Crab Cookout

I think we need to invest in some shell crackers!

Colby and I had some friends over for a crab cookout. Someone else took pictures, so I don't have any of people. But, we did have fun cracking the crab shells with hammers. Colby cooked all morning and we DINED on crab cakes, ceviche, tuna wontons, and clams and crab. He really outdid himself and we had a wonderful party. It was a fun way to welcome in the holiday season.

Preschool Friends

Silly Hat Time
Circle Time

Ball Time

Bailey got invited to her first preschool friend's birthday party at My Gym in Signal Hill. She didn't want to go when she first got the invitation, but then was so excited the morning of and kept asking when we got to go to Kyra's Birthday. My Gym does a great job of keeping the kids active and entertained and it was a fun to get to see Bailey interact with her new friends from school.

San Francisco Trip

Aaron and Sarah on the roof top of our hotel
We enjoyed wine and a cheese platter on the roof top

Drinks at the St. Francis Hotel

Dinner at Town Hall

Ice Skating on the Embarcadero

Sarah's 1st Time Ice Skating

Ice Skating was tons of fun

Sarah on her ice skates

The only thing missing from this pictures is cocktails in hand

Lunch at The Waterfront

Aaron and Sarah joined us last weekend for a much needed get away trip to San Francisco. We dined, drank, ate some more, drank some more and walked a lot. It was a great trip and look forward to a repeat next year!

Our Little Boy is at it Again!

5 seconds is all it takes to:

The smile says it all.

Final Halloween Pictures

Halloween Night with our neighbors Vicki and Annabelle
Halloween afternoon at the Irelands, lots of fun games!

We've just about got all our princesses covered. Neighbors of the Ireland's.

Raif was not in the mood to be a lobster!Bailey and Reagan

Pumpkin carving Friday night

Bailey spent about 30 minutes scooping out the seeds.

Raif wasn't much into the pumpkin carving, he didn't want to touch it.

Colby creating our Jack-o-Lanterns

We visited Grandma Donna at Palm Crest where she lives on Friday afternoon. I dressed up Bailey, Raif and myself for all of the residents to enjoy. My mom was a flapper again and dressed Grandma in some of her costume. Grandma even won 1st prize for the residents! And that my friends, is the END of Halloween until next year. The decorations are being taken down and on to Thanksgiving. I had tons of fun with Halloween this year, but am glad it is now over.

Bailey's Halloween Dance Class

Bailey's Dance Class

Dancing a Halloween Dance

Bailey is still going strong with dance class. She absolutely adores it. This year, they asked everyone to come in their Halloween costumes for dance class. I was wondering how this would work out, but it did. There were 4 Cinderellas, 5 fairies, 1 cat, 1 polka dot girl, and our little Pocahontas. Colby got there for the last few minutes of dance class and Bailey's face though the glass window, as she saw her daddy watching dance class, was so adorable.

All in a Mom's Days Work

So, as you can tell it was a busy weekend. We had Raif's 1st birthday party with 71 people at our house followed by Grandma Pat's 94th birthday party at my mom and dad's house. We had house guests, my mom and dad had house guests, etc, etc. Needless to say, it was a busy weekend. So, Monday rolls around and I'm out of STRAWBERRY Jelly for Bailey's preschool lunch. I search in desperation in the pantry and can only find figgy jelly. I slip it into her princess school lunch bag and lone behold when I pick her up we have a sandwich that has not had even a bite taken out of it. I asked her about it and she said she does not LIKE the jelly. Tuesday morning was also crazy. Bowling in the morning (not a fun day, I'll explain in a later post), lunch with my cousin and her daughter, followed by Raif's nap and Bailey's dance class. At lunch, I was sitting there eating and thought to myself, I am not going to have enough time to go to the market. As I sit there thinking about this, I see the GOLDEN basket of jelly. And guess what, they have STRAWBERRY jelly!! So...

Which produced this:

And gave Bailey one scrumptious preschool lunch!

Side Note: Bailey loves having cookie cutter sandwiches. She will not eat the crust, which neither did I when I was little and now I love the crust. So, why bother right now? If I don't use cookie cutters I cut them into shapes and she has to tell me which shapes she ate after school. It's so much fun for her to eat her lunch and...who wouldn't feel special if their mom took the time to cut their sandwiches into fun shapes?

Hope this gives you a good laugh on how desperate a mom can become!!!

P.S. The waitress was tipped very well, I think I somehow felt guilty.