Monday, October 20, 2014

San Fran

We hit up the pumpkin patch in the morning, came home for lunch, packed the car and headed off for San Francisco. It was quite the turn around. We visited Golden Gate Park, Ghirardelli Square, took the trolley, strolled the pier and Fisherman's Wharf, saw sea lions, watched the parade of boats for Fleet Week come into the bay (felt very patriotic-and protected), toured the aquarium, ate clam chowder (and tomato soup-I wasn't feeling the clam, even in San Fran) in the traditional sourdough bread bowl and caught the air show, including a few passovers from the Blue Angels! Wowzer! It was a busy, but awesome 26 hours! :) The kids did great, which always helps to make a trip even that much more enjoyable.














After a fun evening at Golden Gate Park and the beach we topped it off with a delicious and iconic stop.





It really was that good.




The next morning we headed down the street to catch our trolley. Well, with four of us and a stroller it turned out that there wasn't much room for us at that particular stop. We walked down the few blocks to where the trolley started its route and waited for our turn. 



Luke directing the trolley on the turntable.







We scored the best seats on the trolley.




Someone enjoyed her time on the trolley.


Luke almost had me convinced to let him ride like this.

Not exactly our family's "Christmas card picture" but proof that all of us were there!






Luke decided to play our tour guide.


It was a "little tricky to find the boats and fish."






The start of the parade of boats for Fleet Week with Alcatraz in the background.


They will only let you tour the boats/ships/submarines if you are 8-years-old or older. While Luke generally looks older than his age, we knew we might be pushing it to pass him off as an 8-year-old.



Instead, we toured the Aquarium. The kids LOVED it…up until this moment when Emma thought this fish was going to swallow her whole. 


My favorite part was walking through the tunnels (and watching Emma's reaction to the giant fish that, in Emma's words, "almost ate me up."





The kids favorite part, hands down, was touching the sting rays.








Emma and Luke got out whatever remaining energy they had by dancing and popping bubbles on our way to watch the air show.















Calling it a wrap.



Literally 2-3 minutes after we were in the car. I did prop him back up-looks so painful! But I'm still envious and wish I could sleep like that.






Sunday, October 19, 2014

Bishop's Pumpkin Patch

Luke's preschool went on a field trip to Bishop's pumpkin patch. We decided to make it a family outing. This pumpkin patch had a little bit of everything to offer. Hay rides to the pumpkin fields, carousel, train rides, zip lines, slides, fresh apple cider and other fall treats, petting zoo, miniature barn and an old western town. It was quite the place!














Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Ballerina

Emma had her first ballet class. Oh my,  this was too much fun. I'm glad that Emma enjoyed it--almost as much as her mother did. 


Pink church tights aren't quite the same as pink ballet tights, bah, close enough. 



Loved that she really got into it. She even placed her hands on her hips while popping bubbles with her tippy toes. 



Monday, October 6, 2014

T-minus 4.5 months...

until we meet this little GUY! We are thrilled to be expecting a baby boy in mid February! Luke is excited that he is going to have a baby brother "just like him." Emma just wants to hold this baby! She keeps asking me if she can hold the baby today. Only 135 more days to go, Emma.








Thursday, September 18, 2014

Game Time

We signed Luke up for soccer and he's been excited from the moment we told him. He broke in his shin guards by wearing them for several days before soccer began. This kid, he cracks me up with his enthusiasm.










Wednesday, September 17, 2014

Check-Ups

Not the most popular day of the year around here. However, these two kiddos did great. Luke was an all-star big brother and led the way for a timid Emma. There were 2 shots for Emma and 3 shots for Luke. They were tough and bounced back quickly. After the check-ups we grabbed a slurpee and hit up a local park.




Luke knew what was in store for him that morning and eased into the day.




Luke's stats:
    Ht:  43 in      96th %tile
    Wt:  45.2 lbs 96th %tile

Emma's stats:
    Ht: 35 in      77th %tile
    Wt: 25.8 lbs 30th %tile