My new friend Pearl surprised me one day recently by generously offering to take pictures (free of charge) of our family at the park. I love them!! Sweet family I have. Sweet friends I have :) PS: Marcus is a stinker in all pictures at all times :)
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Hanging with the boys
We go to Auntie's house to be fussed and fawned by all the girl cousins, sisters, Nanas, mothers and aunties... And who do we want to be with the most? Uncle Damon and the pup Harley.
It's a man's world :) At least according to Marcus...
Happy Haircut Day Marcus!
Before: wild like a dandelion on a windy summer day
After: still wild at heart (just a little more tame on the outside)
School pictures
I like this new, brave world I live in... Digital school pics?!?!? Brilliant. I don't have to buy a "package" with a million of the wrong size too many. I just buy the digital picture and print at Costco. Done.
Mr. Handsome is in 4 year old preschool. Loving it (don't ask him though, or he will tell you his woes of being fed graham crackers every day, one of the many tall tales of preschool.)
Miss Independence Madeline is in 1st grade. Rocking her stylish world every morning of her life with a precisely planned outfit.
Miss Big Girl Marin is in 2nd grade. Wearing her hear "down" now (waaaah! no more cute hair bows for Mom to style, but it does look awfully pretty down!)
Disney on Ice
Kyle won us a set of four tickets to see Disney on Ice! He made a special request for one extra ticket, and so we ended up with all FIVE of us able to go! Soooo exciting... Especially for three little kids who have not yet been to Disneyland. All their favorite characters, and pretty great seats. SO. MUCH. FUN!!! (Babylove at home with a sitter)... :)
The only pic of all 5 of us... Ha ha, not winning any photography awards today :)
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Happy Halloween, North Pole Style...
If you recall, last Halloween the kids topped the sweetness charts by choosing to be the Holy Family for Halloween. Seriously, hard to ever ever ever beat that. And we shall not ever have a tiny baby boy again to play baby Jesus, so that special moment will never be topped.
This year, the kids banded together and decided to AGAIN go with a Christmas theme. This time, Santa and company and won out, so feast your eyes on the cutest set of Christmas characters you have ever seen. Ever Ever Ever. I apparently am TOTALLY enamored with my kids and their costume choices. HO HO HO, Happy Halloween!!!
Max: Santa Claus (who refused to wear his perfectly groomed beard, cripes...)
Marin: Mrs Claus
Marcus: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Madeline: Elf
Dad: himself
Mom: nerdy girl with pumpkin ears (we are super creative)
Rudolph getting a ride with Uncle Jordan while we trick-or-treat :)
Max's preschool costume party:
My four most precious pumpkins :) What treasures they each are!! And they still let me do matching clothes!!
Tuesday, November 26, 2013
In other pumpkin news...
... this year's designs for the Corrigan pumpkins are as follows:
Marin ("a rockstar pumpkin")
Madeline ("a sweetie with eyelashes")
Max ("an Angry Birds pumpkin", thank you Google Images)
Pumpkin patch with Grandpa
My parents have a tradition of accompanying each of our kids on a pumpkin patch field trip at least once during their "preschool years". My mom took Marin, my dad took Madeline and now Max. What a SPECIAL, SPECIAL memory , and one we will treasure forever. I love that all our parents (both mine and Kyle's) take the time to make memories with our kids. It is a gift.
Fall soccer!
We completed our first season of SOCCER with the girls. They were on two different teams, which meant 4 days a week of practices and games. Good thing us parents LOVE this sport :) They had so much fun, and had two very awesome guys as coaches (each was a dad of a player). It was so neat to see how they worked out their own interests on the field. Marin has a definite instinct for defense, however if you ask her about liking soccer, she will give you a so-so rating. PERHAPS we need to tone down our enthusiasm and give her room to decide if she really likes it on her own. Madeline (who started out very unsure), came to love game days. She loved the uniforms (fashion, of course) and the thrill of being in a real game with people cheering. She split her time evenly between running at full speed (LONG LEGS) and skipping along smelling the dandelions :) She says she is definitely playing next year. We shall see about Marin. All I know is Max is ITCHING to get on a team, that kid will need no prompting!!
Marin is #8 (just like mom!) in Blue Kicking Kangaroos jersey. Maddy is #5 in Yellow Sunflowers uniform :)
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