Panda Cake

Roberto's co-worker's daughter makes cakes and made this really cute panda cake for Aliya's birthday. Aliya got a big kick out her panda cake and stuck her finger right into the frosting to try it. Too cute!

Hershey Park

We went to check out Hershey Park's Candy Cane Lane. The park was all decked out for Christmas with Christmas-themed ride, Santa and his reindeer and festivite decorations. We went on a Saturday when the weather wasn't too cold. Aliya had fun on the rides and really took to the carousel. She kept wanting to ride the horses.

Aliya's 2nd Birthday

Our little girl turned 2! On her birthday, my parents and I took the kids to the Hands on House in Lancaster in the afternoon. We met Roberto after work and went out for pizza that night. Aliya sure does love pizza.

Silly grandpa

Aliya helped me decorate Christmas tree the next morning.

Grandma and Grandpa Visit

My parents came out to visit for Aliya's birthday. They drove out and stayed for about 10 days or so. It was a lot of fun to hang out with them and to watch them play with the kiddos.

Aliya now has her very own computer. She and grandma were learning how it works.

Thanksgiving weekend

We had a nice Thanksgiving at home with just the four of us. It was a relaxing day, which was just what we needed. Then we headed to Atlantic City for the weekend. We bundled the kiddos up and strolled along the boardwalk.

Brayden is saying bye to the beach. He asked us to bring him back next summer so he can play in the water. Aliya was tuckered out after the long day.

Showing off the turkey hat she made at daycare. Our cute, little turkey!

Bathing cuties

Now that Brayden can sit up so well the kiddos take baths together. They have fun splashing in the water and playing with their bath toys.

Happy Halloween

Aliya had so much fun trick or treating this year. She made it all the way down the block and to a few houses on the next block. She even carried her pumpkin the whole time. I don't think she wanted to have the candy leave her sight! When we got home she wanted to hand out candy to the kids and she took our candy bucked and walked down the driveway with it. She was looking for kids to give the candy too. She snuck a few m&m's into her bucket, too.

It's so fun how people get into Halloween around here. Many of the neighbors dress up and sit outside on their front porch to hand out candy to the kids.

Loving the chocolate. She takes after her daddy!
Our cute little tiger.

Aliya's cosutme had this really cute hat, but she refused to wear it...

More fall fun

We went up to a converted railroad track north of Harrisburg and walked on the trail. It's a great trail that reminded of the many bike trails in WI. We'll definitely have to go back and check out more of the trail.

Nap time! Maybe one of these years we'll catch back up on sleep.

Fun on the farm

We went to Cherry Crest Farm in Lancaster and had a great time. There are lots of fun activities for kids. Aliya loved playing in the hay. She had a blast. We'll definitely have to go back there next year.

Bouncy time!

Building her house.

Cute kiddos in their matching shirts. We got these for them when we went to the Smoky Mountains last summer.

Brayden is 6 months old - yikes! Time is just flying by.

Testing out her Halloween costume. What a cute little witch!