Giggen's Birthday

Thanks to Tiff for planning an amazing day at a family oriented winery in Sonoma for Giggen's birthday - good food, wine, bocce ball, and lots of room for the kids to run around - it was perfect! We will definitely be going back.

Happy Birthday Sweet Dottie

This Saturday was Dottie's fourth birthday party, a bowling party. Everyone had a great time, even Moosey who refused to participate in bowling or photos. Happy Birthday Dottie!

At the Club

Jason and Scott took the kids to the driving range in the presidio to hit some balls. They had a great time, even though Wyatt clearly needs a left handed club...and would likely prefer one that is not pink.

Malcolm's Soccer Team

Malcolm started his own soccer lessons last week with Coach Tim of Soccer Kids. He is very proud of himself and most of all loves his new soccer outfit - which includes shin guards and cleats. Go get 'em Moosey!

Gifts from Grumpy and Jean

The boys also got an additional treat when they arrived home from Tahoe to find more Christmas presents from Grumpy and Jean. Guns which they love, like any good grandpa would buy for his grandsons, and a very special edition of The Night Before Christmas Book read and recorded by Grumpy and Jean. They listen to it every night still, weeks after Christmas has been over. They even talk to it when the recording gets hung up on a page, "No, Grumpy, next page, next page!"

UPS Truck

Wyatt once again asked for a UPS truck this year for Christmas...its been his request for several years running. So, Gigi did what any good grandma would do and went online and searched for this very hard to find item on Ebay. (Actually, Wyatt's mom did this and sent the link to Gigi but then Gigi found one even bigger and better with an operable back door which is one of Wyatt's requirements. And she paid a considerable amount of money for it.) There was a lot of build up for this bigger and better gift because it was specialty shipped and didn't arrive on time for Christmas so Wyatt anxiously awaited its arrival at our house after Christmas. And finally the UPS truck did arrive...and he LOVES it.

Christmas 2011

We made our annual trek to Tahoe this year to wait for Santa. This year, however, there was no snow. But, we had plenty to keep us occupied between trips to the mall in Reno and visits to the Discovery Center Kids Zone. We had a great week. The boys are big believers and it made the holiday so much fun. We made cookies and a gingerbread house and watched lots of "Frosty the Snowman" and "Rudolf" movies.

We let the boys open presents from Grumpy and Jean a little early so they would have some new toys to play with during the long week of anticipation...they loved their new dinosaur train and hot wheels jump the shark track.

Then, on the big day they received lots of amazing gifts from Santa and family. Malcolm specifically asked Santa for walkie talkies so, after every gift that the opened he would say, "that's not walkie talkies, where are my walkie talkies." Luckily he did get them, they just happened to be the last gift he opened. They also received costumes (astronaut for Malcolm, SWAT team for Wyatt), new scooters and helmets from Giggen, lego sets from Sean and Tiff and a few other toys. Their big gift this year was a knight castle and I would say they were not disappointed. They played with it for hours and still do.

This year Jason took the boys out to buy Christmas gifts for their mama. He told them they could select anything from Rite Aid. Wyatt selected some beautiful, white Christmas tree candles and Malcolm selected a camping lantern, green, "I wuv green, its my favorite color!" he says. I love it too.