Happy 2nd birthday, Zaphira!

A LONG overdue update...Zaphira Garnet is 2 years old! We had a family fun day. She awoke to a bunch of balloons in her favorite color, and had a blast with them. We went to her favorite playground, and had yummy ice cream cake.

 She's telling me, "No cheese!" I guess she was sick of having her picture taken.

Holiday fun...and the best present ever!

Jeremy and the kids
2 smiles in a row from Jeremy-it's a record!


Opening up his best present

What! Cowboy boots!
Chasing down the bad guys

He has worn these boots constantly since getting them, and his pants MUST be tucked in at all times. Occasionally, he'll wear his hat too, which gets lots of compliments and giggles when we go to the store. He has been asking for "horse man/cowboy boots" for months, so he was really excited.

PB smile

It snowed!

Zaphira got sick Thursday night, and the rest of the family fell on Sat. We are all just starting to feel better (except poor Zaphira, who just can't kick it)

It snowed tonight, so the kids went out for a couple of minutes to check it out. Zaphira was duly impressed, and set about tasting the snowball Drew made for her. The pictures are crappy, because it was already dark and we only have a bug-off light outside that is really yellow.





Also, remind me not to give Zanthias markers in the car while unattended. Bad Mama.




He was very proud of himself.

Happy halloween from Harry and Horsie

Sorry for 2 posts in 1 day-I forgot to post the other yesterday. The costumes were inspired by Zanthias' favorite story, Harry and Horsie.
Harry's stuffed animal, Horsie, is stolen away by a bubble, and Harry has to ride his rocket to save him. Zaphira's costume isn't really accurate, but I had to work with what materials I had =)


Drew turned the kids' wagon into a rocket. How cool is this? Drew is awesome!




Zaphira kept trying to get candy from this lady, who was just a mom of a trick or treater.

getting ready for Halloween

We went to a Halloween party my moms' group planned today. It was lots of fun, even if Zanthias wouldn't wear his costume! He is super excited to trick or treat tomorrow.

Fall day

Here are some pics of Zaphira, since I haven't posted any of her for a while. Her hair is getting really long!