Mr. Ford

 We put a suit on Owen, combed his hair, and called him Henry Ford.

 Pretty sure Mr. Ford did not make that face.

This was how we found Owen when we went to the "Famous Person Extravaganza."

AKA living history museum in the school cafeteria.

You go around tapping the shoulder of who you want to hear from.

All the kids had their speeches memorized and it was pretty cute.

 3/25

Owen was of course my favorite.

But a close second was George Washington with his baby-powdered hair.

Every time he scratched his hair a puff of powder showered down.

Lurzy

3/21-3/22

Justin spent last week in Oceanside doing a Reserves week at Camp Pendleton.

While there, he picked up Drew's late birthday present (we found a deal on Craig's List): Lurzy.

He spent a night with Brent and Errin, then the next day all Drew's bearded dragon dreams came true.

Heaven help me.

PS Since those first couple glorious days, little Lurzy has already lost some charm. Drew is not a fan of feeding her live food.

River Dogs and Diamondbacks

3/10

Drew was so excited to play baseball for family night.

He got dressed in full gear, including cup, just for our little game.

FIRST GAMES OF THE SEASON

3/15

Drew's team is the River Dogs (a random name that is a real Minor League team).

Owen is representing Arizona on the Diamondbacks.

We spent lots of hours Saturday watching the first games of the season.

Drew's league doesn't keep score. Seemed like a pretty close game, though.

Owen's team lost 8-0, but he did good.

The snack shack got too much of our business.

And we only lost August one time.

(found him happily playing with a lap full of balls next to the other team's dugout)

Yay for baseball season!

Drew's 8th

 One of the FIVE donuts he ate for breakfast. And lunch.

Drew stayed home from school.

We got Jamba and spent some birthday money at Target.

Later that day he wanted to go to the beach with just me.

I bribed him to dunk all the way under the freezing ocean.

And we played hide and seek (rocky area where we were).

You would've laughed if you saw us but it was fun.

Ended the day with Chilis.

And MORE Target.

Sally's 6th

 The birthday balloon tradition.

She requested the same birthday breakfast last year. And probably the year before.

with Ruby on the way to lunch.

I offered to take her out to lunch, but she chose to have me come eat with her at school.

Requested lunch was Kraft mac & cheese from home.

with Katherine and Jasmine at lunch.

 with Shyanne and Hanna at recess.

 with Shyanne finishing up that Pirate's Booty.

 with Katherine, Malia, and Hanna at recess.

 Bell-ringing birthday privilege.

I came back at the end of the day with ice cream for her class celebration.

 Crafts with Hanna and Tes after school.

 Hula hooping in her birthday high heels (for dress up only).

No cake...just wanted neapolitan ice cream.

 with Hanna and Tes at George Washington Park.

She requested the exact same day for her next birthday.

Easy to please.

But was not so easy to console at the end of the day when she was sobbing that it was over.

A New Mode of Transportation, Rainbows, Pencil Stubs, and Hair

3/1

3/4

3/6

Parent-teacher conferences were last week.

Drew's teacher actually felt like we didn't need to have one. He's doing great.

Sally is doing awesome. So good at reading.

And Owen uses this stub of a pencil in class.

3/9

His hair takes too long to air dry, so blow drying it is.

Calla Lilies by the Beach

A couple weeks ago Justin spied these wild calla lilies growing in our side yard.

Taking out the trash just got a lot more pretty.

Knowing that the lilies are in bloom, I took the family out on a Sunday afternoon to find the ones near Garrapata State Beach we (minus Justin) saw a few years ago with friends.

Took us about an hour to find the right trail, but just before sunset we hit the jackpot.

(the trail is right across from Doud Creek Ranch)

And wah-la!

2/23

Some Feb extras:

 2/10

Choosing cards for Grandpa Lunt's 80th birthday.

He is the best card giver and never forgets a birthday for his entire posterity (which is huge).

Trader Joe's $1 cards are un-crafty me's favorite.

 2/12

George Washington Park.

2/12

Looked over while helping Owen w/homework and saw this.

No broken dishes were involved.

2/28

Photo Booth has been re-discovered.

Grapefruit for Days

The kids were not ready to go home on Friday like planned, so we stayed one more day.

That meant:

I got to go to the temple.

We visited my grandparents.

Got to pick a ton of grapefruits, some tangelos, and Marie gave us some lemons.

The kids stayed w/my grandparents while I ran and met my new nephew, Walter.

2/21 

Love his hair.

Then back to grandparents' house for dinner along with Rachel and Jacob.

2/22

We left first thing Saturday morning and did the trip straight through.

10 1/2 hour drive in 12 1/2 hours.

Kids did good, but it was me that started going crazy towards the end.

Driving is not fun.

The above picture was our halfway break at a park in San Dimas.

So was this:

Super cool, old tree.

2/20

Here's an extra picture that relates to nothing.

Justin was jealous that August got to play Cole's drums and he didn't.

And 8 posts later my AZ trip recap is officially done.