September Beach Day

Logan had a random Wednesday off during September, so we hit the beach with Grandma and Grandpa. The day consisted of the usual sand burrowing, castle building and wave jumping.

Logan caught some great waves

So did Caden, Grandma and Grandpa

Eight is GREAT!

Eight years ago, I became a mom! Time sure flies. Logan is old enough to enjoy stories about the day he was born, so Shawn and I shared several with him, reminiscing about our amazement and aw of having a baby boy, so tiny, so alert, so adorable. Logan's favorite story was the one about how Shawn often poked Logan when he was sleeping, just to make sure he was OK.

Logan had a weekend full of Birthday festivities. We started early Friday morning with a family celebration, followed by brownie cupcakes at school to share with classmates, sushi dinner with the fam, and ice cream sundaes back at home.

the coveted Lego grail (the goodness for Ebay!)

Saturday brought us LEGO MADNESS 2010 Lots of Legos, lots of boy craziness!

We built with candy legos, played all sorts of lego games and raced custom lego cars.

And on Sunday, we had our family party...meatball subs, chips and cheesecake were requested by the birthday boy.

The evening quickly evolved into Nerf War, not sure who was having more fun, the kids or the adults?!?

This years Christmas Card, what do you think?

Last Call on Legoland, for now

Our passes for Legoland expire this month, so we went for one last hoorah...

take note of Caden's PINK sparkly sword and shield he picked out to take down the dark side

A pumpkin patch made out for bricks

Geared up for watching Bob the Builder in 4D

"Look! He's 4D"

Caden Loves this Pirate Band...I think we spent about a half an hour her while Logan and Shawn were off on a roller coaster.

I'm sure we will be back again, but what a great day to soak up some Lego fun.

Go Climb a Rock

Karen took Logan climbing again. He really loves this and he's getting pretty good, thanks to his great teacher.

Caden and I joined them after about an hour. Logan was still going strong and Caden couldn't wait to get in on the act.

Thanks Karen, for inspiring Logan to challenge himself and try new things.

Homework Time

Caden has to sit and "do homework" with Logan.