Ocean Creatures

We have had some chilly snowy days here lately, so Eli and I have been busy with a few art projects indoors. This one here is of ocean creatures. I drew the creatures and Eli painted them with watercolors. Then he put glue and glitter on each of them.

Eli Sharing His Thoughts

We have had sooo much snow here in Louisville these past couple weeks. Eli is not that happy about it, he loves to dig for worms and centipedes and this cold weather drives them deep into the dirt.

I am not sure why, but my videos have been processing strangely lately, but I am pretty sure it still works.

Valentines....

Valentines weekend was super lovely.... it started with a double date for me and Brian with our friends Eric and Danielle- such a rare treat!!! - I do wonder though if a double date on Valentines weekend means that we are now an old married couple..... well, it was super fun and we are so thankful for the ability to get out with friends and for kind friends who will watch our children.

Thank you too to everyone for all the Valentine cards and treats for the kids! It is always super special for them to get surprises in the mail from loved ones!

Brian got me an orchid for my orchid collection... beautiful!

"art food" as Brian calls it....

since we had a baby sitter we couldn't go home right away! so we went out for drinks...

Brian made Eli a special treat at the coffee shop... hummm wonder what it is?

Otto with his first soft carmel chocolate candy... it ended up everywhere but in his mouth. I spared you and me that picture.

We went out shopping on Valentines day and the kids fell asleep in the car.... had to capture these cute resting sweeties...

A few more favorites...

I had a lot of pictures to choose from the trip to Cozumel, so here are a few of my favorites.... in no particular order.

Eli the warrior....

We found so many interesting bugs.

The pirate boat that showed up every evening outside our condo, Eli loved it.

Yum...

We did a lot of relaxing and enjoying morning coffee.

I could stare and stand in the the ocean all day.

The crocs live in the brackish waters- here a man is feeding the croc chicken.

The brackish waters and the ocean

I just love this cute pic of little Otto.

Otto with his finger in his belly button, one of his favorite things to do....

Eli was sick the last couple days, but he got lots of cuddles! and we kept going.

Poor Eli.

Treasure Hunting!

We enjoyed hunting for all sorts of treasure on the beach- shells, coral skeletons, beach glass, crabs..... Brian of course spent every moment he could snorkeling. Cozumel is surrounded by a large coral reef, so just about anywhere you go in the water you will find some coral and fish!

Airplane rides...

We had two, two hour flights both ways. It went as well as I think it could have. We had a lot of suckers, toys and snacks. Otto didn't sleep much, but that didn't surprise me. I had a few people tell me that they were praying for us for the travel, and I am so thankful for that! Eli was pretty ill on the way back, but he didn't get sick on the plane! Yea!

Casa Denis

If you are ever in Cozumel you need to visit Casa Denis. We went back again and again and were happy each time with the yummy food and amazingly friendly service... and the grande grande mojitos! The video at the end shows Brian's grande grande... when Brian ordered a mojito the waiter said, "grande grande!" and Brian said, "sure" and he got a dinner plate sized mojito. It took three of us to finish it! Be warned.

The whole gang!

Tony and Cali and our friendly waiter.

Ocean in Cozumel

Baby Otto

Soooo sweet! I had just given the little guy a bath and was taking in his soft baby skin... so precious, and he is growing up sooo fast! I had to snap a picture to capture the moment.

Videos, videos, videos

It has been a while since I have uploaded a video, so here are a few from the past month.

Eli really enjoys his dirt creatures, especially worms. I am not sure how he managed to convince me to let him bring some inside the house. We cleaned them up first!

Eli didn't put down the scorpion Brian made for him for a couple hours. He just wanted to hold on to it.

Here is Eli playing the wii. He doesn't quite understand how to play most of the games, but we have tried. The wii has this way of telling you how you are doing, and poor Eli got a scolding from the wii the other day... it said to Eli, "You do not have good balance! You must trip a lot!" Poor Eli.

Otto playing in the rocks.

Hot Coco!

Yes, I know I have posted pictures like these before, but it is really something we do a lot! Otto now says, "Papa!!" and "hot coco!!" when we pull-up to park at Sunergos.

a delighted Otto

Scorpion...

Brian made Eli this scorpion from some bendable colored sticks. Eli loves it!

Snow in Kentucky!!!

Bath Time

Only on rare occasions do I let them splash a little.... and ohhh so happy they are!

What's in the Hole?