Learning to swim

Learning to blow bubbles at the Rosebowl Aquatic Center.

Dance Recital

Our first dance recital !!

Henry's song

Henry didn't think anyone was watching when he composed this little song...

On Stage with Ralph's World

We went to see our favorite kid's band Ralph's World today! He invited all the kids up on stage. Sammy is rocking out with the guitar player here...and below you can see Henry was suffering a bit of stagefright!

Disneyland!!

Here we are visiting with Mickey at Disneyland!!

Summer hair do's

School Photos Year 2

Henry with Grampa Harry

Grandma and Grandpa Carter were down for Steve's 44th birthday when someone snapped this photo.

Sammy definitely NOT afraid of snakes!

To the snow!

Here are some pics from our weekend in Big Bear the third weekend in February.


Henry on the porch.


Sammy with one of the 5 snowmen we built!


Sammy on the Snow Drums!


Mommy and Sammy trudging though.

Henry getting snowed on!

A couple more cabin photos

Wine time with Auntie Babs!


Oh no, snow!

The view from the cabin (if you look close, you can see skiers!)

The outside (with Sammy still drumming!)

Going to "the office"

Cello and Bass lessons

The boys are attempting to learn to play as many stringed instruments as possible!



Sammy's first cello was actually a bit TOO small!

Henry's first tap dance

This was a little performance after Henry's second dance class!

Nail Polish??

Apparently some of the girls at school were talking nail polish today.
Henry was doing some painting when he got home and he came to show me his "fingernails"

Music Together Photos

We had a very pleasant suprise this Saturnday when one of our Music Together cohort parents sent her daughter around the room passing out photos that she had taken and composited. She was also kind enough to send over printable digital files which I've included below. Thank you Bonny!

On the Boardwalk

Sam and Henry had a great time visiting Aunt Zina and Uncle Bill in Santa Monica this Sunday, and then enjoyed visiting the Santa Monica pier for the first time.

The First Movie

Sam and Henry went to see Madagascar "Number 2" at the theater yesterday. The general consensus was that it was "too loud" but Sammy liked going into the "tunnel" and everyone had a good time... especially when they saw the promotional characters walking around outside afterwards.

The Stitches

Henry two days after his crash landing.

Henry's ER visit

Well we had our first stitches today. Henry fell on a brick stair quite hard and got a big gash in his forehead. We rushed to the ER and he needed 3 stitches on the inside and 7 on the outside. He was very brave. After waiting almost 2 hours to be stitched up, he promptly fell asleep as soon as the Dr. started stitching!! It was a good thing we had Monkey with us this morning!!