Our Life: December Week 1

December Week 1

December 4th - December 10th

 Sunday, December 4th

My dad was here and we all drove down to San Diego (taking two cars) after church.

Emily and I went to see "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" and she loved it.

I love that our little 4 year old is getting exposed to good music and a variety of cultural experiences from an early age--and I love that she truly enjoys it!  She was absolutely fascinated.  I think I spent almost as much time watching her as I did watching the stage!  :)

During "The Grinch", Peter played a matinee performance of his show, "Some Lovers" and my dad took care of Noah in the park. 

After the shows Dad drove back to Long Beach with our kids so Peter and I could go out for dinner and then I could stay to watch his show.  Thanks, Dad!  I really appreciated it!! 

Also noteworthy-- before "Some Lovers",  Peter took me backstage and I got to meet Burt Bacharach!   What a fun day.  :)

Emily--loo--who  holding hands with the other Whos around the Christmas tree in Whoville :) 

"Da who dorae, ya who voray welcome Christmas, Christmas day..."

Well, neither child is really looking, but I still like this photo.  :)

Happy 30th to me!

On Saturday night I threw myself a birthday party.  I thought it was a lame idea at first, but then decided since I love to plan and host parties, and since celebrating birthdays and entertaining are not really my husband's strong suits, I should just do it myself; and I'm so glad I did!

As the photo above shows: "...brown paper packages tied up with string, these are a few of my favorite things" we had a "favorite things" party (as found on pinterest!)

...complete with piñata!

I had a great night celebrating with friends :)

...actually, that's an understatement--it was amazing.  I am so blessed. 

Our Life: November Week 5

November 27th-December 3rd

 Back home in Long Beach, we let Emily hang the ornaments on the tree.

 Pete is working every afternoon and night.  It's exhausting for both of us.

Tonight I tried to get the kids to cooperate with some photos, but no luck.  I even let them play with these crazy headbands.  (Noah has little Santas on his headband and Em is wearing antlers.)

 On Saturday we tried to take a family photo for our Christmas cards,

 but this one (above) was the best we could get today.

Our Life: November Week Four

November 20-26, 2011

On Sunday, November 20th Noah was baptized at Emmanuel Reformed Church in Paramount, CA.

Surprise, surprise... it rained.  :)

It rained on the day he was born.

{ It rained on the day we brought him home from the hospital.

It rained today, the day of his baptism.

Even in Southern California, it seems to rain on the most significant days of his life.

His future bride should just be prepared for a rainy day wedding.  ;)

Fitting, I guess, for a baby named Noah. }

Noah was hilarious, looking up at Pastor Ken while he spoke.

He made the whole congregation giggle.  :)

Afterwards we had a luncheon at our house.  

(A few more people came than are in this picture, but we snapped a quick photo before Pete had to leave.)

This boy is happiest when he's either eating, or n@ked.

... he gets those traits from his father.  ;) 

Monday & Tuesday: David stayed here with Pete, Noah & me.

Emily went to Palm Springs with Grandpa & Grandma.

I had ACSI Convention during school hours.

On Tuesday, David, Peter & Noah went down to San Diego together.

In the evening we pulled out the Christmas lights & decorations and went out for a yummy dinner at my fav restaurant--Roman Cucina!

On Wednesday, David, Noah & I drove to Palm Springs.  (Pete was working in SD.) 

Mom & Dad (aka Grandpa & Grandma Sasha) got condos for all of us and we had a fun few days hanging out together.

Pete joined us for Thanksgiving and after dinner we all went to see his first appearance in a major motion picture... The Muppet Movie!  ;)

...and we could see him!   (For all of 2 seconds, but still, it was fun and a great movie too!)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Our life: November Week 3

November Week 3

November 13-19, 2011

It's December 26th now.

I'm trying to wrap up the year, so I won't bother typing much here, but for those of you who miss seeing a glimpse of our life, and our kiddos growing up, I'll post photos.

Life has been crazy here for the past six or seven weeks.  Pete took an amazing gig, but one that means he has 8 shows a week... in San Diego.  It's tough... really, really tough... but we knew it would be.

Knowing what we know now would we do it again?  Who knows... but why waste time and energy second guessing it?!

In any case, our time is at a premium these days, but here are some overdue photos!

 

I re-organized all of the kids' clothes in one (chaotic) day... clothes from all closets, stored in the garage and everything.

This is what it looked like in the middle of the process as I had everything spread all over the living room!

 sweet sleepy boy

 he has a mouthful of teeth!

he already loves to play with this toy! 

 playing 'cootie'  :)

(This is a different day than the spaghetti pictures... she just loves her Hawkeyes and wants to wear her Hawkeye clothes constantly!)

my little girl loves to do everyone's hair and Grandma was a good sport!  

silly girls :)