Friday, February 27, 2009

"ABCDEFGs"



She does sing the whole thing sometimes... but the camera is a major distraction and shortens her attention span to about 15 seconds!

Thursday, February 19, 2009

why Toby's shirt is always wet

Isn't Toby just adorable? :)

He's getting more personality every day lately. He has discovered his feet, and loves being tickled and playing peek-a-boo...

and THIS (the video below) is how he usually lets us know that he is ready for play time!

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Miramar

Yesterday we went to an indoor waterpark called Miramar with our friends the Bentons to celebrate Jack's first birthday. :) We had a great time!

Because the Germans didn't have a holiday, the place was really not busy at all. They had lots of fun things to do there- like a wave pool and water slides. They also had hot tubs, an indoor/outdoor hot pool-- which was really neat with the snow coming down, places for yoga and tanning, and a restaurant. They have other stuff too... but you get the gist. ;)

It was different from US places in other ways too, for example: Europeans are, um, more comfortable with their bodies, there were extremely few lifeguards to be found, and no one tells you when it is safe to go down the waterslides (which did lead to a little collision incident for Rob.)

Thank you Bentons for inviting us!


HILARIOUS
picture of Charlotte and I falling off of our tube at the bottom of this slide.

Hanging out at the wave pool. We don't currently have a swimsuit that fits Charlotte, so she just wore a swim diaper and t-shirt.


Charlotte and Sam swimming with their dads.
Notice all of the empty chairs? Soooo nice to not have crowds around!

This is a post script....
we have been trying for WEEKS now to get a decent family photo.
Charlotte has decided she despises photographers who try to play peek-a-boo with her, Toby is mesmerized by cameras, and well, I have no excuse for Rob and I in this shot.

Friday, February 06, 2009

weekend update

Just a few pictures of the kids doing some of their favorite things...

I don't know who invented "paint with water," but Charlotte got a Care Bears book for Christmas and it is a fabulous (low mess) activity for her right now.

Yeah, she's wearing a Rolling Stones T-shirt.


Toby likes being close to me (he'd rather I hold him all day, but that isn't an option.) He sits on the counter in his Bumbo seat when I do dishes and cook dinner.

Charlotte and Sam enjoying some dinner together. You'd never know from this photo that they only settled down enough to eat after 2 or more hours playing and arguing with each other.

By the way, Charlotte's nursery teacher at church told me this past week, "she's one of those kids who thinks she's the general manager of the universe."
Yup, pretty much.


Toby swinging with his favorite giraffe. He is such a sweetheart. :)