Happy Halloween!

Tonight was Gavin's first and Ethan's fourth Halloween!

Who needs a red fire engine when you can stroll through the neighborhood parade on these wheels!?

For the third year in a row, he trick or treated with his neighbor friend, Thane.

They shrieked, "They have their porch light on!!!" running house to house.

"That house gave me TWO!!!"

It was a first for Ethan really as it was the first year he really understood it, chose his own costume, and the first year mom and dad planned on letting him have any of the candy. It was pretty cute, earlier today he saw some neighborhood friends and they offered him some candy. He said "No, not yet! It's not Halloween yet! I want to wait." When he got home with his loot tonight, he was so thrilled he willingly went to bed and forgot about the promised bites he was waiting for. We are still strategizing our candy dispersing strategy, mulling it over while chewing some Snickers and Skittles ;)

 

Picture of Romance... with two young kids

6:18pm sunset view off our balcony in San Diego.

Talk about a third wheel...

And off camera... hearing three year old whining through the monitor about not being sleepy.

Hey, we tried!

California Dreamin': Surf's Up!

Gavin's toes have felt the sand and surf for the first time!

Here are some favorite shots from the first day of our family vacation to visit my Dad in San Diego.

I think more sand got in his plumber's crack than the buckets!

Then big bro had some big boy fun in the water while Gavin laid out.

And when I say laid out, I mean took his morning nap in his sunscreen bodysuit.

Perfect first day for a pretty phenomenal trip. Stay tuned for more!

 

Splashing Streamlined!

I've finally found the courage to bathe the brothers together! Was much more successful, and fun, than any of the three of us expected!