Legoland

The little ones and I made our way down to Carlsbad on Monday to hit up Legoland!  My cousin from Michigan was in town and her 10 year old and 5 year old love Legos, so it was the perfect choice.

From the moment we stepped into the park, Brynn was amazed!  She kept saying "Wow!", "Look at that!", "That's so fun!", etc.  And throughout the day the enthusiasm never died!  She rode her first roller coaster and loved it-- in fact she wanted to ride it again!  She was laughing and smiling the whole time, shouting "WHEEE!" and "This is fun!"  She couldn't have cared any less about the actual Legos, it was all about the rides.

Stomping on the circle made the instrument you were 

standing in front of play.  She wanted to dance!

Evan loved being able to run around Duplo Village.  Everything was basically geared towards his age group...the rest of the park he was basically too little for.

Addison helping Evan build castles!

Trent showing Brynn how to shoot the water at the targets!

Brynn riding with Aunt Bobbie in the helicopter!

She liked it so much she had to ride it twice!!

He's a driving machine!

She's concentrating on her driving skills.

They have a little winter village set up right now with snow and a Christmas tree!  We didn't stay for too long in the snow because she didn't care for it too much and my cousin's kids see snow every winter.  :)

Afterwards we headed to the aquarium that is attached to Legoland.  Brynn and Evan enjoyed the "sharps" {sharks}, "oppapus"{octopus} and fishes.

The day ended with s'mores and hot tubbin'...to say Brynn and Evan enjoyed themselves would be an understatement!

Thanksgiving 2011

The week of Thanksgiving we kept ourselves busy by making {and eating} turkey cookies.  Nothing fancy, just the pre-made ones, but Brynn still loved making them.  And that's what counts, right?

 See those little hands down there?  Little brother wanted to help!

 There he is!

{And he was totally disrespecting the bird by wearing his Christmas jammies 

BEFORE Thanksgiving!  But they are so cute and warm!!}

 And the best part of making cookies is eating them!

 Yummy!

And we made some turkeys out of toilet paper rolls and hand prints.

{Brynn's turkey is on the left and Evan's on the right}

We hope you all had a wonderful day filled with family, friends, good food and turkey!  Christmas is around the corner...are you ready??  I'm pretty sure once December hits the month is going to fly by!

Recovering...

The little ones are sick and that always makes for lazy days around here.  It started at the end of last week with Brynn running a little bit of a fever and then coughing, congestion, being whiny and really sleepy.  Just as she started to get over it, Evan started.  

Monday night/Tuesday really early morning was  rough for the poor guy.  He had a high temperature, his cough sounded like a barking seal, and when he breathed he sounded like Darth Vader.  After a lukewarm bath, some Tylenol and cuddling he was able to go back to sleep.  Tuesday morning, off to the pediatrician we went.

The doctor took one listen to his cough and diagnosed it as croup.  He prescribed us some oral steroids, told us what to look out for and sent us on our way.  We are running the humidifier in his room constantly and bundling them up and taking walks in the cool night air.

I'm hopeful that they both start feeling better soon!

{Special thanks to my Mom and Co. for watching them while we were out of town and they were both sick.  It is no easy feat, that's for sure!  So, thanks Mom..love ya bunches!}

Trick-or-treat

Brynn was so beyond excited to go trick-or-treating this year {we all remember how last year turned out} and had been practicing her "frick or freats" all week.  She was very animated about her costume, knocking on the door and getting "Caaaaandy!"  Evan was pretty indifferent to the whole thing and as long as he could walk where ever he wanted, he was fine.  As you can imagine, Halloween night isn't the night to let him loose; at times we had a very unhappy Prince Charming.

 Mommy with the royalty.

 Daddy's turn

Our little princess and her wand

 Our neighbors had a fog machine and they were both amazed with it!

A happy prince because he was free!!!

On the way to the next house

She was very good with knocking on doors.

Although, she sometimes got a little too aggressive and would knock 

until the person came to the door.

She remembered to say "Frick or Freat", "Thank You" 

and the occasional "Happy Halloween!"

When we got home they got to sample some of their candy and they both picked suckers.

I'm pretty sure Ev thought that this sucker was the best thing since milk!

And he looooves his milk.

The Crayon Crew

{Brynn as Cinderella, Evan as Prince Charming and Mason as Frankenstein}

Then we headed over to Matt and Anna's for a little bit.

By the time we took a picture it was late, so that's why Evan has a binky and a pink balloon and why Mason is doing his best Frankenstein impression. 

It was a great Halloween and Brynn is already looking forward to next year.

And as I was brushing Brynn's teeth before she went to bed I noticed her left top and bottom second molars are on their way through.  Just in time for all that candy.  
{That's tooth number 18 & 19}