looks great at night, but during the day you can see the mangled mess of lights. Its great, and we love it! Sweetness gets excited every evening when the lights come on.

Your Getting Soooo BIG!

Little BAM is not going to be very little for much longer! He is 3 1/2 months old and already sporting his 6 month size clothes! He is really enjoying watching his big sis play and loves it when she gives him kisses and hugs and pats on the back. She is very good at helping me burp him! BAM is not the only one growing though... Miss Sweetness is getting big too and is learning all kinds of things like where her nose, ears and tummy are can say "hi" and "bye" but our favorite is when she talks her talk so matter of factly!

Happy Halloween!

Halloween was so much fun this year! I thought trick-or-treating was fun when I was a kid, but having your own kids to take trick-or-treating is even funner! We started out the evening by going down to Fairhaven and letting Miss Madi Ballerina trick-or-treat with all the other gazillion kids that were there. She wasn't too interested in the candy (I know this will change by next year) she was just so excited to run around the sidewalks with all the other kids wearing her tutu and pink chucks making sure we were not far behind her. Mr Pea Pod Brody was cozy and warm in his costume which I craftily connected to the front pack so it looked like I had a large green vegetable hanging off my chest. :) We ended the evening by going to Grandma and Grandpa's house for dinner ( the best homemade chili) with friends and family. Well, actually once the kids were in bed, the parents snuck out to see one of our favorite bands play... The All Nighters. Oh, and the live reenactment of Micheal Jackson's Thriller which was done in the middle of downtown Bellingham where I think probably more than half of Bellingham showed up to watch. Yes, there were zombies and a Micheal Jackson look alike! Pretty Cool!

Another Great Cook Book!

My Dad recently gave me another great cook book.... It is called Feeding The Whole Family by Cynthia Lair. I love this cook book mostly because the whole first section talks about how to feed your whole family -baby, young children and their parents healthily. And then there are the recipes which are great! There is something for everyone including a whole section on how to make healthy lunchboxes! Its great and so far I have loved everything I have tried out of here... so THANKS Dad-I love it!