Happy New Year!!!!

Date Night - Happy 4th Anniversary :)

Rob took me out on a fantastic date for our anniversary on Thursday night. We went up to Seattle and went out to dinner at Anthony's. We got the "Sunset Dinner" (which we have never gotten before). It's from 4-6PM and I HIGHLY recommend it. You get:

Appetizer

Soup or Salad

Entree

Dessert

All for $18.99 per person! I know this sounds like a commercial, but we've gone to Anthony's before and spent that much PER ENTREE!!!! I had shrimp cocktail, clam chowder (so creamy and yummy), shrimp fettucine and chocolate mousse!!!! Oh my! So yummy.

Then we went to the Space Needle. We went last year and let me tell you I enjoyed this year a whole lot more. Last year it was kinda windy and I could feel the building swaying when were at the top, I was nauseous the rest of the evening. This time, it was so clear (very cold) but we could see all the lights of the city....and I only got scared when I started looking straight down and started thinking of how long of a fall it is. Then, I got over that and loved the rest of it.

We saw some of the Christmas lights while were driving.....very pretty. We didn't have time to go walk around and see the lights, but at least we caught a glimpse of them.

Rob gave me a very pretty necklace too which was unexpected. I felt like he definitely exceeded my expectations. It was a very calm and relaxing evening with no children and just the 2 of us. We need to do that more. We had a lot of really fun conversations and learned things about each other that we didn't know about one another. That's hard to do when kids are around and you're just trying to scarf down dinner, nurse one of the kids, keep the other from making a scene....i think we should save going out to dinner to be a special couple time from now on :) I had lots of fun.

Our actually anniversary is the 16th, but I'm leaving my hubby on the 15th to head over early to Colorado for Christmas......maybe that's being a bad wife, but if so, my sister is a bad wife too :) (JK Michelle!!!! She's leaving her hubby early too and missing their anniversary which is the 18th!)

I love dates!

Pics of the kids

He's becoming very curious and wants to touch everything! Thank goodness he can't crawl yet, I need to start re-baby proofing ASAP :) He's getting stronger and can kinda sit by himself for a couple seconds before tipping over. I think it's the beginning of the end.....soon Breanna will not know what hit her when he starts coming after her toys...aaaah!

She really likes pbs.org for computer games, we found it on Thanksgiving and she is really good at some of the games. Her favorite are Thomas the Train and Bob the Builder.

Ethan figured out how to jump in this thing, but he likes the other one better b/c it has toys attached. I hid this under the bed b/c even though Ethan doesn't want to use it, Breanna does.

Peanut Butter playdough......we made Minnie and Mickey Mouse, some squares, elephants...etc. She had alot more fun then her face shows.

Memory game that we got......she really likes it. Kinda doesn't follow the rules, but lots of fun.

Oh glorious trampoline! Great for getting her energy out and she took a nap 2 days in a row after she got this! To bad the napping trend hasn't continued..........

Babysitting

I need to stop complaining about not having family nearby!!

Yesterday I had my sister Michelle "babysit" my kids while I took a shower. There was no screaming, crying, hurting, etc. I had a shower in peace.

Yes, Michelle, this is your new job so I can get my shower without worrying about the kids!!!

NOTE: Michelle lives in Sacramento, CA and babysat my kids via the internet, webcam and Skype :) And, yes it worked! Breanna talked to her, ran around and showed off for her and Ethan jumped in his jumperoo (without crying) the whole shower!!!!! It's a miracle.