PJ's and a Big Boy Bed...

oma got these cool pj's for aiyden. he loves cars and walks around rubbing his belly saying "car car car"

we're going to try out the toddler bed! he sleeps much better in a real bed and wants a pillow so we'll see how it goes...

he got really excited when he saw it and climbed right in

next project, homemade wall decals. i think it's going to be a shel silverstein theme. any other ideas???

Milk Crate Toy Storage

So, toys have become the bane of our existence! I think we've done good about not letting them take over but still, toy storage has become a much googled topic. It is insane how much you can pay for toy chests and bins and cubes... even ikea didn't come thru for me! So, we resorted to the ever popular (and free) milk crate. Spray painted them blue and brown and anchored them to the wall. Total cost: $5.07 for spray paint. And I think my client is happy with the results!

Pics from halloween

I just realized that i didn't post pics from trick or treating yet, sorry! So, overall, I don't think aiyden was too traumatized by halloween. We were at oma and opa's house so we went around the cul de sac. it was rainy so i didn't get too many pics. The first house was decked out and had talking zombie thing that scared the crap out of aiyden! It took a couple more houses to recover from that one. He then realized that people were giving him candy so they would offer something for his bag and in return he would pull some candy out to give them! So cute!

Halloween

Riv's hotel handed out carving pumpkins to each department. I think it's for a contest and if so, he is totally going to win! we did a grim reaper carving and I was quite pleased with the outcome! It was hard to get a good picture but you get the idea...

Chinatown

On Sunday, we decided to go into to San Fran and check out Chinatown. The cool part is the ferry we can take from Alameda to the Embarcadero.

Riv and Aiyden, waiting for the ferry...

The Ferry Building in San Francisco...

Waiting for chinese food, we waited a long time!

That Pyramid building...

The kid can rock with those chop sticks!

Like father like son...

buildings...

going under the bay bridge...

a walk on the beach

New Pictures

I finally took some recent pictures of aiyden and our new place. We have moved from concord to alameda, about 20 miles closer to san francisco and only 3 miles from riv's work. we've gone back to apartment living which has been an adjustment but we really like our little community and have met more people in the last week than we did all of last year. the apartment is coming together, we still have some storage solutions to get but at least it is mostly unpacked! the area is why we moved to alameda! the beach is across the street, shopping center is 3 blocks away, and the cute downtown area is .5 mile away! we plan on getting a bike trailer for aiyden and bike riding everywhere, no car needed! we walked down to the classic car show yesterday and took some pics. cars are aiyden's favorite things right now! he points them out everywhere we go so the car show was a big hit! aiyden and i also walked along the beach the other morning and got a few shots, he is fascinated by the birds but doesn't like the sand...