Warren's 3rd Birthday: May is a big month for birthdays at our house. Abigail turned 1 on the 17th, Bekah turned 24 on the 21st and Warren turned 3 on the 30th. I wish I had pics of Abigail's b-day to show, but we were on the beach and had only brought the videocamera. So here are some quickshots of W's party. There aren't many because with 10 kids, you need all the adults helping, not taking pictures :)

I celebrated my 3rd birthday in Mexico with a pinata, so it seemed like a good tradition to start. Unfortunately, the only pinata at the grocery store was a lovely shade of lavender.

At Warren's request, we had a "dog" party. (Notice the dog ears in the first picture.) Here is a picture of Warren's dog cake that he helped me make by sticking cookies together. 

San Diego/Solana Beach, May 2006: One of the fun things about visiting CA every year is visiting the people Andy met on his mission in Anaheim. We go back to the Vietnamese Branch every time we go.

From here on out, Warren is dictating the captions for the pictures to me. "That's Abigail looking at the dolphins." (We were at Sea World)

No comment from Warren on this one.

"Abigail looking at the polar bears when we lived there. Polar bears eat us. I'm going to boing seals at those polar gears. Boing, boing, boing, boing."

"That's me looking at the hole where the water goes in the polar bear cave."

"That's the walrus eating fish. I'm looking at the walrus, blowing it a kiss. Then it blowed me a kiss."

"A walrus face. Ha-ha."

"This is Abigail touching the bear hand prints.She just stares at me through this picture. Isn't it dark in there?"

"This is the Shamu show." Okay, I have to interject. Contrary to what Warren thinks, niether Abigail nor I am as big as Shamu. However, we were waiting for the Shamu show to start when we took this picture."

"Abigail is seeing Shamu jump out, and jump in."

"Abigail feels happy."

"That's my shark face. I like doing a shark face."

"Me by the spitting waterfall."

"That's the spitting waterfall." Mom: "Abigail's not a spitting waterfall!" "Abigail is a spitting waterfall. Ha-ha!"

"Pete the penguin!"

"Abigail loves going out to the waves her own self. Abigail said, 'I can do it!' But she's going to feel cold in the waves. She says in this picture, 'I can do it.'"

"Me with dad going out to the waves. I feel happy."

"Abigail kneeling looking at those pine needles. Remember the waves were coming to hit our sand castle at the beach?"

"Me guarding a hole. Do I got rakes to rake myself out?"

"Time-out."

"Abigail getting sand in her hands." 

Easter Pictures! These next five pictures are best viewd as an uniterrupted sequence. I could put captions, but I think they tell their own cute story.





Our family is one of the few (I think...) that still hides the real, hard-boiled eggs they've decorated. Here is Warren with his stash. Of course, we hide the candy-filled ones, too...

Aunt Annie is Warren's best helper when it comes to finding eggs. She is vigilant making sure that he gets his fair share.

Abigail checking out her Easter loot.

Abigail is really into phones. She calls them "hellos." Here, packaging is doubling as a phone. 

More March and April pictures. Oops, I accidentally posted that entry before it was done. Oh well. This is Warren with my little brother, Sam. Sam is definitely Warren's hero.

Abigail's newest love is the phone, or anything she can make into a phone. She really lights up when she is "talking" on it.

I put this picture in so you could see her dial AND see what a clean eater she is.

Spring is a great time for a bikeride; here we are returning home from the YMCA where I workout.

Abigail doesn't walk on her own yet, but she loves practicing with others' help!

WOO-HOO! Warren learned how to ride a bike! We've tried before and he didn't show much interest--probably because his legs were always too short. Then one day at his friend Lincoln's house, he hopped on this trike and began riding! They loaned us the trike, and not a day has gone by without us going a on ride.

When Warren leans back like that, he usually accompanies the action by saying, "Look! I'm a racecar driver!"

"I'm loving it!"

Another great hat on Abigail.

Playing on the back porch is one of Abigail's favorite past times. In the next picture, you'll see how excited she gets!

See what I mean?

Did I mention Abigail looks good in hats?

Warren is pretty proud of himself after getting up in the swing all by himself. His hands are signing 'cheese,' a relic from his signing days.

On the go.

I didn't think Abigail had much hair until this picture; usually it sits so flat on her head!

My favorite picture of Warren. He found this hard hat in his outside toys, and as he put it one, he said, "Look mom! It's my Extreme Make Homeover hat!" Every Sunday when we are at Tutu and Papo's house, we watch Extreme Home Makeover; Warren has the name a little mixed up.

Bye-bye, that's all folks!