Ready? Set!

Our little boy is all boy.  He's into superheroes, "da dada da da! Batman!" anything with wheels and sports.  This is his football stance!  "Ready?  Set!"  Watch out because he will tackle you!

Kindergarten conferences

My heart soared when I had McCartney's parent/teacher conference with Miss Potts.  Miss Potts reported McCartney to be so sweet and so so empathetic.  We knew she was becoming very kind and of course social and funny, but we were so pleased to learn she goes out of her way to help others in the class.  One day Miss Potts had to deal with a discipline issue and afterwards, McCartney went up to Miss Potts to say, "I'm sorry you had to deal with that."  She's on the right track!

McCartney and Stella walking to school, pretending to be sisters.

Halloween!

Between school parties and festivals, McCartney and Miller had dressed up about 4 times before the actual Trick or Treat night.  They looked so cute and had a blast.

We stuck with tradition and trick or treated with the Walters.  Mc ran from house to house with Mia and Ian collecting as much candy as possible and then said, "let's go home and eat candy!"  Miller walked slowly and ate candy the whole time.  As he was finishing a piece, he reached into his bag for another.  :)  He learned to say "tick tweet" and thank you!

What they're saying..

Miller is learning all sorts of new words and McCartney is like a sponge when it comes to vocab.
A couple of our favorite things Miller says is his name which he pronounces, "Milner."  And he has a little toy fish that he loves to play with in the bathtub with his daddy that he calls, "widdle fish."

He calls everything sweet a cookie, "Coo coo," And he can say full sentences now.  "I love daddy. And sissy." "Take my shoe out."  The other night he was having so much fun when we were out to dinner with Niney and Pappy,  he smiled and said, "No no time go home." 

He knows most of his colors too.  He was naming colors the other day and it was so funny what he said when he go to one he didn't know.  "Purple, orange, yellow…..not yellow"

The other day Miller was messing with McCartney's dollhouse so she said, Miller is "banished" from my room!

Kindergarten!

First day of Kindergarten!  It's finally here.  She has been so excited about becoming a Tremont Lion!
Ted and I did not cry but we did get a little teary when she put on her backpack and looked so big!  Our little girl has become so witty and fun.  

Up until a few days prior to Kindergarten she wanted to be a princess when she grows up, but today her board says she wants to teach dance and work at Build A Bear.  She's never been to Build A Bear, by the way.

McCartney learning to use the smart board with her teacher, Miss Potts.

Ted takes Miller to daycare and then drops McCartney at Tremont where she lines up in the gym with her old and new friends.  He cracks me up everyday when he texts me McCartney's quote of the morning.  The other day he was teasing her about something and she looked at him and said, "Do you even know how to talk?"  

This morning she said, "My bracelet is only magical for people who are good to it and you sir are not." 

Beginner Ballet

McCartney's dance style is really more jazz crossed with hip hop but we are starting with ballet.  It's a right of passage for little girls, right?  She seems to be the only one in the family with rhythm so we are excited for her.
She wanted a picture of her bun.

A family portrait

Cheers!

Cutest Boy!

"Daddy shooos."

Do we think he likes Mac n' Cheese?

Cutest littlest legs.  He leans and watches tv like a little kid.

Middle of summer and he chooses his fleece, hiking shoes and sissy's helmet.

New bike!  "my biiike"

Summer loves

Surprise! Disneyland

Newport Beach is 30 minutes from Dinseyland, so we knocked it out in 1 day folks!
Disney. Check.

McCartney was so sweetly captivated.  She wanted to do everything and the things she loved we did over and over.  We must have rode the carousel 6 times.  We rode Goofy's crazy roller coaster at least 3 times and walked through Mickey and Minnie's houses 3 or 4 times.

Surf surf crazy (California dreamin')

8.6 New Surf Project

Tim, my instructor.  He was my favorite So Cal bro.  Toes to the nose!

I thought I was awesome when surfing with Tim.  I was like, "I'm a natural!" Apparently he was body surfing behind me and stabilizing my board.  When I got out there on my own, I was like, I have no idea what I'm doing.  Ted and I tried our hardest though!  And we loved it.

The highlight was seeing a dolphin about 10 feet from my board.  It was so amazing at first, and then I freaked out and stared paddling as fast as I could towards shore.  That's a big mammal.