Christmas 2013

Christmas 2013 has come & gone.  It is a fun time of year with two little ones around ... they enjoy it more and more each year.  We had a pretty quiet Christmas this year.  We had a couple of parties that week, but otherwise spent some quiet time at home.  Grandma Jo & Grandpa Jim joined us after Christmas for extra fun.

All dressed up for party #1

All dressed up for party #2!

Perrie gave Despicable Me 2 to Isaac -- I think she has an ulterior motive.

Isaac gave Perrie a glitter art project -- you can never go wrong with something sparkly.

Opening presents w/dad

Isaac rocking his new ukelele

Christmas morning:  I asked Perrie if she heard Santa.  She said, "Yes, I heard a little 'ho, ho, ho' and went out to the living room and SAW him!  He was walking away from me out the door and through the yard".  What an imagination.

Santa knows we love peanut butter cups

and UNDERWEAR!

and MORE underwear!

I guess Santa likes me too!

Tee time!

Time to try out the new scooters from Gma E & Gpa T!

and the tent from the Crisafullis!

We are fortunate to have a warm house, good food, and a loving family to enjoy the holidays with.  Merry Christmas!

Week in Review

This is a good example of our past week.  Perrie got the game Spot-It for Christmas and she LOVES it.  We play it, many times a day...  The goal is to find the object on your card that matches the center card (as fast as possible).  She was playing with our friend yesterday and told him, "sometimes, I trick my parents - I just yell out an object loud and take the card".  Oh, we're in trouble.

I'll also highlight the giant pile of tissues next to Isaac.  This has been the theme of 2014 so far - hopefully we are getting the viruses out of our system some time soon.

Mom, take a picture of me coughing.

And of course, Perrie has to play too.

SUPER-ISAAC!

At the gym

Perrie & Isaac have been taking swimming lessons for about 6 months.  Perrie has gone from being afraid to be in the water to working on diving in.  It's great to watch!  This is a photo that Perrie took of Isaac w/his teacher.

The grown-ups had a big adventure this weekend.  We ended up with a suite at a Seattle minor league hockey game after a recent charity auction.  We gathered our friends, booked the babysitters, and had a night out.  Fun for all... and the Thunderbirds won in overtime!

This week, Perrie made me pretend to be sleeping & put this under my pillow.  "Dear Mom, I hope to see you soon, Love the Tooth Fairy" -- This reminded me to document her inspiration ...

Flashback to November 9th ... my baby girl lost her first tooth!!  She seems so little to start losing her teeth!  I took Perrie to her first Husky football game that rainy evening.  We were watching the game (& she was wiggling away on her loose tooth) and out popped the tooth!  

She cried for a while because the blood scared her, but once we got through that episode she was pretty proud of her new space.  And of course, the tooth fairy delivered glitter & four shiny quarters that night.

Happy New Year

Well, it's that time of year again.  We celebrate the new year, reflect on the old year, and resolve to do things better.  And so . . . Isaac is in underwear, we had kale for dinner, and I'm updating the blog!!

It is a little daunting to choose pictures from the past year, so instead we're going with an update of the past WEEK at Casa Ausk... enjoy & happy 2014.

After Christmas, Grandma Jo & Grandpa Jim came to visit.  We have had great fun celebrating Christmas & New Years w/them!


Brandon & Grandpa Jim headed to sunny California to watch the Huskies win the Fight Hunger Bowl. Go Huskies!  It was a double football weekend, but unfortunately the Raiders didn't fare so well.


While the boys were off having fun, Grandma Jo and I were chasing the kids.

Perrie is enjoying a yummy pancake . . .


. . . on her awesome birthday present from Chelsea & Ben!  It says, "PERRIE is going to have a great day!"

Speaking of awesome presents, Isaac showing off his homemade mask (also from Chelsea & Ben).

Mickey Mouse is his FAVORITE right now - can't go to bed without him!

 Perrie enjoyed Oscar's superhero birthday party.  His mom & grandma made superhero capes with each kid's initial.  So cute.

 Tons of art projects for Christmas gifts this year.  Santa brought a collage art kit for Perrie - her first masterpiece!