Go Ethan, Go!

While visiting my mothers house in Lowell, I am always looking for a house maintenance project to keep busy. This year the project was repairing sink drains and replacing toilet seats. My nephew Ethan jump right in and helped Uncle Matt, and after two trips to the hardware store and a few attempts to buy the correct size seat, Ethan was able to install the toilet seat by himself. I was so proud of him, I wanted to get a picture of him next to his fine work!

Great job Ethan!

Mia Birthday Party - turning two

Mia turned two on November 9 and as expected, Debbie threw a party that any 2 year old would enjoy. Petting zoo and all.

Leah, Vic, Rosie, Audrey and Wyatt all made it out for the weekend and big party. The entire month of November Mia practiced the happy birthday song and she was able to make it through most of it by her birthday.

Oh yeah, another significant thing happened when she turned two...she started to climb out of her crib...ALL THE TIME. Good bye to 1 hour long bed time routine.

Here are some pictures from her birthday and party.

Leah turns 70 and Vic 69 - Acting their age!

The day before Mia's 2nd birthday, Grandma Leah turned 70, a week later Welo Vic turned 69 and Audrey is 13. Here they are acting their age!

Here's Vic showing Mia how to do jumping jacks!





Leah racing Mia on the wiggle-riders!

Mia's Birthday

Halloween

Mia had a wonderful time with the Halloween tradition. Now that Halloween is over, whenever she comes up to a door she says, "Trick or Treat". She also discovered that you get candy when you say "Trick or Treat".

Here are a few pictures from Petsmart's yearly Halloween event and Halloween night when she visited our neighbors. Yes, she has two costumes...Debbie couldn't decided on one so Mia had to go through a few wardrobe change.

Mia missing her grandparents!

Trip to SD in August

Here are a few pictures from our trip to San Diego a week ago. We had a great time visiting with Lisa and her kids, Vic and Rosie. We even squeezed in a trip to the SD zoo.

And Mia had her first visit to the button bin at Rosie's shop, and she liked it!