Happy Halloween!

Pre-Halloween dress rehearsal. We did a costume parade at Senior Concerns. The caption that goes with the photo on the right is "I'm a bee, I'm a bee, I'm a bee, I'm a bee, I'm a bee, I'm a bee," LOL


Gorging on candy after Trick-or-treating.


Milo's saying "Damn, these stupid candies are hard to pick up with these stupid frog hands on."

More candy feasting...

Another BIG Race

While Big Sis was running her race with Momma, I was getting a real workout in all the bouncy houses. Before I say more, I've gotta ask why I keep forgetting to get some pictures of Lidia? She's such a HUGE part of our lives (not just the kids) because without her I couldn't do ANY of the training and racing that I do. She came with us to the race so that Vince and I could run the 5K and then she took care of Milo while Zoey ran the 1 mile.

I love all these pictures. There were so many, I had a hard time picking just a few to post. My favorite is bottom left. Looks like she's focused (that rare occasion, LOL) and driven...the others are great because she looks like she's having so much fun. Geez, I sure hope this makes a deep enough impression on her. She was so proud of herself...and so were we. And so was "Lambie" (her favorite stuffed lamb) who was waiting for her in the stroller under her blanket. When you throw in all those things (blanked and stuffed lamb) it reminds me how young she still is and how much it is to ask for a 3.5 year old to run a mile. GREAT JOB ZOEY!!

Running a race with Momma...just behind us is Ever and her mom, Allison.

This is the picture that made it into the paper. It was just the online version of the Ventura County Star but still...she finished and ran pretty much the way!

October...

Doesn't everyone have a picture of what they did to a younger sibling (or what was done to them by an older one)...usually involving putting them in a box or something? Hard to say if he did this himslef and Zoey was just an accessory to the crime or if it was her doing.

We were searching the whole house and couldn't find Zoey. Turns out she took all her favorite stuffed horses and "Bit" out to the yard for an late afternoon siesta.

What does a kid have to do around here to get a diaper change???

Another favorite toy for both kids...they still fight over it...except now it doesn't make any noise (darn?) because Milo thought a train needed to carry sand. Oops...

Post shower/pre Loony Toons...aka "almost bedtime"

Our first rain in a LONG time...Milo's first time to actually play in it. We love this rain suit that Uncle Kevin and Aunt Kristin gave to Zoey...it's perfect because both kids got use out of it.

We're literally "just singin' in the rain, just singin' in the rain..."

Milo's 1st Triathlon...nope, I didn't race. I just went to support my buddy Nina. We were up at the crack of dark and I carried Milo in that backpack for 2+ hours. Ugh! He was such a trooper. Never complained or seemed like he wanted out...much to my surprise. Here we're talking to Lori, "Open Water Swim Coach Extraordinaire".

These pics were taken at the Pumpin Patch but there was little interest in the harvested vegetables (or is a pumkin a fruit?). The bouncy houses and rides were much more fun!

HOT, HOT, HOT August...

Hmm, it's been really hot this month so there's gonna be a common theme throughout...water play. I like to make a huge bubble bath in the baby pool.

Miss Zoey got her first real bike. She kept saying that she wanted a pink one but Dad kept steering her toward the blue one.

CHEEEEEESE!!!

Zoey snuck out of bed and asked so sweetly if I would come and read her a story that I just had to bring her into my bed for a while.

More Babes and Bubbles...

OK, this picture makes me laugh so hard every time I see it. Zoey put a pile of bubbles on his head (cute) so I ran in to get the camera, right? When I came back, Poor Milo! He didn't seem to mind the thorough sudsing that Zoey game him but he couldn't see much. After I wpied him off he was back to smiles.

Uh, so what if they're (were) Gucci sunglasses? My bad for buying them in the first place right?

This is my "I-just-woke-up-from-a-nap" look.

We spent a hot afternoon with Aunt Darlene, Uncle Jerry, Stephanie and her new boyfriend at Gardens of the World here in T.O. (Really looking forward to getting together again when I can actually have a conversation). We haven't seen them for a LONG time. They actually had never met Milo.