Playtime

Camden and Emma were just too cute playing together with their Little People Noah's Ark this morning. As you can imagine, Camden loves to chew on all the animals and Emma is good about sharing with him (most of the time).

Mr. Hot Stuff is starting to sit up on his own! :)

Curious Camden

Camden is quickly approaching 6 months and is discovering new ways to get where he wants to go. He has perfected the roll-across-the-floor and the 360 degree turn around on his belly. Just this week he has begun to belly crawl if something really interesting is out of reach.


Baby proofing the house is taking on new meaning with our little guy! I found him under the TV cabinet playing with the cords the other night so they have now been pushed way back against the wall...

He also thinks it is great fun to rearrange Chris sports books and then try to chew on the shelf. :)

Seattle Aquarium

We took a wonderful trip to Seattle yesterday with our new friends the Warthen family. Claire and Emma have become quite the pair together! We took the ferry from Bremerton to Seattle and were thrilled to see seals playing in the sound. Emma's highlight at the aquarium was seeing Nemo and the river otters.

Emma is all smiles as the ferry arrives.

Claire and Emma are sooooooo excited for the aquarium!

Chris tries to convince Emma the starfish feels really neat when you touch it.

Camden is in awe of all the fish.

Which one do you prefer?

Dirty face?








OR...

Clean face?

I-O-W-A!

It might be the understatement of the century to say that Chris is an Iowa Hawkeye fan :) His sports area (or as I've affectionately named it, the Sports Mecca) in our house is an Ode to the Hawkeyes.

We cheered Iowa to victory yesterday with the help of some of our favorite fans.

A yard to play in!

As many of you might know, parking a Geo Metro in our yard in Japan would have been tough since it was so small. In fact, our "lawn mower" was a weed whacker :) A nice size yard was at the top of our "must haves" when house hunting here in Washington. Chris and Emma have been enjoying playing basketball, or as Emma calls it, "bouncing ball" on our court.

Emma also wanted to show off her athletic skills playing a little football in her high heeled shoes :)

Emma was very excited to when she discovered an apple tree in our backyard. They're a little past their prime, so it took a little convincing on my part that soggy brown apples taste yucky

Chris's grandpa Kasparek was quite the rose gardener for his sweetheart, Rose. We had a rose bush at our house in Japan and now have roses at our new home!

Trick or Treat!

It was a Happy Halloween at the Kasparek house yesterday! I told Emma she could put on her princess dress after she got up from her nap. I had to chuckle when she came to me yesterday afternoon and said, "Mommy, I take a nap now." She never volunteers to nap. :) She thought as soon as she had her costume on, it was time to trick or treat. We kept busy until it was time to head out in the neighborhood. Just when she was getting brave enough to go up to a door all by herself, knock, and say "Trick or Treat!" someone was handing out candy in a vampire costume so she was scared after that!

Camden, our chick magnent, was content strolling around the neighborhood looking cute.