Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

We don't normally do a large celebration for St. Patrick's Day. To avoid any pinching, we wore our customary green (Caleb's was a stretch since his shirt was a bit teal-ish, but Isaac made up for him by wearing green sox, pants and shirt). I (Danae) thought it would be fun for the boys to start the day with something green so for breakfast we made green eggs. Isaac helped scramble them and even added the food coloring--a couple extra drops than what I would have added which made for a beautiful green batch of eggs. Isaac really caught onto the spirit of green by insisting upon using the green plate even!
We got a couple pictures of them with their eggs, and I had to post both since the boys didn't cooperate at the same time (in the first Caleb wasn't sure of the texture and was caught spitting them out--he ate them later with ketchup--and the second with Isaac's classic deer-in-the-headlights look). They actually loved them so much I had to make a second batch.




Guess what Isaac wanted for b-fast this a.m.??? Yep, blue eggs.

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Grandma N. was here!

Grandma N. came all the way from the frozen land of MN to visit us for a week. Although it was great to have her here, she may say otherwise. Both boys got sick the second day she was here and were snotty nosed and hacking all day and night long. Just when it seemed that everyone was getting better, she had to go home. We're all good now--wanna come back?


While she was here we still managed to go to the San Diego Zoo, go over to Oceanside and walk the pier, eat out at Red Robin 2 times, ride bikes, and do some shopping! You can't say it was all dull and boring. We had plans for more activities, but that dreaded cold bug just wouldn't go away quickly.

Overall we had a great time! Come again soon Mom/Grandma N!





















Sunday, February 15, 2009

Visiting with Grandpa!



Grandpa N. called today to see if he could stop by and have dinner with us. What a fun surprise! His trucking route has now taken him through for Paul's birthday and this time for Valentine's Day weekend! Hmmmm...what's the next big holiday or celebration? (We'll leave St. Patrick's Day open just in case he is trucking through at that time. :-)



Once he pulled into Escondido, Grandpa parked his truck at school and came to our house for a quick shower before we headed for a late dinner at Applebee's. The boys had fun eating out, learning to arm wrestle with Grandpa and even ordering dessert!




As you can see, Isaac enjoyed browsing the menu to pick dessert as well as helping Grandpa cut my leftover steak with his own steak knife. (No children or grandpas were injured.)



Our server added the cherry to Isaac's dessert--Isaac enjoyed the chocolate mousse but probably would have been happy with a bowl full of cherries! We kept joking that Grandpa stuck his chin in the dessert.



These pictures took place within a minute of each other--Isaac obviously enjoying his dessert and Grandpa trying to decide which bite to eat first (steak or key lime shooter).




"These two characters in my booth are crazy!"


Sunday, December 28, 2008

Merry Christmas!

We hope you all had a great Christmas and that you have a great 2009! We miss you all and look forward to seeing you all sometime soon!










Here are some fun vidoes of the boys opening gifts








Sunday, September 28, 2008

Sunday afternoon snacks

It's always fun to watch the boys eat. They both love their snacks! Isaac got a Spiderman ice cream treat from the ice cream truck that comes through the neighborhood. Caleb got a chocolate chip bar that Mom made. Oh, Caleb also got to be the "big boy" at the big table.

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Ready or not...

here I come!





sorry about the cameraman's work!



Saturday, September 13, 2008

Happy Birthday, Danae!

Friday was Danae's birthday. We tried to make it a fun week by giving her a present a day all week. Giving the presents was easy, keeping secret what we got for Mom was not! Isaac told Danae what we got for her within the first 5 minutes after we got home. Although I didn't find it that humorous, she loved asking what else she was getting and Isaac loved telling her!

Happy Birthday, Danae! We love you lots!




Danae got the cake and flowers from her youth group! The shirt was from the boys!