Christmas 2011 (Clayton)

Christmas #3 in Clayton!

I have a similar picture of Owen playing in this train....I'll have to dig it up.

I love it when they play together, so cute.

Always going against the grain.

Playing nice with the other kids.

Worlds Biggest Tonka!!

West entertaining the crowd.  He's really excited about some socks.

We took a trip to the Lawrence Hall of Science at Berkeley.  Yes, another kid museum.  It's the new petting zoo.

Love this picture, look at my cuties!

Dinosaur nest.

Very foggy morning.  BIG dinosaur, little Owen.

The view would have been wonderful...

Ill-advised slippery whale climbing.

Wants to be like brother.

YeeHaw whale!

Christmas 2011 (Bakersfield)

Now onto Christmas #2 in Bakersfield!

More candy!

Owen playing Santa.  He did a great job organizing all the presents.  We're passing the Santa hat to the younger generation.

So shy about opening presents.  He didn't want anyone to see the gift or his happy reaction.

West doesn't care who sees his new shirt!  It was really cute, we could get him excited about the most mundane gift.  By the end he was jumping up and down for every pair of pants.

The peanut gallery.

Replacement hand print thingy.  I swear we'll get it done Nana!

West now has a pillow pet too.  We named it Elmo the Giraffe.

Christmas 2011

Here is the beginning of our Christmas marathon!  Making cookies for Santa.

Owen's note for Santa.

Christmas morning - stockings.

Happiest boy on earth.

Random Fall/Christmas Cheer

Helping Mommy decorate the tree.  This is a cute interlude between fighting over ornaments and hitting each other.

Leaves in the front yard.

Some Christmas scenes from our neighborhood.  A few of the neighbors really get into it.

This house has the full on soundtrack with coordinated light show.