Last day in Hawaii

Now that we are back - the sunshine seems even more spectacular knowing that we won't see it for another 5 months.

Hawaii

It was raining and 38 degrees in Seattle. The day before a trip with kids is stressful because you can forget one key item and your life is ruined. Notice I said TRIP and not VACATION. Kids and vacation don't really go together. We are definetly on a vacation from the horrible winter in Seattle though. The Hassons have found the perfect place in Hawaii to stay with extended family - every family has their own condo and we see each other at the common pools and beach.
The foliage in Hawaii is so stunning, varied and different from our Seattle foliage. It sets the paradise tone. We drove to the top of Haleakala Mountain one day with the kids. Sylvie kept whining "I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE UNIT!" and Leon was screaming "BLANKET!!". We got to the top of the winding road, took some photos, and the fell asleep on the way down - PHEW.

Holiday Fun

Holiday Card

Sylvie is four and she loves pink. She adds numbers on her fingers and wants to fly like TINK(erbell). She excels at swimming and always wants to dance. She only likes dresses, refuses to wear pants.

Leo is two and he colors on the wall. He got a hoop for his birthday for playing basketball. He loves to wiggle and jump up and down. His cute face is always in a smile, never a frown.

Joey works hard and uses his head. He builds and fixes things in his shed. His business is growing and so is his “cred”. At the end of the day, he makes sure the paper is read.

Molly juggles everything, kids, work and cooking. For some spare “me time” she is always looking. Her creative projects and crafts keep her hands busy. It all makes her dizzy and sometimes she throws a tizzy.

Silliness and love the whole year through ~ a great wish ~ from us to you.

MEW

Here are the legwarmers I have been working on. I have loved shopping at goodwill and Joanne's and I enjoy making the cambria inspired flowers. Mom got me a fancy serger (for Hanukah and my next birthday) and it gives them a very professional look. I really enjoy making new things out of old things. Heidi made me the MEW labels a few years ago and they acutally asurvived a few shelves and drawers and made their debut around age 4. I sewed them onto cars left over from my wedding. The buttons came from the house next door when the old guy moved out and his dead wife's things ended up in my hands. Love that too. I feel like my Aunt Lena and my Grandmother gave me their "need to craft" genes and that is really special to me. MEW! says it all

Thanksgiving

Gig Harbor thanksgiving this year. Oyster Stuffing, homemade pecan pie and this year Turkey cooked in a bag (great!). Molly worked on the legwarmers (Thanks for the serger MOM!) and Sylvie played princess game while leo obsessed about the pool table ("PAY BALL?!?!") The grownups read alot of Vanity Fair and New Yorker and Seattle Times. We actually watched the Macy's day parade and the dog show with the rest of the at home americans. We did some beachcombing too and found great seaglass washed up by winter storms along with a really cool almost fossilized root ball. The sun shined all 4 days and they Olympics crowed with their beauty!

Cool beaced fossilzed root ball

America's next top....I swear she did these looks totally on her own. She has never looked at a fashion magazine.

Mom made the hat and Sylvie decided the button placement!

We had some stir craziness and the tides were wanky so we went looking for seaglass at night and actually found some ...

Nuedy pool shark

Princesses on Ice

OMG! Princess on Ice was pure disney magic!

That's tink in Cinderella's carriage being lifted to the ceiling while all of the prince and princesses danced around her! WOAH!

Fairy Godfather Justen Loved it just as much as the kids!

Leo is TWO

Leon turned two and we had a family and friends party. As with all parties, it started with good food and singing happy birthday and degraded into naked dancing around the train tracks.

Noni made a cake that says "Leo & Co doing business since 2005"

Grandmas!

High school musical haircut

fairies and such

Angus' First Surpirse Party!

AWWWWW!

Halloween

Much better than last year. Though Leo had no desire to put on what amounted to a dress. I think his industrial strength belt may have been too tight.

The hat was literally on for SECONDS.

Gracie literally has two fleeces on underneath her mermaid costume.

Explaining to me that she actually will be able to eat more than one piece of candy per day because he has alot of candy.

I had to hold his hands to keep the hat on for seconds.
OFF!

Pirate Prep

Pupkin Farm

Sylvie went with her class to the farm. I wasn't able to go but Julie took some great photos. I got this carhart jacket at Goodwill when Sylvie was 6 months and I have been saving it...she hates it but it looks cool. It makes her look older all of the sudden though....