Happy Halloween!

Happy Hallooween!!!

Hope everyone had a scarey fun Halloween! I had so much fun this year! Evan got invited to a 7th grade costume party where they went trick or treating and partying afterwards. He had a pretty interesting costume this year......frightening for Julia and a little for me as well. We had our neighbors over for a little early dinner and then trick or treating afterwards. I love the night trick or treating with all of the lit up Jack o Lanterns and scarey houses! I guess there is safety in numbers because Julia was not nearly as afraid with all of her friends. Julia went trick or treating with our neighbors Evan, Lauren and Ethan. It was so much fun watching the kids run up to the door and barely reach the doorbell and try and negotiate how they were going to ring it. Evan came home from the party with 8 pounds of candy and Julia had her fair share as well. Looks as if I may have to donate some candy to work! I have enclosed some trick or treat pictures and one of the pictures was John and Evan in their masks

Apple Picking

We had such incredible weather here this weekend. I think it even hit 80. We decided to go apple picking. We went to one of the local orchards planning on picking a bushel but when we got there we found pretty slim pickings. Apparently this is the end of the season.....I guess the season started earlier this year. We did pick a 1/2 bushel of gold delicious and the other apples we purchased in their local store. We did find 3 nice pumpkins...Julia had so much fun walking through the fields and discovering grasshoppers and all kinds of other creatures along the way.

Evan's Volleyball Tournament

Last weekend was Evan's volleyball tournament.One game on Friday night and 3 games Saturday and 1 game on Sunday. It was so much fun watching the boys play. Their coach really has a passion for volleyball and does an excellent job!! The boys took second in their division.

September 26th 2010

Today was my mothers birthday and she wanted us all over to celebrate at her house. I think she enjoys having all of her children and grandchildren around her! Happy Birthday Mom and Many Many more! We all love you so very much

3 Year Pictures

Thursday I decided to take Julia to her daycare, even though it was not her scheduled day for picture day. I have taken so many pictures of Julia but wanted to get more of a professional 3 year picture like I did for Evan when he was little. I dressed Julia up in a dress that I purchased for this next years Chinese New Year! I really can not believe how much she has grown. The outfits that I purchased in China seem so small and she really has not had much of a chance to wear them. Julia is really not a shy little girl but when all of her teachers were admiring her dress she was speechless...it also took a lot for her to smile for the photographer but we managed a couple of smiles.
I also wanted to acknowledge the Asian Moon Celebration on Wednesday evening. The night sky was so cloudy that you could barely make out the moon. It was a warm breezy night and felt nice sitting out on the deck. I called around to see if any of the bakeries or stores carried Moon Pies but no luck! We ended up with Little Debbie cakes and Evan crossed out the Zebra cakes and put Moon Cakes on the box...Julia did not know the difference. I do need to try harder next year...maybe get a recipe for them.

Funny Car Ride

Let my preface this post by telling you that I took Julia for her 3 yr well exam yesterday which she passed with flying colors. Julia used to scream and carry on when the doctor wanted to do anything with her and this exam she was very confident and followed direction. The doctor would tell her to do something she would say "Sure". She needed the flu/H1N1 and the Pneumonia vaccine and she cryed after the shots but then was okay. Her doctor then said, "Julia you should not argue with your mommy when she says you should go to the pottie and Julias reply was OKAY.I took her to McDonalds afterwards so she could run off steam since the weather was not so great outside.
Today I had to go to the Mall to get some price adjustments on some items and Julia was in the back seat with her favorite mouse. She said that mouse was tired and needed to take a nap on her shoulder and then started singing Take me out to the ball game which is hysterical when she sings it. Then she said that mouse had a tummy ache and should try and go to the bathroom. She said that mouse still had a tummy ache so would have to take him to the doctor. I was to pretend I was the doctor. She then said, "Mouse has a tummy ache and will need some shots" "This is going to hurt mousie but then we can go to McDonalds and play and you will feel all better" "Doctor says that you should tell Evan Mommy or Daddy when you have to go Pottie and should not argue about it" "Mousie you are going to need some pull ups"
That was the Aha moment when I knew that she has been really taking in all of what was said and done.