Melissa’s Blog

Happy New Year! The holidays went by so fast and I have a lot of catching up to do. The kids had twin day at school. It was so cool, I think 10 of their friends all wore the same Skylanders shirts:

We weren’t sure what to do for the kiddos birthday. We ended up taking the family to RocknSushi with the Teppan tables. It was cool and fun. The kids had a great time and liked the show. They were pretending to be like the chef at the grill next to us. It was so cute. At the last minute we decided to have a playdate/birthday party at our house. We did it on Monday, Veteran’s Day. It worked out really well doing it that day as everyone could come. We just got a bounce house and the kiddos played hand ball in the garage. I have a few pics but they are in the garage-ugh and the ones with their cake didn’t come out great. I have been having issues with my camera and it is now out for repair. First picture is the kiddos at school on their birthday and the other one is them playing with their birthday presents from us.

They had lots of fun at their holiday parties @ school. They went to each first grade class and did some craft and cookie decorating.

The kids are doing awesome. They had their yearly checkup yesterday. Here are the latest in height and weight:

Justin: height is 49 1/4 in and weight is 52lbs 70 % in height and 50% in weight

Nikki: height is 49 1/4 in and weight is 58.8lbs 70% in height and 75% in weight

They were actually so cute at the doctors. They were giggling and playing together. So all is well with the kiddos and their health. They are just growing up so fast.

The kiddos had their awards at school. Both received a certificate for star student of the month and received a gold medal in reading.

They are now purple belts in Tae Kwon Do.

I get so mad at myself when I don’t update this as someday I know I will love to look back at this. The kids are so into Ninjago and Skylanders right now. Justin is still a cuddle bug and Nikki can’t sit still, she is always doing something. Couple crazy funny things that I will definitely have to use as blackmail later on in life…Justin takes his private and holds it and says flying squirrel. There is no one that sits next to Nikki at school so Nikki and her friends call this empty spot blank. Nikki’s 3rd tooth is ready to come up (one on the left of the top 2 teeth). Can’t wait to see the holey smile! And I can’t believe I forgot to mention Bret bought a jeep. However it is not his dream jeep so another one may be in our near future. This is the so called “practice jeep”.

Bret has been enjoying working on the jeep, installing a new stereo, sway bar releases, playing with all the tops, and a lot of other stuff. We have gone off roading a few times now. The first time Nikki and I were sick, ugh. But the next time Bret aired down the tires and sway bar thing and it was better. Apparently I bought Bret an air compressor for Christmas-but it made putting air in the tires faster. We took the jeep off roading them hiked to a waterfall-Oh I mean a trickle of water. Bret has since put the soft top on. Yesterday was a beautiful day we took the jeep to Huntington Beach. Bret took the back windows out and the kids loved it. We had an awesome day at the beach. The kids played in the water a little bit (water was freezing) and we dug a big hole. We ended up being there was longer than I thought. I have to say I hate the jeep as Bret takes the day off to be with me but then does jeep stuff (being so sarcastic) plus the jeep and it’s stuff has taken over the garage. I also have to say I have enjoyed the little family adventures with it and look forward to a lot more.

And finally here are pictures of our awesome bunny:

I am looking back at pictures trying to figure out what I missed. Halloween was so much fun. And there He/She is Driving Me Batty Shirts still fit. The kids dressed up as Ghostbusters. When they saw kids dressed as ghosts they tried to get them. Bret put the Ghostbusters song and their music player and we brought that trick or treating. I didn’t get great pics as I waited until after trick or treating. But here is one with their buddies Mason, Matthew, and Mia:

Weekend before Halloween we went to the YMCA family camp again in Julian. It was great. Lots of friends joined us as well. This year the big thing the kids loved was ga ga ball. Kind of like handball/dodgeball in a hexagon shape. That is all the kids wanted to do. We still did archery, bb guns, pumpkin carving but it all led back to ga ga ball. Nikki carved a pumpkin and called it Mr. Floppy Head 2. The year before she did one that was Mr. Floppy Head 1. Kids went trick  or treating from cabin to cabin. Here are some pics from the weekend: