Can I brag a little?

Getting ready for Disneyland... Auntie Colie bought the kids Disneyland pajamas to wear when we go. Can't wait and Maggie couldn't either cause she wore them home from Elk Grove and has been wearing them every night! This is her dance floor in her room that she made!














This is a bragging time for me which I rarely do but I really thought that Seanie was never really paying attention but recently he's been looking at his alphabet book ALOT. I noticed he would use his finger to say the letter. So I started asking him to show me a certain letter and he would actually get them right. I was laughing cause I was so amazed. I decided to try it with his letters in the bathtub and then the game on our IPAD and he really does know almost all his uppercase letters. So impressive! It was a proud moment! I was just happy he knew the ABC song!



How does Becky do it? I randomly ask her one morning to come over before church just to take a couple pictures of Seanie cause he just turned 2 and she ends up getting these great shots of our whole family. Soooo talented! Here's my baby who is now a big boy! It only took her 15 min. to get about 30 great shots!














Funny moments in the Poole House:
Me: Maggie, can you clean your room please?
Mag: Um, I'm so sorry but I can't help you because I"m getting ready to go on a date. (Picture her voice being very English, upaty, its the voice we use for playing dollhouse/Barbies etc).
Me: Oh, ok. With who?
Mag: Papa
Me: Oh, and what will you be talking about on your date?
Mag: Oh, just all the kids and how they scream a lot!
(That sounds like what Sean and I talk about on our dates) :)

Proud moment with Maggie: Every week at church she has been getting a special sticker for listening quietly to the Bible story.





This is his "come chase me" look. It's soooo him!
Some of his new phrases:

"Oh, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry" He says it really fast and he'll say it to anything he runs into (Bailey, the table, a stuffed animal... etc).
"I sit right air" (air = there) He either wants to sit somewhere in particular or pats the seat next to him for me to "sit right air"
"I'm fine" He'll say this if he falls or if I ask him if he wants more of something so he'll say "I'm fine"

Conversations with a 2 yr. old
Me: Want to go to Disneyland?
Seanie: Deeland? Yep! Get a pumpkin?
Me: Nooooo
Seanie: Why?
Me: Because it's not a pumpkin patch you silly!
He tilts his head back and laughs.....
Seanie: Mee mouse???
Me: Yes, we will see Mickey Mouse!
Seanie: Ohhhhhh

Trick or treating with friends! I had to keep handing Seanie his bag and he would get candy and then give it back to the person cause he liked putting it in their bowl. I was happy cause we had enough candy at home.










I think Seanie had his costume for maybe 30 minutes. He didn't want "Elmoy" on his back! I'm just happy he wore something cause I tried Gavin's tigger costume on and you would've thought he was in a torture chamber. Elmo was a little better but than Halloween came and he didn't want to put it on.















Big crowd this year. Alot of the guys were back at my house watching football. Can you see DJ Lance Rock in the way back? He is from the kids show "Yo Gabba Gabba" cause he looks like him and acts like him!














Maggie at her preschool parade where they sang 6 songs and then had cookies. Her good friend is a police officer next to her and Gabe is behind him as a Transformer. Fun, Fun!!















Daddy had a date with Maggie but had to be called into Oakland for the protests. She cried but he promised the next day. But, he got called in again so he took about 30 minutes to carve with her having about 3 hours of sleep. She was so excited. What a good daddy!!!! Can you tell that she drew the face herself? Thank you Kenzie for the Halloween shirt and Auntie Colie for his Halloween shirt. :)







Seanie tried to help but he decided to be a bystander. Maggie and I had to take all the seeds out cause her dad thinks it looks like snot. Ha ha. The two things that make him sick is snot and chewed gum. I think this was Maggie's favorite day ever. She was beyond excited because she drew the face, and got to blow the candle out every night in the Jack O'Lantern.

Maggie likes to put all her babies to bed including her brother. Super cute!!!!!!











Her daddy's smile!











Urban Shield Banquet 2011! Alameda County puts on a SWAT competition every year and it's real life scenarios and people come from all over the world to compete. They stay up for 48 hrs and then there is a banquet (after they sleep). We sat by a team from Jordan and they gave me one of their hats with my name on it :)







New Jersey with the family! What a great restaurant we found where you order your steak with the cook. We liked it so much we went back the next day and got a burger! Fun, short trip but nice to be away from the kids for a bit!









San Francisco Zoo! They've re-done it in the last couple years and it was a blast. Seanie loved the rhinos. He yelled and screamed at every animal but yelled "rhino" the loudest! Seanie's newest sayings are "One more time Mama" which means he wants more of something... and when I tell him no he can't have it... he says in a disappointing voice... "Awwwwwwwww".

Garbage Truck & Birthday!

Just lounging! Since hes turned 2 I feel that he is really talking away now. He loves to sing his favorite song "Party Rock" and Taylor Swifts "Mean". He also loves to run, jump, gallop & hop. Whenever he does something right he looks at me and says, "Good Boy". cause he knows I"m going to say that next. Happy Birthday to my baby boy that has tested my patience since you were concieved and has given me the tightest hugs around the neck every night before bedtime!!


Sean happened to be off for Seanie's real birthday so we went to Chili's and then had ice cream cake. His whole mouth was blue from the frosting but he was just kissing it (not really eating it).










We had a little birthday party on a Thursday morning with some of his boy friends that he sees on a regular basis. Seanie decided to take his cupcake and go to the corner of the yard and sing "Happy Birthday" to it and smell it and kiss it. So wierd sometimes! But we were all laughing!






Kente had his real birthday on the same day as the party so we wanted to sing to him also. He turned 3 and if you zoom in... he has the most enticing smile ever!!! It was also about 95 degrees that day. Who would think to have a pool party at the end of September! And as I'm typing this... it's raining out!

Every Wednesday.... Seanie hears the garbage man when hes still down the street and yells "Whoa... whoa... yay.... yay.... mommy garbage truck" with lots of screams and smiles. We sit on the front porch and wait for him to come to us. He waves and honks as he drives away!!! Then Seanie runs to the sidewalk and keeps waving goodbye as he finishes our street!

limes on steroids?

This is an exact picture of when I tell something to Seanie and he responds with "Huh?" He loves saying that now. He's also into any type of animal right now (dinosaurs, horsies, ducks, cows, zebras) I listed them just in case you didn't know what animals were. :) I don't know why I just listed them actually. I think I've been hanging out with kids too much! Next blog I'll list the animal sounds for you. Then you'll know I've lost it!




Sean is very proud of his lime tree which is producing tons of regular looking limes but for some reason our "orange" tree is producing limes on steroids. So wierd! The kids have been playing with them. We opened one up and it's just white inside with a couple seeds. Oh and the kids ate dinner outside (just in case you get a close up of their pasta faces).


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Uncle Josh has been coming over every Sunday morning after his weekly trip to Panera and Starbucks. He always comes over around 10:15 and we leave for church at 10:30. So the routine is that he gives the kids his strawberry scone or this week his smoothie. And I try to convince him to come to church with us. His excuse this time was that he didn't have the right clothes. But usually he's off to jiujitsu or yoga!

Thanks Uncle Josh! Oh, and nice sweaty armpits! We definitly are related!

Vincent came over for dinner the other night and it was so fun having him. I took Seanie's shirt off because we were having pasta so Maggie asked if she could take her's off. I said "yes" but then realized she had a dress on so she was just in her underwear. Then Vincent asked if he could be in his underwear too so he took off his shoes, socks, shirt & shorts. After dinner they ran about 800 laps around the yard in their undies.

Attack of the killer leaf

1st day of preschool without parents... Kelly and I were more excited than the kids. I watched Maggie washing her hands by herself and then going to sit right next to the teacher (of course) and that was it. I got a little teary but then left so happy.








This kid has so many emotions and his face tells them all. He is so expressive so I thought I would do the many faces of "Seanie" "Normie" Poole Jr.















He goes from this face here to.........









this one!!!!! Hilarious! I wish I had one of when he gets scared of something cause he puts both hands on his cheeks and screams... which brings me to "Attack of the Killer Leaf"
We went for a walk down our street and it was a windy evening! All of the sudden I saw this leaf blowing in the wind heading right for us. Maggie and I moved out of the way but Seanie got attacked on his belly by this big, green, leaf. He screamed and yelled, "No, Seanie, Leaf". But it didn't listen. It came back a second time and went for his leg. This sent me into laughter and him into... all I can describe is a "womanly scream" with his two hands on his face (like Macauley Culkin in Home Alone). He had a week of not going near a leaf and being so scared he sits on my lap to today where he smashes them with his feet as if he is killing the predator! The End ...




Uncle Pat and Aunt Margie came to visit for 3 weeks but I didn't take any pictures... Just this one! I'm so mad! They have to get back home to Nebraska cause their little granddaughter is arriving soon!!!! Yay, Moe! Tell Mikie to give me updates during the labor and keep me posted! :)

preschool & playtime

1st day of preschool where you meet your teacher and find your nametag. Maggie loved it and loved the kitchen area. What an exciting day. Her first day by herself is this week!!!!


Maggie got to be in charge of showing the other kids where the bathroom was. This school is very sanitary and the kids have to wash their hands before they sit down. :)

Maggie and Gabe: We were pregnant and teaching together, then we taught them at home for their 1st year of preschool and now their off by themselves... How exciting!

Maggie couldn't stop smiling and looking at all the other kids. What a great start! I was so embarassed by Sean's "moustache" and then his transition lenses. Are you 45 years old?

Yoga X!!!!!! Hilarious!

There were some long days this summer and Maggie and Seanie are finally playing together for short periods of time with no crying, hitting and tantrums. Maggie only lets him play with Prince Charming but not any other Barbie's. He's eating his head in this pic!

We also did shaving cream letters... Maggie practices writing her letters in the shaving cream.

The good thing about shaving cream is that it also cleans off your table after... Awesome!