Hawaii Part Two

 Could not get enough Koi fish feeding and viewing.

Black Caterpillars - Lots of Beautiful Butterflies.

 Monkeying around

 Sunset Dinner - A Sea Turtle came right up on the rocks during dinner.

 Morning Koi fish feeding.

 Sam's walk on all fours.

 Eli declared that the Banyan Tree was his after other kids decided to climb on it too.  It is a cool tree.

Hanging on and Hugging the tree.

 ReefDancer Submarine saw depths of about 8-20 feet.  Spotted two sea turtles, octopus and beautiful fish and sea creatures.

 Playing Football with Dad.

 Scuba Diver showing us an Anenome.

 On the deck of the ReefDancer Sub.

 Playing more football in the 1/2 foot of water.

 Making Canadian friends with the same interests, dinos & crabs.

 Content watching and snacking.

 My Sweet boy.

Park and Vegan market down the road - Let's find the pot of gold!

  Gorilla Munch on the lanai, not a bad way to start the day!

 Another Koi fish feeding.

 Eli fell asleep in the stroller and so I decided to take advantage of the sun and lay out.  He slept for two hours in there and I finally got some sun.

 Bought a Valentine cupcake for the two of them to share for Sam's Birthday Cake.

 Maui Aquarium.

Hawaii Trip Part One

 

 

 
 

 

 

Our First Snow Day of 2012

Notice Clancy is not on a leash, Sam doesn't have shoes on and Eli might have the thinnest socks on his feet under those boots in the world.  Why is it so hard for everyone to get out the door organized and put together sometimes.  Notice no pictures of me, I looked god awful.  Since snow days mean you don't have to do anything (well in my book).  I knew this would be a quick moment out in the snow so I figured it didn't matter.  Eli was so proud of this snowman.  This was our first snow that you could actually do something with since he was born excluding (2008 year).

2012

Starting the new year off with some finger paint artwork! Nothing better than Rainbow colors!

Christmas List

So last year Eli's list for Santa was apples and jelly beans this year he has at a minimum three things to tell Santa that he wants (Dark Blue Scooter, Finn McMissle submarine and Finn McMissle pillow). Cars 2 is making a killing.  I told him we want to make sure Santa has room in his sled for toys for other children so maybe we should just ask for a couple of things and maybe we can ask for other things for our birthday. He seemed very agreeable to that.  He is also going to be sure to tell Santa that his brother Sam would like a purple stuffed teddy bear (baby toy, soft, etc).  I could only find a purple monkey so we'll see if Eli picks up on that.  We have been adding to our collection of holiday music this year and Eli is really enjoying the Chipmunks Christmas song, Jingle bell rock and Frosty the snowman.  All which are too easily purchased on iTunes.  When he sings it he says, "Frosty the snowman was a great great man all the day." He also really enjoys the movie Polar Express and when we decorated the tree this year he yelled out and held his hand up high when he opened up the first ornament, "The first gift of Christmas!"

I think Samuel might start walking soon, he was walking while pushing the table toy around the playroom today and took several steps with it. I think I might just purchase a helmet for this kid...not kidding.

We are heading to see Santa today so there is lots of talk about how we get dressed up for Santa and how we want to look good for Santa.  So, last night he was brushing his teeth and his hair (probably the first time this kids hair is been brushed in weeks) at the same time. Hopefully he will remember to do this today, so far 1/1.  I've been having several ah ha moments these past few weeks one of which was when he was doing the brushing of teeth and hair and one when he said, "Mom, I'm going to wipe my butt by myself." I can not tell you what a great feeling this was.  It felt like angels were singing and a white light was being shone on me. This one is going down on the books I thought, what a moment, that alone has been a present in itself.  Merry Christmas!

A little bit of Sweetness to Start the Holiday

Seaside Aquarium touching hermit crabs and baby crabs.

On the bridge at Cannon Beach heading back to our cottage from a morning at the beach.  Eli checking for fish in the river.

 Trying to figure out where we can cross it was way too deep.

 Sam's first moments in the sand.

 It's so good to have a brother.

 Four deer on the side of the road at the state Park.

Cuddle time!