hair cut!

The time finally came for Owen to get his first haircut. We really liked his super cool mullet, but circumstances dictated that it was time for a change. Circumstances being Owen's love of rubbing food on his hair and his hatred of shampoo. He looks so grown up with his new do! (Oh, and Matt has proved his prowess with the scissors once again!)

In other news, we've finally started a little remodeling project here at home. Matt and Eloise had their own little "ribbon cutting ceremony" yesterday. Really, it's just Eloise taking a look in the space between the dropped ceiling and the old ceiling in her old room. She said it was "creepy" in there.

party time

Eloise went to her buddy Elliott's 5th birthday party today (Happy Birthday Elliott!). She felt like a very big girl because she got to get dropped off and picked up from the party :) Lucky Matt and I (and Owen) got to clean out the hallway closet while she was eating cupcakes. Thanks to Jon for sending this picture from the party!
Eloise could hardly believe that she got to go to TWO birthday parties in two weeks (Happy Birthday to Angelica last week!).

bicycles!

We went bicycle crazy over here last weekend. All because Matt got me this very nice bicycle for Christmas. Now we can all go for a bike ride together! Matt pulled the kids in the trailer and we rode down to the marina, had a picnic and played for awhile. After we got home, Eloise and Owen wanted to ride their own bikes too. So much fun for everyone!
Yay for bikes!

Owen

Owen has been having a hard time this past week. First he had a little bit of a cold. Then he got 4 vaccinations. Then his little cold turned into a bad cold. All this on top of six(!) new teeth coming in all at once. Poor guy! Plenty of sleepless nights and general bummer to go around.
In spite of it all, he did take a moment to show off his semi-proficiency in spoon feeding :)
And his super runny nose has given him plenty of opportunity to walk into the bathroom, get some toilet paper, blow his nose, look at the toilet paper, declare it "yucky!" and then go throw it in the garbage.

Happy New Year!

Little kids can teach you a lot about how to party. Here they are during our own little new years eve celebration.
We've been trying to take advantage of our daylight hours despite the chilly and rainy weather. We've been riding bikes, going to the park, and going for rainy day walks. It's been so nice to have these past couple of weeks off from work and school, but we'll be going back to our regular routines on monday.