Two Year Old

Happy Birthday Penelope!

Penelope celebrated her birthday with family and friends at the Sculpture Garden. Thank you for everyone's birthday wishes!

Penelope would also like to give a birthday shout out to Amy and Natalie! A happy January 15th!

Merry Christmas 2010

Merry Christmas! Penelope enjoyed her first Christmas Eve Mass this year. The next morning we enjoyed watching her open presents!

The day after Christmas we hit the slopes for some sledding. It was my first time too! We had a great time.

We went down to Portland for a couple days to eat.

We ended the year with some good friends in Mercer Island. Happy New Year everyone!

Vroom Vroom

Me: Do you want to go for a walk?

Pen: No

Me: Do you want to play vroom vroom?

Pen: Yeah

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was a wonderful time. We were able to share it with Pen's Uncle Jon, Aunt Kristina, Jake and Lisa. Jon (wearing the apron) had been cooking for two days for our Thanksgiving dinner (despite appearances to the contrary).

Harry Potter

Harry Potter Frenzy!

Penn Tennis Ball

Pen's second Halloween was a blast! Last year Penelope was a Penny. This Year she was a Penn tennis ball. She had a blast collecting candy. We made two stops this year. We went to Market St. in Ballard and to our friend's neighborhood for good ol' fashion door to door trick or treating.

That's Natalie trying to pick up another ball.

A Fist Full of Sand

Aloha! We just returned from our trip to Hawaii, where we celebrated the marriage of Chieu and Lisa and enjoyed, what most people call, paradise. With the help of Garfield DVDs and iPod apps, Penelope slightly tolerated the long plane rides. As most people know, I am not a big fan of heat and sand, but seeing how much fun Derek and Pen were having, their glee rubbed off on me. It also helped that Pen didn't like to hang out at the beach long enough for me to go crazy. Some highlights of the trip include: toddler's wading pool, Ko Olina Lagoons, Moana Surfrider's really strong Mai Tai's, Leonard's Malasadas, Chieu and Lisa's BBQ and Wedding, Diamond Head Crater, Pearl Harbor, Shark's Cove, Matsumoto's Shaved Ice, H-3 (a beautiful freeway), Maunawili Falls Hike, Poke, Pali Lookout, Plate Lunches, and Penelope sleeping in till 6:30am!