The Two Dylans...

This is Dylan and his buddy Dylan!

SNOW!!!!!

Okay, well, there was not a lot of it but after these record breaking warm days, we'll take what we can get! We took the kids up to the "La Luz" trail and let them do some hiking and play in the snow. Dylan was a great hiker! He made it most of the way up on his own, then fell asleep in my arms on the way down (heavy...). He loved the snow and added it to his growing list of words today!

Thanksgiving Performance Night!

The third grade put on SUCH an adorable Thanksgiving show on Monday night! Here is Mason with two of her buddies!

Double Excitement!

Mason and Hannah both entered the PTA Reflections art contest this year and they both won First Place blue ribbons!! The entry had to be about how they can make a difference in the world. Both entered in the literature category. Hannah wrote about saving the lives of little bugs and Mason wrote about making donations, helping the elderly and helping smaller children. Hannah won First Place in the K-2nd Grade Group, and Mason won First Place in the 3rd-5th Grade Group. The youngest class in their groups! We were awfully proud parents and the girls were surprised and excited! These pictures are of them telling the audience about their projects and the top picture is of them with their principal.

Raking Up the Leaves and Jumping in Them!

We Have a New Friend!

We are sad to say that one of our Easter bunnies fell victim to the hawk that we mentioned a while back on the blog. The remaining bunny has looked quite lonely out there on his own so we went to get another friend for him. They actually have not met yet because the girls are playing with the new bunny so much that they are not ready to set her free in the yard yet. But soon, the two will meet. In the meantime, we are chasing the hawk out of our yard whenever we see it. Too bad, because it sure is beautiful...

Dylan and the Kitty & Dylan as Entertainer

Up above is Dylan playing with Sunshine, THE hands-down sweetest kitty ever!

Too much ice cream for dessert??? Or was it just the fun of making his sisters laugh that kept Dylan acting like a wild thing for a good 20 minutes or so???

A Beautiful November Day!

Leaf Pile!

Halloween!

It was a crazy busy day yesterday! We started the day with a storybook costume parade at school. In the afternoon, Dylan (our little chicken) accompanied me back and forth between both girls' class parties. Then, there was trick-or-treating at Dad's extremely spooky office building (too spooky for Dylan's tastes so he and I waited it out in Dad's office). Then, it was dinner and trick-or-treating with cousins. Whew! Mason was Pippi Longstocking (NOT the Wendy's girl), Hannah was Dorothy by day, princess by night, and Dylan was a chicken, which he would not take off all day but was sick of it by night...