Sassy Saige

Her first pedicure (compliments of Miss Katie). Don't mind the booboo on her toenail from dropping a toy on it. You'll have to click on the picture to see the polish designs. Oh, and lately she's been saying, "take pictures of me today mommy." Here is one of her "poses." She walks around wearing bracelets and says, "I'm so pretty." Seriously....she's only 2.

Addley As A 4 Month Old

This little girl LOVES attention...from anyone. Leave her alone for one second and she cries and fusses. Look at her and she smiles. She laughs at her siblings but rarely at Scott or I. She likes to talk. She wakes up early. She rolls over, but prefers to stand up. She hasn't decided whether or not she wants to be a thumb sucker...any fingers do well for now. She's discovered her feet but hasn't figured out how to "get" them. She loves the bath and then transforms into this screaming monster from the end of bath until she falls asleep at 7:30. Some days she looks like Saige and others like Dayton. I love her and every time Dayton says, "How long is Baby Addwee staying with us?" I always say "I hope forever and ever." He says, "that's a long time mommy." Not long enough if you ask me.
Dayton at 5 months.
Saige at 6 months.

Halloween 2009

I tortured myself trying to find costumes for the kids - it is always so hard here because the costumes are mostly designed for the cold weather. Halloween is anything but cold here. Dayton kept changing his mind...a robot, a clown, a prince...Saige would NOT change her mind: she wanted to be a vacuum. I know...she's strange. Needless to say, by the time I hit the stores everything was picked over...no sizes left, no costumes left. I resorted to looking online. I found the perfect costumes for both of them...turns out shipping them here was going to be more than the costumes. Forget it! I finally found this cheap and easy clown costume for Dayton and decided Saige could wear her tutu, some wings and a crown. Dayton was excited for the costume; until he put it on of course...it was itchy, he couldn't breathe with the clown nose on..."I'll just be Thomas the Train" he says. That's what he was last year. *sigh* If I only knew. We also did our yearly trip to the pumpkin patch. I had special Halloween shirts for them to wear and everything...they were long sleeve...the weather was 90 degrees. So much for that. Halfway there I realized I had forgotten to put the battery back in my camera. I had to resort to cell phone pictures this year. While it was a disastrous event for me, the kids didn't care - they just wanted to eat a piece of candy.
Saige's first time scooping goop out of the pumpkin.
Dayton's carved pumpkin. He chose the pattern, I did the carving (it was hard!!)
Our roasted seeds. Surprisingly, the kids liked them. They are apparently healthy for men to eat.
Dayton's final product.
Saige's final product.

The kids and I dressed up for a Halloween party at The Ching's house. I'm a ladybug, though it is hard to see my costume. Good thing we got a picture when we first arrived cause the costumes only lasted 5 minutes.
Apparently Halloween is a huge holiday for all Hawaii resident dogs.
Was trying to capture the HUGE Great Dane and instead captured a friendly little hello. Oops.
Scary monster dog we saw while trick or treating.Thomas...again.
My princess, butterfly, fairy Saige.

Dayton's Fourth Birthday

October 18th was Dayton's fourth birthday! I can hardly believe it. It is so sad to see the years go by so fast and yet it is so special to see them develop and grow into little beings. In previous years I've taken a ton of pictures and no video. This year I hardly took any pictures and instead videoed most of the party. We rented a "jumping castle" (as Dayton refers to them) and had a little gathering at our house for BBQ and cake. It was a fun party. Dayton stayed in the bounce house for 3 hours straight. He's also requested one for next year as well as one for my birthday (and Saige's and Addley's). For any readers that attended the party, thanks for coming...we all had a great time celebrating.
Dayton is 4. Still wears party hats.
And is big enough to jump in a bounce house. A big hit!Dayton turns 3. He "had" to wear a party hat, and refused to wear clothes.Dayton turns 2!A whole year old!My 6lb little peanut.