On Friday a bunch of us went bowling and to Fisherman's to celebrate Emily's birthday a little bit more. Here is Vern with her 'I'm a superstar bowler' pose after one of her many strikes.
A few pictures of some of my favorite people!!!
Girls aren't the only ones who go to the bathroom together....
On Wednesday Emily turned the wise old age of 26. It was two years ago I called her from her online nanny ad and we both say it was fate, a perfect match. She loves our kids so much and they certainly love and adore her, we could not be luckier!!! The kids painted a box and we put her gifts inside. The twins have been practicing singing 'Happy birthday' and it is the cutest thing. 
'Num-na', Mason & Luke. We ask the boys to say 'Emily' and they say 'Em-ee' but then we point to Em and ask them who's that and they say 'Numna or Numnee'. By the way, thanks to a diligent nanny and of course super talented kids, the twins are officially potty trained!!! No accidents for a few weeks and we don't put pull ups on them when we leave the house anymore. Eric took Mason & Ty to the tram yesterday afternoon and opted for big boy undies and Mason came home with dry Nemo. 
Everyone 'helping' Emily blow out the candles on her Billy Reed's Boston Cream Pie, and if you have never had it, it is the BEST thing in whole world as far as treats go. Creamy, rich, chocolaty goodness. Heaven on the tongue as Jill would say.
Kids are fascinated by the littlest things, at the park on Monday Mace, Luke & Zoe watched a bee walk around by the slide for what seemed like forever!!! (That it, until I stepped on it to protect them....they were just getting a bit too close and curious) I am not a big bee fan and since I swell up like a pufferfish when I get stung I really don't want to see what happens to the twins! Their three little heads together just looked so cute.
A happy Mason with his Auntie Julie (or Juu-jee)
My very good friend from college, Jill, had some work in Burbank last week and she stayed a few extra days to see me, it was so much fun!! I went to stay with her on Friday night and our hotel was across the street from CityWalk so we went and had dinner and talked for hours. Saturday we went to lunch and the casino and then some of my girls came over for a happy hour. In the 26 hours she was in Palm Springs Jill managed to do the required things: Coffee Bean, Fisherman's, lose some $ at the Spa & Taco Asado. I love that she always wants to go do fun stuff!!!
Jill & Luke at the park. Jill got a good dose of my kids and saw firsthand how I love the 'relaxing' lavender & vanilla lotion I got for Christmas, I really needed that! :)
So on Sunday afternoon Eric golfed & when the boys woke up from their naps Ty asked to go to the Children's Discovery Museum, he loves that place & he & I are members so we can go quite often. It is such a great place for kids 2-6, they can pretend shop, make pizzas, paint a car, do arts & crafts, dress up.....my kids especially like the bathroom, it has kid sized sinks, good thing we drove all the way out there to play in the sinks. That killed the first 10 minutes at the museum, then it was on to motorcycle riding & pizza making!!!
It's been so long!!! Happy new year to everyone! Last weekend was one of our few rainy weekends we get here in Palm Springs. We all actually really enjoy these dreary days, now that our roof is new and rain proof we all love to hear the rain. Eric took Ty on a hike after it rained all day to a place called 'dry falls' and when it rains it's not so dry! The falls were flowing and there was a small lake at the bottom that Cali went in and out of about 20 times. I am so glad Ty loves to hike, I can't wait for the twins to get old enough to do it. This one is about a 4 mile hike, the trail goes away at the end and there is a lot of rock scrambling and options of directions. I was impressed that Ty only got a piggy back the last 1/2 mile home!!! Two days later Eric took Ty up to the tram (I had the camera so no pics) with a sled, there was about a foot of snow, and they played up there for a few hours and then had a dinner date together at Fisherman's, again-can't wait until the twins are older and we can all do that!!!
Luke enjoying a ride at Chuck E Cheese. It was his first time and he handled it like a pro. Mason does not like the 'pooty moss', or you can guess, spooky mouse. 
Dress up at our house is a very common activity, the twins love to go in the hutch and grab my colorful napkins and use them as accessories, sometimes they are bandidos, sometimes pirates, sometimes cowboys, it's amazing what a pack of napkins from crate & barrell can be transformed into. 
My scary boys and Julie the clown.
Julie took her boots off last night when she came it, Luke was quick to swoop in on those!! Another picture Eric is not too fond of....
Christmas morning was so fun (and chaotic) with everyone waking up at my parent's house. The kids went crazy opening gifts and of course loved the little gifts like ring pops. Ty got new golf clubs from my parents and he is also going to go the week long golf instruction course their country club has for kids in April. He is very excited and my dad & Eric super proud of the budding golf enthusiast. We (Santa) got Ty drums which have found their way into the bomb shelter. Even with 16 inch concrete walls and 10 feet below ground, I can still hear them in the twins room. No wonder they went down there with headphones on!!!
Ty & the twins opening Ty's new clubs.
Mason got new slippers, very happy about that.
These are our attempts at family photos. They actually turned out pretty good and we did some goofy ones at the end.
Eric took Ty to the ice skating rink in Cat City on Sunday night, they had been talking about it for days. Ty got to ice skate for the first time, scored 4 goals playing hockey and brought home a snow ball that has been give coveted status in our freezer. Funny how I didn't think snowballs were that cool growing up but I guess out here they are somewhat of a novelty.
A trip to the park is always fun, and a bit challenging when kids out number the adults!!
Just a tiny bit of static on Luke's slide...
Mason was a bit scared to go down the big slide by himself, he called it the 'pooty slide' (spooky slide). Behind our couch lives a 'pooty dye' (spooky guy) too.
More pictures of my little elfs, loving the camera as usual!!
I took my eyes off of them for 5 minutes to wash dishes (Ty & Eric were are the dentist) and when I turned the water off, it was much too quiet. They had gotten into the stash of shaving cream samples Eric gets from school. Mason had decided it was hair gel. I told him it's not for his hair and he asked 'face?' I told him no, he asked 'neck?', no again, 'belly?', no again, we went through about every body part but their hair was looking quite fabulous when they were done.
The next morning they were up at 6 and 'helped' me get ready. They LOVE hairspray so since they already had some good hair going on from the shaving cream and bedheads, I sprayed them up.
They were very happy to show off their new do's!!! I love their hair!!!
For Christmas, Emily and the boys made me these banners with their hands. I absolutely love them!!! Things like this that will remind me of their tiny hands forever are the gifts I like the best. Merry Christmas!!!!