Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! We had 2 Halloween parties yesterday. The first party we went to was at my Aunt Sharon's home. The kids had a blast playing with all their cousins. My aunt had halloween bags for all the kids to make and games to play. The kids got allot of candy and goodies too. Then we went to our ward "trunk or treating". The kids were exhausted by the end of the day but they all seemed to have a good time.

Jonathan had a FUN morning!

Jonathan has "play therapy" every Thursday & Friday mornings. He had a great time today! His therapist is so good with him(and Michael & LoriAnne). Today she brought whipped cream for the kids to play in. As you can see in the picture Jonathan really enjoyed it. He was laughing the entire time. LoriAnne did not really like it much and Mikey REALLY did not like playing with the whipped cream. In fact he screamed everytime I put his hands into it. We had fun watching Jonathan play with the whipped cream.

I think Jonathan is getting used to his therapist because he really enjoyed everything she did with him today. Jonathan is such a "mama's boy" that if he can see me he does not usually want anyone else. As you can see in the pictures he is such a CUTIE!

"E" Week at Preschool

Each week for Preschool Robyn's class has a different letter they do for the week. This week is "E" week. So for sharing time on Thursday's Robyn and I make a collage with different pictures of things that start with that particular letter. Robyn wanted me to take a picture of her with ALL her collages and put it on my blog. She is such a "ham".

Picture Day @ Preschool

Robyn had picture day at preschool. I realized today that my "life long" battle with her is getting her to wear her hair down. She ALWAYS wants it in a pony tail. I have made a deal with her that once a week (on Sundays) it is my choice on how I do her hair. So the problem this morning was that it was not Sunday so it was not my choice. I of course "won" as you can see in the picture. However, she cried most of the morning. And she made me promise that I would put it in a pony tail as soon as school was over. :) She is a funny kid!

Isn't it supposed to be fall/winter?

Today it was in the 90's. It is suppose to be in the 90's tomorrow too! I had arranged for the kids to have a "play date" at the park with some friends this afternoon. The kids had fun but I thought it was toooo hot!

A Special Trip for Robyn & LoriAnne

I have a friend who's husband is a Lieutenant for the Whittier Police Department. So Dave took the girl's tonight to meet with him at the Police Department. He let the girl's go inside his SUV police vehicle. They had a great time. Thank you Lieutenant Powell!!!!

A "FREE" Day

Today I had what I call a "FREE" day. I had no appointments (no social workers coming over, no physical or eating therapy for the boys, no doctors visits, etc). We have not had a day like this in a while. So before I ran all my errands I took the 3 little ones to the mall to play (after I took Robyn to school). It was great having some time to just "hang out" at the mall with the kids.

Then it was off to running errands. We went to 2 stores before we picked Robyn up from school and then we went to 3 more stores after we picked her up. It felt great to go and do whatever I needed to and not have to be on a schedule.

A New Nephew/Cousin for us!

On Friday my sister Becky had a new addition to her family. Jason Ryan de la Masa was born at 10:16am, weighing 8lbs 5oz and 19.5 inches. Robyn and LoriAnne went to the hospital with me yesterday to meet him. He is adorable. LoriAnne kept saying "he is soooo cute".

Jason is cousin #19 for my kids. Since I do not have any first cousins at all (my siblings and I are the only grandkids) this is exciting for me that my kids have sooooo many cousins(and there are more on the way).

Welcome to the family baby Jason!

"Girls Day Out"

On Friday Robyn, LoriAnne, and I went to the LaHabra Children's Museum with our friends Brooke, Tayler, and Haylie. The 4 girls had a great time. This museum has so many things for the kids to do. The first room the girls played in was a "toddler playground". The main attraction in that room that Robyn loves is a treehouse you can climb up and at the top is an area you can sit and read books.

One of the other "favorite" things to do is ride the carousel. They usually have an opportunity to ride it 2-3 times each time we go to this museum.

The 4 girls also enjoyed playing on the bus and pretending they were driving it.

The exhibit room right now is "Ocean Adventures" (the exhibit changes every couple months). The girls enjoyed looking at the sea creatures on display and dressing up.

One of the other rooms has taxidermy wild animals that you can touch. Robyn really thought this Lion was "cool".

The girls shopped and stocked up on enough food to fill the cubbards. They all seem to enjoy grocery shopping. They did not want to leave this area.

The last room we went to was the "dress up room". LoriAnne and Robyn both enjoyed dressing up and performing for everyone. This museum is one of our favorite places to go.

A "Proud Mama" Moment!

This morning I told Robyn, LoriAnne, & Michael to go play quietly in their room while I finished getting things ready to take Robyn to preschool. They were so quiet that I decided I had better check on them to see what they were getting into. I found them on Robyn's bed and Robyn was reading to them. Robyn started reading a little over a month ago and she loves to read to anyone who will sit down and listen to her. It was really cute. Robyn was having LoriAnne and Michael repeat the words as she said them. Then she was having them find various objects on the page. It is always a great moment when you realize that all the time you spend teaching your children actually has been working. I love my children! I am so thankful that I am blessed to be their mom!!!!

Miramar Air Show 2007

On Saturday we went to the Miramar Air Show in San Diego. We had a great time. The children really enjoyed watching the airplanes and helicopters in the sky. They also had a chance to climb inside several of the airplanes. They even were able to pretend that they were the pilots :)

Aren't they cute :)

Jonathan sat in the stroller most of the time. He really enjoyed looking at the planes.

The girls really enjoyed being able to climb inside the planes.

Do you think Robyn would make a good pilot? I know she would love to fly a plane.

LoriAnne would like to fly a plane too but hopefully when the girls are older and wiser they won't want to :) For now LoriAnne just LOVED pushing ALL the buttons.

We saw a TON of aircraft so I included a couple of pics. I had a hard time choosing which pics to include though.

There was a Caltrans booth at the airshow and they gave all the kids a hat.

The helicopters were the last things that we saw for the day. It was a FUN day. I hope we get a chance again to go to another air show. It was definitely something the entire family enjoyed.

It still feels like summer here!

It still feels like summer here. I am not complaining. I love the warm weather. It has been in the 80's. So I decided to take advantage of the great weather. We went to the park after I picked Robyn up from school.

LoriAnne thought she would drive to pick up Robyn. How do you tell a little girl with this cute smile on her face that she still has 14 years before she can drive???

Robyn had fun playing with her friend Laurel in the sand. Mommy didn't have as much fun getting ALL the sand out of her hair when she had her bath tonight :)

Mikey enjoyed playing in the sand too with his truck. He is ALL boy.

Do you like Jonathan's new hair style? He REALLY needs a haircut!

I guess I better put that on my "to do" list for tomorrow.

A Day on the Farm...

Dave had the day off of work today (since it is Colombus Day). So we decided to take the kids to Underwood Family Farms for their annual Harvest Festival. The kids had a great time. There was so much for them to do.

They climbed pyramids made from stacks of hay...

rode ponies....

got lost in the corn field maze...

sat on BIG pumpkins...

Jonathan got to roll on the grass :)

drove wooden trucks...

ran through the tire tunnel...

played in the wooden "choo choo" train...

(Mikey is saying "choo choo" as I take the pic)

The kids also saw lots of animals and were able to feed some of them. All in all it was another great day in the Pendley household.