Ryan's first blog entry

Well, Halloween is right around the corner and Reggie is getting very excited. He has more than enough costumes to choose from as mommy has gotten him every super hero to speak of along with the evil Darth Vader (thank you Value Village)! Believe it or not this is Reggie and not Vader.

Sleep was challenging this last week as we had nightmares and some sniffles to deal with. We're on the mend now with both but as you can see it sure has taken it tole on Trina.

The weather has been wonderful, actually better than normal. This week was in the high 80's with Thursday hitting 90. This has been great for our lemon tree as we have tons to pick. Here's one that the kids got today!!

Grandpa and Grandma will be here next week and through Halloween. Reggie is very excited to hang out with his Grandma and yes he plans on wearing her out. We plan on celebrating both Grandma and Reggie's birthday a little early (any reason to have cake and ice cream!).

Ainsley took her first real shower after she sat in the chair to get her hair trimmed. Ryan started to take a shower with her but she kicked him out and took over. She has a mind of her own, that one. Reggie hopped in after that and was not happy when mommy washed his hair.

First Visitor!!!

Last Tuesday was a big day. We had a playdate in the morning with Michael and Sam and then we went to pick up Aunt Liha at the airport!

We've been going non-stop since she got here, which means we have had some cranky kiddos at times, but they've all been sleeping really well :o). Wednesday we went to the Jelly Belly factory. That was a surprisingly fun outing-the kids were entertained by all the workers and activity and Reggie was very excited about seeing a robot in action. We learned a lot about the history of jelly bellies. Did you know Ronald Reagan was a huge fan, so big that he had a special container made to hold them on air force one. My sister took some pics, but didn't bring her computer cord, so I'll have to add them later. That night, we all went to Ainsley's mommy and me class. They finger painted pumpkins and I'm so glad that was not at my house!

Thursday we stayed around here and went to the bookstore (a favorite outing for Reggie and Ainsley) and then went to the market after dinner. Liha spent most of the time running after maggie, but we had fun eating a snow cone and kettle corn. I bought the most wonderful flat of organic strawberries for $7! My sister is sick over the fruit prices here. We get Washington apples for $.67/lb and they seem to be much crisper.

Friday we went to the Oakland zoo. It is a lot smaller than the Woodland park zoo, but they had a lot more kid play areas and some different animals, so it was definitely worth visiting. Ryan met us there for lunch and took Reggie to the kiddie ride area to ride the train a couple of times while we took the girls home for a much needed nap.

Sat. afternoon, we headed to Six Flags Animal Kingdom. We could have spent a few days there exploring all the things there were to do. You can ride elephants, feed giraffe/dophins, go on water rides and kid rides. Our timing wasn't the greatest...by the time we got to a lot of the stuff, it was done for the day. We did go to the dolphin show and all the kids sat through it, a major feat :o).

Reggie was very interested in biker dude. He actually gave him a high five, but my camera was too slow to capture it.

Today we went to church in the morning and to the pool this afternoon. We finished the day off with a visit to McDonald's. They have $.49 cheeseburger's, so our family ate for $9, what a deal! Maggie had never played in the play area and she had a ball!

Maggie doing abs with me!