Happy Halloween

Halloween is probably one of the kids' favorite holidays. This year they were really into the whole Trick or Treating thing...as they passed the stickers, balloons and pins in their halloween bags to me. Which left....ah, yes, all the candy. We went to a couple Halloween events in our neighborhood.

I had no luck in getting Noah to wear his Thomas the Train costume. The closest he got to a costume were his shades and a halloween shirt. The girls talked about wearing their princess costumes but two of them changed their minds to wear Minnie Mouse, which was last years costume. Thank goodness they still fit and thank goodness I did not give them away yet.

While in Las Vegas a couple weeks ago, we visited a pumpkin patch. The girls loved going on the bungee jumpers and Noah had a blast playing with all the pumpkins and hay.

I look at last years Halloween pictures and see how quickly they have grown. The girls were just potty trained and Noah was just starting to take a few steps last year. My babies are growing up too fast.

First plane ride

We took our first ever plane ride with the kiddos this past weekend. Can you picture 2 adults and 4 kids under 4? Well, the flight and the trip went quite well and we all had loads of fun. The flight attendant even commented (or in her words, couldn't believe) how well our kids were doing. Our outbound flight was on time, but our return flight was 3 hours delayed due to the weather at SFO.

Lessons learned:

bring an iphone for each child with each childs favorite youtube videos saved

bring lots of snacks

bring lots of patience

look for the family line at security, which is usually a much shorter line

We went to visit our friends in Las Vegas and had some free time at night to visit the strip (after the kids went to sleep) as we vaguely remember going to before kids. The kids had a great time with the Hou Family and meeting the newest addition to the Tien Family.

Riding the shuttle to the terminal

Vacation at the Happiest Place on Earth - Disneyland

Visiting Disneyland the week after Labor Day is much better than going the week after Thanksgiving. The lines were not very long, the weather was perfect and pushing 2 double strollers was easy (well, easier) without the crowds of people on Main Street. I know when the kids start school, we won't have the option of when to go, except during their school breaks/vacation.

The kids had a blast. Some of their favorite rides were It's a small world, Dumbo, and Autopia (Noah's fave). The girls loved the Princess Fantasy Faire. We spent alot of time at Mickey's Toonland too.

And for mommy and daddy, we were able to see the new World of Color show as the kiddos rested in the strollers.

Day out with Thomas

All the kids are fans of Thomas and friends. We made the trek to see Thomas and Sir Topham Hatt at the annual Day out with Thomas event in Felton.

Great America

Visiting the home of Snoopy and friends. Chan Clan with Lucy and Charlie Brown.

Funny Bugs graduation

Sophia, Hannah and Alexandra just graduated from their gymnastics class. They have been taking the "Funny Bugs" class at the Little Gym since January.

Here they are at their class graduation on the medals stand.

ER visit

I have often heard of kids sticking things in their noses, but it was one of those things where I didn't believe it until it happened to me...tonight. Sophia, our playful, curious, dramatic daughter decided to play with crayons after dinner...which is fine. Except, she decided to place a small crayon piece into her right nostril.
She panicked initially and screamed that she couldn't breath. But since she was screaming at the top of her lungs, I knew she was breathing. And then she said that she couldn't get the crayon out of her nose.
We tried to get it out at home, but ended up taking her to the ER.

She is such a trooper. No crying or whining. We waited patiently in the waiting room until she was called in. It took a while for the doctor to remove it, but once that little green crayon was removed, she was good to go, with a couple, "I survived the ER" stickers in hand.

Here she is playing dress up a few days later.

Walking

Noah has been walking for about a month. Taking a winter stroll at our local park.

Oh what fun it is to ride

First family trip to Tahoe.

We went the week after Christmas for 3 days. The kids really enjoyed playing with snow. They even braved the bungee jumping apparatus. Not sure what it is called, but they had loads of fun.

Ice Skating

Here are Sophia, Hannah, and Alexandra's first time on ice skates. There was a free session at our local ice skating rink and amazingly, the girls enjoyed it.