Happy Birthday Olivia!

On Olivia's birthday we told her we were taking her to Family Fun Center in Wilsonville. The day was very rainy so we didn't get to experience any of their outside activities.

The girls were very excited especially when they saw there was a ride. This is the before picture.


After...Olivia loved it and Mia not so much. I wish I could have captured her face but I think it's safe to say she won't be going on Space Mountain at Disneyland anytime soon.


Ice cream break...


Finishing the day off at Red Robin...Olivia's favorite place!

Happy "fake" Birthday Olivia!

Olivia had her class birthday party after school on Friday. Her birthday isn't until the 28th but it falls on Spring break. She said this was her fake birthday. There were a few of her classmates having parties this weekend so Nichole and I decided to have both Lauren & Olivia's at the same time. It took a little negotiating with the girls but they agreed it would be fun. All the parents in the class were thrilled to knock out two parties in one shot. The theme also had to be Tinkerbell...each girl was a fairy and could come dressed up.

Now, it came to entertaining 20 children (15 classmates & siblings). Lauren's grandparents graciously offered their home for the party...I'm sure they'll be reconsidering that offer next year. The girls wanted face painting, nail painting, tattoos, hair station and games. So, the husbands were in charge of keeping the boys entertained but to our surprise the boys were very excited to have their hair done, nails done (some dads were thrilled with this), tattoos, and then running like crazy! It was fun and a little chaotic at times.

Overall it was a success. Thanks Mike & Barbara for opening up your home! Here's some photos...



Lauren & Caitlin working on some tattoos.


Jakob's parents were so proud of this look.


The craft table...


Anxiously awaiting for the pinata to be set up.


Olivia excited about cake time!


Make a wish...

Happy Birthday David!!!

Well I'm a little behind on blogging these days. David's birthday was a week ago and the girls were SO EXCITED to celebrate his birthday. They couldn't even wait until Saturday to do it and were shoving his present in his face on Friday night (before dinner) and Olivia right behind Mia with the ice cream cake. It was cute. Saturday night we did enjoy a dinner out with the Berglers. We went to a FABULOUS restaurant Paley's Place. We had an even bigger treat when we arrived our table was outfitted with wine picked out especially from the Rosario's in Japan. It was a great evening!

All I want is my two front teeth!

Olivia has been working on loosening her front teeth. Well she's done a good job and here is a shot of her on Monday. Her last tooth on the bottom she let get so loose she ended up swallowing it at night so she was determined to place this one under her pillow.



Here she is Tuesday afternoon. After biting some food it pretty much was ready. Mia was wondering why her teeth aren't coming out and told me it's not fair (these are her famous words).

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

Mia had her first classroom Valentine's day party. She really enjoyed exchanging her cards with her classmates.


Of course both schools had their parties scheduled at the exact same time. Luckily my girlfriend was able to capture Olivia at her party. I'm not sure how people do it with more kids because with both of them in school now I feel like I'm always trying to decide which event I'll attend. I guess that's not a real problem so I'll stop complaining:-)

Sunriver Weekend

The girls and I spent last weekend in Sunriver with my parents, sister, Ian & cousin Taeya. We had a great time.

Ian brought the Wii and Olivia really enjoyed pretty much every game she played.



It didn't snow but we managed to find some snow to pull the girls in a sled.


Clearly, Taeya enjoyed herself.

Kids say the funniest things...

Olivia came home from school the other day with a treat from her friend Jakob. Jakob's mom makes some pretty cute treats for the kids during the holidays. Here's the conversation...

Olivia asks me "what does bomb me?"

I thought it was kind of a random question but I continue to explain what a bomb is...

Olivia's response to me "well that seems a little weird because Jakob told the class that these treats were the bomb"...I couldn't stop laughing. So now Olivia likes to throw out "mom, this is the bomb!" Her dad is out of town so I look forward to seeing his face when she uses this phrase around him.