Reptile Man

This is the Reptile Man who has his own zoo in Monroe, Wa.  He came to our Ptsa meeting and it was our largest turnout so far!  He as great!  He would walk around in front of the kids and dangle the reptiles over their heads!  Yikes!  I was cringing for them!

Right after this snake above, the Reptile Man was wrestling a snake in one of his containers and let me tell you, it was the most dangerous snake out there: a black Mamba!  All of a sudden two black spring snakes flew out into the crowd of kids!  One hit Bryant and one hit Sydney, who were a not even next to each other!  I think the whole room screamed, I know I did!  This is Bryant's face afterward, he isn't too sure of this guy now.

Bryant stuck it out for one more snake, but as soon as he was dangled over his head, this is the look I got!  Please, please, please let me come sit with you Mama!!!?  Pretty soon his friend next to him followed suit and came and sat with us and her grandmother!

This snake was funny!  He kept winding his tail around the girl in the pink's bottom!  She kept discreetly trying to move it from her bum and finally said out loud, "he keeps touching my butt!"

Water Obsessed!

What more can I say... Bryant has become obsessed with soap and water!  He emptied an almost full soap bottle and some lotion too!

Touring Seatte...

During Thanksgiving break we decided to go do and see something free!  We have been here now three years and still had not seen the Freemont Bridge Troll.  Dragging the children who did not quit understand what it was, but in the end thought it was pretty darn cool!  Here they are checking out he beetle making sure it really is REAL. 

After the Troll we headed to the Ballard Locks.  You do have to pay to park so it wasn't totally free.  But it was way cool, we even saw a jet boat go through the lock, and it doesn't take very long at all.  They also have a fish ladder that you can view the Salmon from the viewing room.  Above in the photo, Sydney is always so good to pose for me, but they are standing right next to the part of the lock you drive your boat into, the door will open and then you continue in and it closes and then fills up with water to raise it up to the level of the lake just beyond.  The kids really had fun watching the boat go through!

Thanksgiving Break

While Grandpa and Grandma were at home getting the turkey ready and in the oven, the rest of us headed to the highschool for the Turkey Bowl.  Todd and Taylor played flag football, Sydney and Bryant played in the snow with friends.

Besides Grandpa and Grandma Jensen, my brother Ben and his girlfriend Lindsay came over for the day and to eat turkey with us.  I have to say my favorite dishes at Thanksgiving are cranberry sauce, made a great one from scratch this year that is a keeper and stuffing!  I could care less about the turkey actually, but eat a tiny bit with lots of cranberry sauce and it's all good!  The one thing I do not like about cooking a turkey is the smell afterwards, like the left over drippings, grease whatever that is, it smells horrible.  Good thing I don't have clean up!  That's Todd's job!  He also ironed my napkins for me, what a great guy he is!  Next year we've invited my family... we'll see who shows up!  I think I need a larger house!



First snowfall!

This photo was taken at 7:15am this morning.   Taylor and her friend decided to jump on the trampoline in the snow!  There was barely a dusting, but it did continue to snow the rest of the day!

These photos were taken about 4pm today and they have had so much fun!  Sydney is at a friend's house playing in the snow as well I'm sure!  Love it!



Halloween II 2010

Nana made Sydney's masquerade ball gown and it was beautiful!  She was gorgeous, and she knew it too!  Silly girl.  Iron Man thought he was pretty cool too!  Here she is in the Halloween parade at the church party.

For some reason, Bryant and Sydney were interested in shapes this year for their jack o lanterns!

Halloween I 2010

Friday, October 29th I took Bryant up to Microsoft to trick or treat!  They set up the Commons (a food area) for Halloween with decorations everywhere!  Bryant is posing and ready to shoot! They had a Harry Potter train outside and of course Bryant saw it and then we waited in line.  Iron Man decided to take on a Jedi and the fight was on, sound effects and all!

After a quick stop and McD's we barely made it in time for Sydney's class Harvest Party.  The traced leaves onto a black cardstock, then cut it out, shaved carvings off of crayons, melted them in between wax paper and made a really cool fall window decoration.  They also made caramel and dipped apples into it.  Then it was time for snacks and a movie.  Because it was Sydney's actual birthday, we brought in glow stick necklaces for the whole class.  It was better than more junk food and way cooler!  The lights were off for the movie and it was perfect!  More of Birthday and Halloween celebrations to come!