A 2 year old photographer

This is what it looks like when a two year old gets a hold of the camera. And I have to admit, when his little fingers aren't in the way, he doesn't take bad pictures :)

Friday Night Lights

Friday night was the annual lighting of the Simi Valley Christmas tree. I find it a little weird that they don't wait till Thanksgiving. It was way overcrowded but the boys enjoyed eating Hot Dog on a Stick for dinner and watching the laser light show. And it was fun that they had fake snow falling from the roof.

Yesterday Scott and I went to a wedding. It was really fun. And did you know glow sticks are a big hit at weddings now :) Today we are just lounging around. Gotta love lazy Sundays.

Brotherly Love

I wish I caught it on tape but right before this, Harrison was hugging William. William said, "Thanks Harry, that's very nice." So this is the video of the follow up. I think Harrison was more interested in watching TV at this point. And for some reason, William looks like he has a bowl haircut. I think it is the static from rubbing his head on the couch pillows. :)

Back to the park and Misc Toys

We went back to the park today for a play date. I brought some bread today in hopes the ducks would be there again. They were and the boys and Addison were very excited to feed them. Addison (Will's love interest), Addi's mom, William and Harrison feeding the ducks.

The boys imaginations are going wild lately. They love playing with just about anything. Laundry baskets are always a house favorite.. The other day they found tongs in the utensil drawer and it kept them entertained for TWO days!

Beautiful day ruined by a grumpy old lady!

So we were having a fantastic day. We took Belle for a nice walk around the neighborhood. Then we headed to Lemon Park to play and watch the birds swim. We were having a fantastic time. William came out of his anti-social shell and made a lot of new friends.

Look at Harry's hair is this picture....cracks me up.

The boys were being so good that I decided to treat them to lunch. We went to this hole in the wall diner by our house. I sat us outside (where nobody else was) in case they acted up. Surprisingly enough, this is the ONE time they were little angels. Well an older couple came and sat down right next to us opposed to inside or anywhere else out on the patio. They backed their truck in and left their dog in the back of the truck looking at us:) I am going to make this story as short as possible. I was so incredibly proud of my boys. They were eating all their food and engrossed in their lunch opposed to being loud. William seriously did not say a word. Harrison is learning to talk and he was saying, "french fry." Every time he said french fry, the old woman turned around and yelled at him to shut up. I was about to lose it. Finally their dog barked and Harrison got excited and said, "puppy dog." He said it is a regular tone- didn't even yell. Well the woman started yelling at me: "we are paying for this too. Control your children. Have them use their inside voices." Well I apologized first for what reason I do not know but she kept going on putting Harrison down and then the mommy in me finally talked back. I was so upset and still upset about it. Here we were having a great day and the one time my boys are great out in public, someone yells at them and makes them feel bad. William asked me what he did wrong that the woman yelled at him. William said thank you to the waitress as we left and Harrison told the mean women, "bu bye." Little did he understand that she was a grumpy old woman who hated children. It's still makes me sad. Having an excellent day and praising my boys for being so good and someone has to ruin it. I would understand any other time when a toddler is acting like a toddler but they were too interested in their lunch to even play at the time. Ugh.

"The Blue and The Gray"

Yesterday we went to a Civil War Reenactment and Encampment. It was really interesting and fun. We watched the Wilderness Day 2 battle followed by the Gettysburg Address and the Cold Harbour battle at night. The boys loved seeing all of the horses. This is the largest reenactment of the Civil War in California. They do an amazing job and there were hundreds of reinactors. There were some professional actors there. We stood about two feet from Bruce Boxleitner and David Carpenter as they were introduced. David Carpenter told me he liked Harrison's chocolate face (he was eating cookies).

Halloween 2009