Christmas joy

Despite moving 2 days after Christmas, we had some very nice Christmas celebrations. Thanks to my MomII (ie. step-mom) who provide 2 wonderful dinner and amazing ambiance and my mother-in-law (ie. momIII) who came up for Christmas morning (with father & sister-in-law) to make the day even more special. So even though 80% of our things were packed, we had a great Christmas!
The Dugan cousins all got reindeer nose.

Opening presents with a fire crackling and comfy new pajamas from grandma.

Silas Class Presentation

Silas's teacher sent this little clip to me. It illustrates how silly Silas can be. I like that he's confident enough to put himself out there like that.

Brief Update

I'm feeling bad that I haven't been updating much lately. I've been busy getting ready for our move and for Christmas. After we're settled in Los Osos I'll post a video tour of our new place. In the meantime, here's my cozy kids enjoying a movie together.

Confident daughter

We had family photos done a couple of months ago, and I just had to post my favorite. It truly catches my confident little daughter.

Happy Halloween 2011

Halloween is such a fun time of year. Here are my very excited children in their costumes.
Zeke carved the pumpkin on the right and the black marker decorations on it are Keilah's handiwork. Silas carved the pumpkin on the right. He carved 3 sides of it.

Zeke's preschool class had a costume party the Thursday preceding Halloween. Keilah got to join in so she's in the group standing in front of Zeke.

Keilah and Zeke got to go to Silas's class costume party. They had so much fun!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Soccer Photos are in

The soccer photos are in! I think they turned out great. Coach Cory and Assistant Coach Chris have done a great job increasing the boys' soccer skills and team player skills.

Autumn Fun!

The boys have been enjoying autumn fun with their classes.

Silas's school has a scarecrow auction to raise money for their garden program. Each class makes a scarecrow. The class voted on who they wanted their scarecrow to look like, the parents donated materials, I designed it, the class stuffed it, and the garden parent and I assembled it. So here we are with Calvin and Hobbes.
Zeke's school took him on a trip to a fun pumpkin patch. He got to pet bunnies, ducklings, and other animals, brush a horse, pick a pumpkin, and become king of the hay mountain.