H Family Photo Shoot

When I was really little, we used to do a photo shoot starring me every month.  When Amelia was little, we did monthly photo shoots for her too.  Now that we're bigger, photo shoots happen less, but when they do the photos are always great (it helps that Cousin Lisa takes most of the photos).

Over Thanksgiving week, all of the H's gathered at Grandma & Grandpa's house.  There were A LOT of people in one house.

• Grandma & Grandpa (that's 2 people so far), 
• the 4 Portland H's (that's 6 people)
• Uncle David, Aunt Elizabeth & Lilliana (that's 9)
• and Aunt Mimi, Uncle Wes & Rhett (that's 12 people)

Yes, 12 people in one noisy house!  It was so much fun, although I had to worry that Rhett and Lilliana were going to eat my cars & legos.  Luckily no one did.

Anyway, back to photo shoots... one sunny day (they were all sunny, since we were in St Louis not Portland) Cousin Lisa took some great photos of us.  

Family shot

Gotta love baby Lilliana

Hi Rhett!  We love you too

Phin's Fabulous Foursome

You can check out all of our photos from our H Family photo shoot here.

Peace out.

Phin

School Photos - 2017

Dad says it's always fun to look back at old school photos to see how much we've grown.  I've been a big girl for a while, but it's still fun to look back and see how little of a big girl I was.

Here are the preview photos of our 2017 School photos.  I'm in Kindergarten at Childswork Learning Center (my preschool) and Phin's in First Grade at Duniway Elementary (where I'll go next year). 

After years of practice, Phin looks cute in his school photo & he's not hiding in the grass or under a bench (like in 2014).   

• 2017 - All of this year's school photos
• 2016 - Last Year's School Photos
• 2015 School Photos
• 2014 School Photos (just Phin) - aka "worst school photos ever"

Lots of Love,

Amelia

Happy Halloween 2017

Happy Halloween everyone!  While Dad is always busy telling the Apple Story on Halloween, I'm busy getting candy!  Plus, it is always fun to dress up in a costume and get together with some friends.

This year for Halloween, Dad & Mom let us pick our own costumes.  I chose BB-8, the droid from the new Star Wars movies; while, Amelia chose Batgirl (Batman's daughter, I guess). 

 Dad and Mom also wanted to dress up.  So, Mom made a jellyfish costume out of an umbrella, so she would get not wet in the Portland rain (only it's beautiful and sunny this year).  Dad wanted to compliment Amelia's super hero selection and decided to be Spiderman.  Amelia and I both decided that Dad just looks scary with his Spidey mask on.

 To pre-celebrate Halloween, we got to wear our costumes on Sunday and march around our neighborhood as part of a big parade that features 1000+ kiddos and parents.  So much fun.

At least twice, people said Dad looks like the real Spiderman.  Evidently, when Dad had more hair (who knew!), people used to stop him all the time because he looked similar to the actor who played Spiderman.  Mom made the following composite, so you can decide for your own.

You can see all of our pictures from the Halloween parade here.

Peace Out,
Phin

Phin's Belated 7th Birthday Party Photos

Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me, happy birthday to meeeeee.  Happy birthday to me!

This year, I turned 7 and I had a lot of trouble deciding how I wanted to celebrate with my friends.  Someone at school's parents only let them invite 1 friend for each year old they are; for some reason, I thought that rule applied to me too (not sure why).  So I had a really, really hard time trying to decide what I wanted to do with only 7 friends.

Eventually Mom & Dad talked me out of that idea; but I still didn't know what I wanted to do - movie in the backyard, party at the nickel arcade, jumping at the trampoline park, lunch in a park...  The choices were so vast (now that I could invite 8 or more people). 

Finally, I decided on a movie in the backyard.  It's so much fun to stay up late, eat lots of popcorn, have cake, hang with my friends and entertain the neighborhood.  We watched the first Cars movie (because I love cars and the 3rd one was not out on video yet).  Some photos are below, the rest are accessible here.

Not pictured here: Nana, Papa, Grandma & Grandpa, who came in to celebrate with us (thank you for coming in).

Peace Out,
Phin

Amelia turns 5 (late picks)

Happy belated birthday to myself… 3 months ago (in July), I turned 5.  So exciting.  Now that I’m 5 there are a few new rules around the house – no crying (unless I’m hurt) and no tush squeezes (because I’m a big girl).  Also, I’ve started styling my hair a new way, the ‘side pony.’  The side pony is a mini pony tail towards the front of my head (on the side).  It’s like a braid, only you don’t braid it.

Anyway, for my birthday party, I wanted a celebration at Playdate PDX – it’s a soft playroom for big kids like me.  Mom and Dad liked to point out that when I was 3 & 4 years old I was scared and did not like going in Playdate PDX (too many big kids, getting lost…).  But, like I said, now I’m a Big Girl and I’m not afraid of anything, except spiders, bugs, dogs, cats, racoons, squirrels, the skunk that visits our backyard, and honestly anything that is living but not a person.

 

Blowing out the candles on my birthday cake

On the third floor of the Playdate PDX play space!  Happy Birthday to me!

For my birthday, Nana, Papa, Grandma & Grandpa all came in to help celebrate – I love having them come visit just for me and I love partying with my friends. 

You can check out the rest of my photos here.

Lots of Love,

Amelia