Cole turns 4!

Happy 4th birthday to our sweet, Cole.
Stubborn and sweet is how I can best describe him.  He has a heart of gold but also holds his own and knows what he wants.
We were planning on going to LegoLand to celebrate his birthday, but mother nature had other plans.  It was one of our worst storms yet that day so we opted to postpone the trip for a few days and hit up the bowling alley!

I love how he is cherring and Sydney is mid-air jumping up and down - I have no idea who was bowling... just love that they cheer each other on. 

Ahhhhh... my 4 year old. 

Sweet kiddos. 

Wooooo-hoooooo

Nervous... 

Daddy giving some pointers on how to bowl without the ramp

Happy birthday, buddy!

LOVE!

After bowling birthday treat!

Dessert before dinner - life is good. 

We love you, Cole. 

Valentine's Day

We celebrated Valentine's Day a few days early when Rich ran in the Valentine's Day 10k in Coronado.  We went down to cheer him on in the morning. 

The girls asked Poppa to dance - how could he turn them down??

Such a good sport - he kept dancing and dancing :) 

Cole and Joseph won!  

I was holding baby Charlotte and the man playing the guitar was walking around since the kids were dancing.  Charlotte was fascinated with his microphone and he loved it!

Kiddos back at our place with their new Valentine's day sweatshirts/shirts. 

My sweet heartbreaker. 

Making Valentines day cards at the library

And homemade heart shaped pizza for dinner!

February

Fun in February!

Another trip to Cowles Mountain.  This time, we made it a bit further. 

Still a ways to go though

Cole did not want his picture taken

Until I bribed him ;)

He even did a selfie :) 

So proud of these kiddos!

Silly Cole

Playdate at a friends house - they have a playpen FULL of stuffed animals.  The kids thought it would be fun to get in with the animals. 

Bike riding with the Ducotes

Cole found this swim hat that Uncle Mike gave him in September and walked put it on, along with his life vest!

Tattoos on foreheads and missing teeth...

My grandpa (Pop Pop) made me a cradle when I was a baby.  It was in Nani & Poppa's garage and Sydney spotted it one time she was up at their house.  She asked Nani if she could use it for her baby doll and Nani gave it to her.  After her and Cole cleaned it, it has not left the side of her bed. 

Valentines from Ms. Ashleigh

Working on their school Valentines - so proud of them.  They both wrote their names by themselves on all of their valentines day cards!

February wouldn't be complete without a gorgeous beach day

Playing with friends at the beach

Sydney and Jonathan

Sydney at the playground