Grandma and Papa Logue have left to head back home to Port Townsend today. We had a great Christmas visit with them. They spent a lot of time playing with the kids - Legos, sports, walks, bike rides, etc. Basically, anything that popped into the kids' head, they had a ready and willing playmate in Grandma and Papa Logue. I'm really going to miss their company and all the extra help! They love the grandkids so much and they don't mind waking up at 6am (or earlier) to care for a fussy Riley.
Luckily, we have Uncle Mar here for a little visit until Tuesday. I laugh to myself when the kids are being crazy and he asks, "is this normal?". If he only knew how normal it is to have the kids all running around, hurting themselves, laughing hysterically and making a lot of noise just for the hell of it. I'm afraid that Tanner and I are the red flag warning for anyone who's thinking of kids...But, Uncle Mar LOVES the kids and has had a great time with playing "knock out" basketball game with Chase and rough-housing with Jayden. Riley seems to like him too, which is rare for her since she usually steers clear of males.
Chase has gotten A LOT of Christmas presents. He was wonderfully spoiled! He's been a good big brother and patient with his younger sisters during this holiday break. His favorite gifts include any and all Lego sets he received, football figures from the McDonald's happy meal that "Santa" bought on Ebay, and Skylander figures. He's beginning to sound out words and his writing is improving. His sense of humor is developing into a carbon copy of Tanner's sense of humor - sarcastic and loves to poke fun. For example, I was cleaning up the house this morning and he says in a very exaggerated manner, "Mom, WHO's coming over today?", as if I only clean when we have guests. Sarcasm does have an ounce of truth.
Jayden loves all her Frozen presents. She loves dressing up in her Frozen nightgown/dress/shirt/pants, etc. with her tiara, scepter, bracelet, necklace, shoes, etc. She strikes a pose with her hand on her hip and one leg crossed in front of the other. She likes to say, "I'm so fancy". Jay still tries to do everything Chase does and loves to play rough with him. They're usually chasing each other or tackling each other. Jayden can be very sweet and she'll often check in on me and ask, "you OK, Mommy?".
Riley is a little terror. She has found her voice in screaming. If someone is looking at her and she doesn't like it, she screams. If one of her siblings is sitting somewhere she wants to be she screams and pushes. If she doesn't get the particular snack she has in mind, she screams and shakes her head until things get sorted. Riley is also a little character. She loves bringing cell phones up to her ear and saying "ahhhhhh". She loves all of Jayden's musical Frozen things and tries to sing along in her baby chatter. She wants to be a big kid as demonstrated when she tries to sit at the kids table and eat (most of the time she falls off the chair) and when she throws a fit if I cut her food into small pieces. She want to eat the banana whole with the peel on part way - just like her brother and sister.
Tanner and I are enjoying this holiday break and time with the family, but when all kids are screaming and the house is a mess, Tanner jokes, "I gotta get back to work". On second thought, I don't think he's joking. =)
Saturday, December 27, 2014
Thursday, December 25, 2014
2014 Christmas
Christmas morning - the kids awoke around 6am and were SO EXCITED that Santa came and left gifts by the fireplace and filled their stocking with goodies. Tanner and I dragged ourselves out of bed and quickly showered so we were ready to open presents by 7am~
I made a stipulation that the kids had to take family pics before they were allowed to open the presents under the tree. Chase and Jayden were most agreeable, Riley didn't really understand the message~
Chase loves playing games with Papa~
Jayden loved playing with her soccer ball with Daddy~
Around 3PM, our other guests showed up for Christmas dinner. We had Grandma Nish and Ron, Uncle Marcus, Auntie Naomi and Uncle Henry, Bryan, Erin and Sean. There was a grand total of 15. We had ribs (BBQ'd by Marcus, tri-tip steak, candied potatoes, chinese chicken salad, roasted artichokes, potato salad and rice for dinner. It was all very yummy. For dessert, Bryan brought a Paradise cake from King's Hawaiian and Erin and Sean brought cookies from Torrance Bakery.
Chase and Jayden were excited that there were more gifts to open~
Grandma Nish gave Jayden some wonderful dress up things~
Kona joined us too - it was good to have a dog in the house again~
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Monday, October 13, 2014
Tanaka Farms Pumpkin Patch - October 2014
Monday, October 13th was a day off from school due to Columbus Day so we decided to have a whole day of fun. First we went to the drive through car wash (which Riley is terrified of - screams as all the water and brushes hit our van) and then stopped at Chuck E Cheese's. The kids have so much fun running around and playing games~
Next stop was Tanaka Farms Pumpkin Patch. We swung by Grandma Nish's house to pick her up and then drove to Irvine to meet Uncle Marcus and family friends~
Jayden and Drew had an especially good time on the tractor ride. They kept yelling and laughing, "so bumpy!"~
Riley hung out for a while on my back~
Auntie/Grandma Karen with Quinn~
Drew, Chase and Jayden LOVED running and jumping off the hay bales. They would've been happy to spend our whole time running and jumping from bale to bale~
We visited the "petting zoo" section. At first Jayden was afraid of the animals and wouldn't let me put her down~
She eventually got the courage to pet a baby~
The older ones conquered the corn maze and kept shouting, "the kids won!"~
We had a great time at Tanaka Farms! We took home some pumpkins and a few vegetables (green beans, carrots, green onions and radishes) and lots of dirt in our clothes. Lol. Jayden and Chase really enjoyed eating the carrots - dipped in lots of salt!
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