Has anyone seen Darren?

I guess we can mark "Private Detective" off of Darren's potential occupation list.

Last week, our family from California came to visit. He LOVED playing with his cousins Sydney

and Kaia and I think we finally figured out which side of the family Darren looks like.

King Darren and Queen Hailey.

Fashion Statement.

Darren and Chloe are busy on his computer - probably writing about how he discovered a new way to wear his shirt.

Ft. Lauderdale

We flew to Ft. Lauderdale to visit The Spanos this weekend. They welcomed us with warm weather, new toys and meat balls the size of our heads! Darren had a blast walking on  the beach and spending time with Nana and Grandpa.

Superbowl!

Hailey invited Darren and Charlotte over to watch the game and eat some yummy food. Darren literally ate the entire time...but don't worry, he found a way to work off some of those calories...

Love is in the air...

I have to say that as Darren grows and forms his own little personality, it's super cute to see him with his friends. Darren and Julia really seem to like each other -- and dare I wonder -- love each other? If Erica and I have to plan a wedding one day, our husbands will surely have heart attacks. 

Jayden and Darren

Darren met a new lady friend this weekend. Her name is Jayden and she has red hair and awesome toys. What more could a boy want?

Darren Declares His Love For Ava...

And she declares her love back to Darren.

Christmas with The Spanos

Christmas Eve

I promise to post many more pictures, but here is a little sneak peak of the amazing time we had on Christmas Eve. I cooked the traditional Italian 7-fish dinner and then Darren performed for everyone. 

Happy Hanukkah!

Darren and Rory had a great time at Hanukkah dinner! They both got great gifts but the hit of the night was Rory's new chair. As soon as Rory got out, Darren sat down, kicked up his feet and made himself comfortable. I think we have one of these chairs is in our near future.

Growing Boy

Darren has never been a picky eater (he takes after me). In fact, there's really nothing he won't eat (again --- that's me). But some days I really wonder where it all goes. Darren has a report sent home with him from school everyday with the details of his daily activities, naps and of course, bowel movements. Here's today report...again, I don't know where he puts it all. 

As you can see, he had 3 helpings of macaroni, 4 helpings of peas/carrots and 2 helpings of applesauce. His teachers mentioned that he may not be hungry for dinner. But oh how they were wrong. He ate more than me.

Luckily, one thing Darren doesn't seem to get from me is my slow metabolism. 

The Children's Museum

We finally made it down to The Children's Museum with Darren's friend Joey. He LOVED it. When we got home Darren took a 3-hour nap, which means I loved it too.

Thanksgiving

Darren had so much fun eating tons, running in circles and taking pics with his cousins Rory, Zach and Ian. We thought there was no way the boys would sit still long enough to take a picture - but it turns out, they were so in awe of their matching outfits,  they literally sat there without moving a muscle for a good 5 minutes. Maybe we should put them in matching clothes every day.

After

Disclaimer: No curls were hurt while taking these pictures

During

Before