Day at the beach with Amy

While Kelley was living it up on his man-cation [see post below] the girls and I spent the day with our friend Amy doing some fun stuff of our own.

We started the day with filling in for dad at their usual daddy-daughter activity since the project was a police car with a real siren. Good thing Amy was there because I'm obviously not so coordinated when it comes to nailing things together. I broke a piece. Awesome mom award right here.

Next destination: the Coast. First stop was the Tillamook Cheese Factory. Let's just say: YUM. Sydney kept giving me kisses... how sweet. Then I realized she was tasting the ice cream on my lips. Smart girl!

We went to Seaside and it was the PERFECT beach day! Sunny, no wind, great temperature. I've never seen so many people on an Oregon beach. Seoul had fun sitting & digging in the sand. She and Amy dug a hole big enough for Sydney to stand in. Sydney had no qualms about laying in (and eating) the sand. The water was freezing but both girls touched it... briefly. It was great to enjoy a day out.

Of course we had to stop at the carousel since we were in Seaside. Seoul loves it! The second time she went she chose the giraffe and went on it by herself even. She was so pleased with herself!

Unfortunately the girls were so tired that the drive home wasn't the most pleasant with various degrees of crying / screaming. (My girls do not fall asleep in the car simply because they are tired - quite the contrary.) So, we stopped at Olive Garden for some yummy dinner... and to break up the noise. All in all it was a super fun day!

Kelley's 2nd "man-cation"

Kelley took another weekend to go down to San Francisco this year.... Giants vs Dodgers baseball games again. Of course his first stop when the opportunity arose was to eat at In-N-Out. (Lucky man!)

He put in a long day of driving to make it to the game that evening. Unfortunately the Dodgers took this weekend's games. Kelley still had fun keeping box scores and enjoying the atmosphere, though.

Lucky for us Kelley also thought to visit the Jelly Belly factory. Seoul loves jelly beans and he got me some candy corn. Yum!

With the blessing of a cell phone there was no repeat of last year's sleeping arrangement debacle. He was able to hook up with his cousin Ryan and hang out for the night. Good times for them! (Guess there were no pictures of the reunion... hopefully they didn't party too hard... haha!)

Kelley has been working super long hours at work getting the Randall Children's Hospital up and going. He is taking on more and more responsibility and is doing a fantastic job! We're proud of him!

Sydney Giggles

Ok, so this is a video from a couple months ago but I re-discovered it and it makes me laugh each time I watch it. I love Sydney's giggles! Plus I get to hear Amy make funny noises. Haha!

spaghetti face!

Seoul has always loved her spaghetti....

.... and now Sydney does too....

... and so does this cute guy!

Sydney looks at Seoul like this quite often: What ARE you doing??

Taking a small breather before diving in again.

Hands up if you love spaghetti!

We love these messy face girls!

Halloween Festivities

This year we had a princess theme. Seoul chose to be Ariel, The Little Mermaid, again. She chose our Belle costume for Sydney. Our two princesses... how fitting!

Pumpkin Patch 

We went to the Flower Farmer for play group one day. We rode the train, played on the hay maze, and looked at some animals. Seoul didn't so much like the hay until she saw Sydney had no problem with it. In fact, I couldn't get Sydney to look up because she was so fascinated. Good times!

Pumpkin Carving

I haven't carved a pumpkin in years and it didn't take long at all. Seoul helped choose the face from the various Halloween stories we've read. She helped dig out the innards with a spoon for a while and helped carve a couple lines, but it was hard for her. Then she colored our little pumpkin... made a face... then added some embellishments (which eventually covered the face). Fun times!

Ward Party / Trunk or Treat

There was a chili & cornbread feed. Then the highly anticipated trunk or treat. Unfortunately it was raining, but that didn't deter the kids at all. My brother, David, decorated his trunk. Kelley added his favorite touch - the crow pecking out the baby's eye. Aunt Dana and cousin Ella came to trunk or treat with Seoul & Sydney.

 

Haunted House

Our friends host this fantastic haunted house. I heard the hype from previous years, and it lived up to expectations! They get looong lines, so fortunately we didn't have to wait a long time since the girls were inside playing while they waited for us. (Just had to wait behind some screaming teenage girls - oh the craziness.)

Kelley's Work - Trick or Treating

Every year we go visit Kelley at work - they host trick or treating for little kids (a day care and employee's kids). It's fun and Kelley gets to show off the girls. This year Seoul had so much fun wearing her costume and saying "Trick or Treat!" (and "thank you!"). She definitely knows what she wants... when we would pause to visit she would say, "let's get more candy!" We also got to see our friends and their little guy - so cute!

Downtown Canby - Trick or Treating

We participated in the community trick or treating event with my mom and sister, and it was fun! Crazy how many kids participate. Unfortunately it poured for part of the experience but ended with a beautiful rainbow. Thus, the picture with the coats covering the girls' costumes. Seoul's favorite thing she got was a Capri Sun. They even had an Alice in Wonderland "haunted house" for kids but Seoul refused to go in. She did consent to take a photo, though.

Halloween Night - Trick or Treating

Seoul excitedly awaited Kelley coming home from work so we could go trick or treating yet again. We visited our next-door friends, my mom, and then some houses in a nearby neighborhood. It is truly nuts how many kids are out and about but it is fun to see the cute costumes. (I will refrain from commenting on the rude kids.) Seoul loved toodling around in her mermaid costume getting candy, although she held onto her choice favorites the entire time. Soon enough she said she was done and asked to go home. The girls got PLENTY of candy (with all the trick or treating events)!!

We did get a few trick or treaters at our house the various times we were home. Such a great holiday!