Double Birthday Party

This year Owain and Jimmy agreed to having a shared party for their birthday's since they are only 3 weeks apart.  What a great idea!

We had 13 friends over and we painted birdhouses, ate pizza, massacred a pinata, ate cake and opened presents.  The weather was perfect and so was the party!  Here's to 4 and 6 Jimmy and Owain!

Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's

    Time for a little catch-up.  Thanksgiving was spent here in Seattle with our friends Michael and Natasha and their daughter Frankie.  Besides a near disaster with the oven breaking we had a lovely time.  Had to cook the turkey at a friends house but I ended up with a new stove.  I really should take a picture of that since its been my pride and joy for the last 2 months.

 As soon as the Christmas season started we began doing all the things that Seattlites do, namely going to see the gingerbread houses downtown at the Sheraton.  Not sure if it was worth an hour of queuing but the castles were pretty spectacular.

 Christmas morning was a crazy toy BONANZA.  They played with their toys for 2 days straight, I didn't even have to turn on the t.v. (that says a lot around here)

We threw a New Year's Eve party rather than try to find a babysitter and brave the world outside.  The kids were great and a few made it all the way to midnight!

Jeff came to visit just before New Years through the first week of Jan.  What fun we had!  

Owie's Birthday and stats

 Owain turned 5 last Thursday but had his party the weekend before.  We had it at Woodland Park Zoo in the carousel house.  It was a hit with the kids, but how could it not be with unlimited rides on the merry-go-round and cupcakes and goody bags?

The day after Owain's birthday both of the boys had their annual check-up at the doctor's.  Owain had to get his last two childhood immunizations.  He was very brave and didn't cry at all!  Their current stats are: Owain-height 44" weight 44.8lbs he is in the 75th percentile for height and weight

Jimmy-height 40" weight 36.8lbs he is in the 90th percentile for height and weight

Resurrection

   It has been nearly nine full months since the last blog entry and I'm ashamed!  There's not much going on the in the documenting of the boys lives so I'm going to give it another shot.  A quick and brief recap would be-last Christmas Grandma Lyn and Auntie Jean came for a visit and Uncle Robert was here for Xmas and New Year's.  John got a new job in February at Z2Live, in April the boys and I spent 10 days in Arizona with Grandma and Grandpa, in June we went to France for 2 1/2 weeks and when we got back the boys started school and Emma came to visit, whew that's all the major things I think.
   Currently John and Owain are on a manly camping trip and Jiimmy and I are holding down the fort while they're gone.  So far we took the bus down to Market Street and went to the toy store and out for sushi (Jimmy's choice).  We're both kind of tuckered out and coming down with colds so we are back at home to play with new toys, oh yeah Jimmy had his 3rd birthday 4 days ago :) and maybe have a movie night later.

Montana Trip

We finally made it to Montana! Here's the whole crew together: (Click the photo to see names of everybody.)
And more pictures:

More Bubbles

Pics

Better late than never, Owain's birthday:

And pumpkins!

Paint

 

Annual Stats

Today I took the boys for the first of what will now be annual well-visits with the doc. Its really so nice to only have to go in once a year for both of them now, barring illness or injury of course. And because their birthdays are only 3 weeks apart I can bring them both in at the same time, killing two birds with one stone as they say. I was curious about their height and weight since it had been so long since the last measurements. So... Owain weighs 36.6pounds and is 3'5"tall, Jimmy weighs 31pounds and is 3' flat. Seems crazy that only five pounds and five inches separate them even though they are 2 years apart. Jimmy's just a big kid I guess. They both had one shot today and were very brave. Owain sat very still and let the nurse give him the shot. He did cry afterwards but I could tell it hurt. I think the nurse was inexperienced and jabbed him too hard, but what do I know I'm just a protective mommy! We went straight out for ice cream afterward at the old Baskin-Robbins on 15th Ave. Its a miracle this place is still open, there's never any customers there and all the signage is sun-faded (for that to happen in Seattle it would have had to have seen more than 20 summers). Never the less, I love Baskin-Robbins and now so do the boys!

Happy Birthday Jimmy!

Cake!

 

San Juan Photos

Last year, we went to San Juan Island with my Mum. We returned this year with Mac and Mary Ellen. I've only sorted through pictures of the journey there so far. More to come...

Boys and Bubble

Photos

I'm still confused about when each season starts and ends. Serves me right for taking so few (presentable) photos over the last few months. Anyway, here's a very random selection from since when last time was...


Also check out the YouTube channel for a couple of new movies of boys being horrible. In case it confuses anyone, the movie of Owain spilling water is a couple of years old.

WARNING: Contains Scenes of a Shocking Nurture

Photo update

Not much action on the blog these days, I'm afraid. I still post to my buzz page pretty regularly. I can't determine whether Winter ends in February or March but regardless, some Winter photos.


And in case you missed them, the Christmas photos parts one, two and three.

Geek In Training

First off, John recieved a special Christmas present from his brother Rob, or as we call him Uncle Barbara--long story (ok, briefly, Jimmy can't say Robert properly so it sounded like he was saying Barbara) This thing is called a Big Track and when John was little he wanted one REAL bad but Robert ended up getting one and John was jealous. Now at the ripe old age of 37 John finally recieved his Big Track. The boys got it out today and I only wish I could relay the sound it makes. I was awoken from a nap by this beast. If you can remember what the first push button phones sounded like and then amplify that X 100, you've got the sound of a Big Track. It has a keypad like a phone that you program and then it moves to your programed commands. It was sent into the bedroom to "shoot" me.

Below, we have our geek in training. Owain is becoming proficient on the laptop. He can search through You Tube videos of dinosaurs like nobodys business. Occasionally he ends up watching music videos of artists that only wish they could make it to the Eurovision Song Contest. He also has commandeered my phone and has mastered Puzzlebox. I might add that he has purchased 2 apps without me knowing. That's $6.00 I won't be seeing again.

Yesterday, Owain and I tried our hand at arts and crafts. I bought some small popsicle sticks, glue, constructions paper, etc. John took a pic of my hideous creation. And today I made sugar cookies. Hearts, circles, roosters and cows. Fun for shape enthusiasts of all types.