Happy New Year!

We are excited for the new year. There is a lot to look forward to. Steve, at some point, will promote and start to drive the big fire truck, and hopefully get more restful sleep at a new station. Sienna got a new bike for Christmas and she is already riding it like a pro. I expect we will have many bike rides this year. Juliette, because she thinks she is three just like her big sister will probably not let us keep her in the stroller much longer and she may even be riding a bike too. I wouldn't put it past her. Me, I am looking forward to getting back into running and making use of my jogging stroller. Who knows, I may even sign up for a 5K or 10K, or if I am brave a 1/2 marathon.





Thanks Aunt Cole and Uncle David for our pretty dresses.

Beach Days

On the last day that Mimi and Papa were visiting we drove to the beach.
Unfortunately it was a very cold and windy day.



So we decided to try again the next day and it was a lot warmer.
Sorry Papa, we thought of you all day though.


Peek-A-Boo!


Santa Monica Pier had a Carousel and a Ferris Wheel.
We rode on both and had lots of fun.



Juliette wanted to look over the sides, but that was
a little too scary for me.

Christmas Morning

We were so happy to share Christmas this year with Mimi and Papa!

We opened presents.

A very common word we heard was "MINE!" Apparently everything opened
belonged to Juliette. We are not sure where she learned that word,
and although it was funny, my mind kept thinking of ways to stop it.



Candy was the hit of the morning, especially Peanut Butter M@Ms.





Hope everyone had a Great Christmas too.

Finding our tree

We were all excited this year when we found a tree farm that would let us come and chop
down our own tree. We all searched for the best tree and were successful.




The big hit of the day was jumping in the jumper that was at the tree farm,
but after a little while we knew it was time to go home for a nap.

These are a few of our favorite things. . .

Juliette loves bags and purses, shoes, shoes and more shoes.




Oh yes, she also loves baby dolls and her silkys.


Sienna loves skirts, bracelets, dolphins
(especially this new ornament we got) and Shamu.


She also loves to make funny faces when she is done taking pictures.


What are some of your favorite things?

Gymnastics

Sienna has been taking gymnastics as well as dance, however I think we are
going to stay with gymnastics. She seems to enjoy it more.
Her favorite thing to do is balance on the balancing beams.


Someone else likes gymnastics too. It's a good thing
there is open gym that she can go to.


Here is Sienna with her teacher. She loves her teacher.

I Need a Dog !!!

After this week I am convinced I need Santa Clause to bring me a dog.

Every night this week at 11:30 Juliette cried out for me to bring her a bottle, burp her, change her and tuck her back in bed.

Kim reminds me that my pants should reside in the dirty clothes hamper or back in the drawer, even if I am going to put them back on in the morning.

And this week Sienna called her mom in the bathroom, pointed to the toilet and said " Mommy, Daddy did this! " She was referring to the fact that Daddy left the toilet seat up and she could not climb up on the cold toilet seat and could not imagine using her hands to lower it herself.

The next time it happened Sienna called me into the bathroom and said "Look what you did Daddy!" This was the first time I was scolded by my 3 year old. I now understand why women are so touchy on this topic. By the time we marry them they have 20+ years of hating toilet seats. Daddy now remembers to put the seat down or to use his bathroom in the front of the house and not Mommy's bathroom or Sienna & Juliette's bathroom.

Happy Halloween

What is this?


So excited!


Minnie Mouse


Cinderella

Pumpkin Patch

Sienna woke me up today by asking if we could carve a pumpkin. We did not have a pumpkin so it meant we would have to make a trip to the pumpkin patch. I was a little worried at first because it rained real hard early this morning, but it all worked out and we found the perfect pumpkins.







I love how Juliette looks up to her sister. They have lots of fun together.