Adventure at the Dinosaur Museum

We met Ben, Brenda, Amelia, and Cavan at the Dinosaur Resource Center in Woodland Park.  We discovered that it was one of the few months of the year that all the kids are consecutive ages.  So, here are the little Hobgoods about to be chomped by a megalodon:  Molly (2), Cavan (3), Amelia (5), Owen (6), Wyatt (4).

 

 The kids had a blast exploring the fossils, but they were hard to round up for pictures.

 

As we were preparing to leave, the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo set up an exhibit of animals at the museum.  We saw many native Colorado species, such as prairie dogs, ferrets, and borreal toads, and Owen even got to hold a snake!

Be loud, let your colors show

Wyatt loves putting on little concerts for us.  This is a few snippets of "Colorshow" - The Avett Brothers.

Bathtime with Molly

Bath time is one of the best times to really have a long conversation with Molly.  Here is an example, with a little bit of Wyatt's imagination thrown in.

 

Happy 4th Birthday, Wyatt!!

 

Wyatt turned 4 on January 14th.  He was very happy to celebrate his big day with a monster party.

 

Posing with his monster cake. 

Waiting patiently for the candles to be lit.

Our little stairsteps waiting in front of the "monster gallery".  They were really excited for the friends to arrive.

We had 2 big activities for the monster party: making monster slime and a monster pinata.  Here is the family working on the pinata...

 

...and the monster pinata in action.

 

Merry Christmas 2012

We had Christmas in Monument this year, for the first time since Owen was 2 1/2 years old.  It was fun-filled and wonderful.

 

 Our little Christmas angel was pretty worn out after Santa arrived...

 

 

 Wyatt asked for a guitar from Santa this year.  Here he is, playing with Uncle Jerod (on the other couch).

All ready to open presents...

 Owen asked for this cool shirt, called a "Mouthman" shirt.  He is a tiger.

 Wyatt is a cobra.  Has there ever been a cuter picture than this?

 On Dec 26th, we headed up to the Butterfly Pavilion, north of Denver.  We all had a great time.  It was the perfect size for all of us.  Owen is touching a horseshoe crab here.

A Hobgood bug family portrait!

 

 

 

Happy 2nd Birthday, Molly!

Our little sweet pea is 2!  We celebrated twice this year with a friend party on December15th and a fun family day on December 22nd.

 

We went with a Christmas theme for her birthday, because we wanted to host a little ornament exchange for our friends and their kids.  It was fun and simple, especially since most of our friend's kiddos are closer to Owen and Wyatt's ages.

 

We made a little candy cane ornament.

 
The grandparents stayed past the party for lunch and present opening.  It was a really fun day!

On December 22nd, Molly opened her presents from us.  I love how we reacted with the same facial expression to this card!

 

Josh and I got her a little dollhouse.  She has played with it all day.

After lunch, we headed to a nearby nature-center for a "sleigh ride" and a hike.  It was almost too warm for jackets!

One of the best parts was all the fall leaves.

 Where's Molly??

 

 

It's beginning to look alot like Christmas...