Happy Halloween

We stayed home from school all week with a pretty bad cold. 

When I'm bored, I bake. 

Starbuck's pumpkin scone copycat recipe...even better than the original!

Friday came around and our little Ninjago felt good enough to go to school!

Ninjago Kenzo and Batman Mateo ready for the day!

The day was perfect for the Halloween parade!

Ninjago Kai ready for some trick-or-treat action!

Great seeing friends out and about in town!

The super cute Morrissey family.

The Sonka family plus a golden ninja.

Sweet Morgan wanted to hold Eric's hand all night so he "don't get lost!"

Ninjas were the theme of the night!

Ninjas Willy, Cody, Bridger & Kenzo!

Best stop of the night...ice cream scoops instead of candy!

Ended the night with dinner out at Rosie's.

Another fun evening in the books!

October Catch Up

Back from Legoland and back into the school activities....Walk-a-Thon time!

A gorgeous day for this big fundraiser.

Mrs. Beye's class, with their banner.

It was more of a Eat-a-Thon, with each class having a table full of snacks for the event.

All "healthy" snacks, but of course the kids went straight for the Capri Sun!

Kenzo and Gabe rounding a lap!

So after last year....it took months for Kenzo to get back to a normal sleeping pattern after the hype (and horrors) from last Halloween. 

We are trying to keep things a bit lighter this year...

Not working, so far.

Costume prep started early, after lots of back and forth on what to be.

Any guesses?

Nunchucks? 

Check!

Halloween cake for a party we didn't go to...someone had a fever all weekend.

Keeping with theme of....well, everything these days..!

I (kinda) love that Facebook is keeping track of my history. 

Four years ago today, with Kaz, Nikko, Maya & baby Kenzo.

This is the first in five years that we haven't gone to Oregon for our fall fix. 

Ah, the sweet old days!

Everything is AWESOME!

Picked up Kenzo after TK, and swept him off to the airport.

He was excited, but had no idea where we were going.

The next morning, on a shuttle bus from our hotel, things were starting to come together...

"Is this....Legoland?!"

S T O K E D !

The park is just perfect for Kenzo's age.

"A Lego skeleton made out of Legos!"

Yes, that's the point of this place.

A hot day in Carlsbad, but plenty to do with the light crowds on a Thursday.

Awesome Star Wars area!

Kenzo had to pose with each of the 10 figurines!

Boba Fett.

Cool scenes from the different movies, even though I can only barely remember the first one, and Kenzo hasn't even seen any of them!

Darth Vader.

Randomly ran into our friends from Truckee at the park! 

Haha - Heather and I never see each other at home!

Ninjago guys!

Again, had to pose with all four of them.

Like me, if I saw Brad, George, Orlando & Johnny.

The new Ninjago area won't be built until next year.

Do I smell a return trip in our near future??

One very happy, pumped kid!

Waiting for our shuttle bus at the end of the day.

A "thank you" message to Auntie Patty and Uncle Brant. 

They generously gave Kenzo money for this amazing trip of a lifetime!

We got to the park early the next morning, and had time to pop into the Legoland Hotel to check it out.

I was a bit bummed that we didn't book a room here, but after seeing the chaos and possible germ-fest going on within these walls, I was even happier to be at our fabulously beautiful, peaceful hotel one mile away!

Cool castle play area in the hotel lobby.

A little something for everyone here.













And a pony for me!

Another day of light crowds - we'll take it!

Kenzo and the only other kid on this ride were loving it! 

Twinsies!

Day three - ready for another day!

Mini San Francisco...

Mini Sydney Opera House...

Mini Manhattan...

Build-a-boat area.

Great play/build areas for kids all over the park.

Thumbs up!

The Royal Joust. 

The funny part was that Kenzo was happy going from fast roller coasters to mellow rides like this one.

Castle Hill area.

Resting our legs at the Chima 4D movie.

This was a BIG day at the park. Big crowds, time at the waterpark - no pictures there with all the water rides - and then....

Brick-or-Treat! 

The park stayed open late for this Halloween event, complete with candy, lights, dance parties...

...and costumes!

The small kids kept coming up to Kenzo saying "hi Spiderman!" He was loving the attention.

8 hours at the park and still going strong.

We were there a total of 10 1/2 hours that day. Phew!

Perfect timing for our visit here with our Halloween-loving kid!

Last day in San Diego, we had lunch with the Mills family!

A quick run around break at the harbor, with the USS Midway in the background. Wish we had more time to check it out.

Kenzo and Piggy ready for our flight home.

Excited to wake up this morning to put together one of the Star Wars Lego sets from Justin. WOW - thanks guys!!

I guess he didn't get enough of Legos from the weekend?!