Owen and Bella working on a big bug puzzle

Bella took a quick picture of the butterfly that landed on my shoulder. It sort of freaked me out a bit!

Bella playing the game too!

Aidan got choosen to play one of the trivia games at the Pacific Science Center

The kiddos checking out the Madagascar Hissing Cockroaches

The clan (Aidan brought a friend)

Owen and his buddies

Owen and his best buddies during one of our after school playdates. They love to play hide and go seek at our house!

Owen and his comfy spot

We found him crawled inside our laundry basket playing his leapster

The final bowling score for game #2. Check out Bella's score of 118! She beat us all!

And our first game score...Aidan broke 100 and beat everyone in this game. And I know it isn't saying much but both Bella and Owen beat their old mom...and that is with bumpers!

Showing off my mad skills!

Owen's favorite part was watching the balls pop back out

Mike tried bowling like this with Owen but he had his own style and preferred putting the ball at the edge of the lane and taking a running slide and pushing the ball down the lane. He did pretty well with his method.

Bella and her victory dance

The bowling shoes minus Owen whose foot is just too small to fit in a rental!

They had this ball just for Mike at the lanes!

Owen playing with silly putty. He likes to cover himself in it.

Bella as the reporter in the school Christmas play

Bella and a few of her friends ready for their Christmas play

We have a wall in the laundry room where we measure the kids. We try to do it every six months or so. It's fun to see how they grow and where they compare to each other over the years.

Owen and mommy making playdoh and not really doing a great job of it!