Sunday, April 19, 2015

Random March Photos


We had a double date with the Scherman's to The Painted Cabernet. Our families are hosting an upcoming party for our school doing our own version called "Paint and Pour" so we wanted to study up on the process.  


Todd's painting. 


Mine.


Todd's. 


Mine. 


You get the drift here. 


Why I thought I should add a neon yellow fish and ruin mine, I have no idea. 


I painted over that and kind-of, sort-of redeemed my painting. 


I hate painting. 


He loves painting.


Elena loves it and she should, she's good too. 



I thought my messy palette made cool artwork though ;)


Random and big news, we sold our house and moved to a new place!


Loving our new home and neighborhood. I loved this tree until about 3 weeks ago. More on that in a sec. 


This little guy flew into our house one day. 


The sweetest love bird ever! 


It was obviously someone's pet. 


It LOVED Todd. He/She was so friendly and not scared of us at all. I fed him chips and guacamole and I entertained the idea of having a bird for a minute or two. It pooped on my table and I was quickly over having a bird. We ended up taking it to the animal hospital. Not sure if they ever found the owner. 



Evening walk with Sammy. 


A leprechaun entered our house at some point on 3/17. 


The kids both made their own traps. 


They woke up WAY too early to see if they had caught one. 


No such luck on actually catching one. 


Last night in our old house with the bunk beds taken apart. 


First night in the new house with no bunk beds put together. (Don't worry, both kids got to sleep with us that night) ;)


It helps to have strong, nice friends when you need a hand ;)





Both of these kids keep gravitating towards the drums at piano lessons and I keep reminding them there is no way we are getting a drum set. 


Snuggie kids. 


Fallon turned 7! 


Her sunglasses in the previous picture were hiding a black eye she got from the monkey bars. We had to get a picture of Thatcher and Fallon together with his skateboard injuries. These two were quite the pair ;)


Jumping HIGH at Cloud 10!


Todd showing off his basketball skills at the Peabody basketball tournament. Unfortunately, his team got killed, like really killed. Todd would like to challenge them to a surf contest next time.


Dinner at Harry's with Charlotte before the Peabody Upstarts Play. 


Ready for the play!


While we were at the play, Thatcher got a Daddy date and guess where he wanted to go?! That tells you how little, if any, fast food we eat. It's a special treat to get McDonald's. 


Late night dinner at a new sushi restaurant in town.


Lazy dog, sleeping in the sunshine. I feel like we might need to buy her a bigger bed.


Moving boxes provide hours of entertainment. 



I've had this plant since my Grandma Onie's funeral which was I think 15 years or so ago?? The plant is named Grandma Onie and she's still alive ;)


Bike riding to dinner. 



New garden planted. 



My handy hubby saving me when I blew a tire out on the 101 freeway. 


Flamenco girls watching Ms. Linda teaching.


Back to this tree, it is now off limits for climbing because less than five minutes after I snapped this picture, Thatcher was at the branch where Samantha is and flipped around and fell 8 feet to the ground on his head and back. I can barely look at this picture seeing our neighbor, Kaitlyn, up so high. Makes me so nervous! 


After we ruled out a concussion and any head injuries, four days later we ended up at the doctor's office because we noticed he was not moving his left arm and could barely get a shirt on without wiggling and shimmeying himself in one without raising his arm. 


We left with a lollipop and a sling and were sent for x-rays. 



Remember, this was just 2 weeks prior to the tree incident. I want to wrap him up in bubble tape and stick him on the couch indefinitely. 


Thankfully there was no break but his clavicle did bend enough to make it very soar, swollen and painful. It's been about 3 weeks now and he seems almost completely healed already. We even let him play in both his soccer and baseball games during all of this. He actually batted the best yet these past two weeks. We were so SO lucky he landed the way he did as it could have been much worse. 


Lollipop posing with Lollipop. 


Celebrating turning 5 at preschool.


All the little boys in Ms. Laurie's class play baseball and she put each of their team names next to their names. Go Sea Dogs! 



Wearing her new romper from Grandma and Poppy Robinson 


Family bike ride downtown to dinner. 



Fancy mango drinks at Carlitos 


Well behaved kids at a restaurant...



Dessert at Petros 





Biking home. 


Hanging with the Stones and Holley and Cam at The Goodland. (This should be a "Random February Photo" but I guess I missed it).


Perhaps a future pilot? 


or Engineer? 


Sam's pose is killing me here.


and here!



Sunset beach walks.


 














Thatcher asked Pete for a mohawk at his last appointment. 






Wednesday, April 15, 2015

First Grade Happenings

We had Samantha's winter conference and received her progress report. Lots of E's and 4's ;)





Guess we need to work on "listening attentively" to get that to a 4.


It's smooth sailing so far in first grade. 


Here's some of my favorite work she's brought home lately:


I thought it was so random she chose Denmark to compare to Santa Barbara. 


I've expressed concern about her continued use of phonetic spelling but again was told it will begin to disappear more and more and to enjoy the cuteness of it. Most of the time they don't even correct her. I'm not sure how I feel about that but I must admit, "Younavers" is kind of, sort of cute for "universe". 


She went from amusement parks, to Europe to La La Land… Oh the places Sam will go! 


I love Samantha's reason for why she brought 100 pink and purple Legos to school. What she meant by, "My dad thought it was a good idea" was that "he had hit his limit on this homework assignment". 



Samantha's kind heart for her buddy Gwendolyn. 


Women power. We are good at jobs AND "jods". ;) 


There's been a lot of dress-up days at school:


Crazy Hat Day (That's my hat from when I was little).


Crazy Sock Day.


Mix and Match Day.


Running club ended with a mud run AND


dodge ball! 

Can you spot Sam? She's a fierce competitor when it comes to dodge ball. Complete opposite of me when I was her age. I used to fake a stomach ache when we had to play because I hated always getting hit in the head.


Ice Cream for the finish!


Lots of cinnamon roll Fridays. 


Selfies with Mom. 



Happy first grader! 


A group of us bid on a date to the movies with her school teachers at the school auction.  Such a fun day for all of them! 


Kickball is her thing at recess. 


Online homework. Times have changed! 

Great work in first grade Sammy Sam! 

Tuesday, April 14, 2015

5-Year Checkup



Ears good.


Eyes good.


Weight 43 pounds (75%)
Last year, 38 pounds (75%)


Height 45 1/4 inches (90%)
Last year, 41 inches (90%)


So, does it look like this kid gained 5 pounds and grew 4 and 1/4 inches?!


YES!!! Look how little he was last year! 


This year.


Last year. 


Still making cute/goofy faces ;)


Excellent patient. 


So much so that he told everyone he LOVED shots which was fabulous since he got five and a finger prick. ;)