What we really see at the Christmas play

I should not even complain because the past years were worse, but just wanted to convey what we see from our seats. Most photos were obtained from holding the camera in the air and blindly clicking.

Talia begins her Santa obsession for this year

When Talia was one, and had been in the States for a couple of months. She tolerated Santa. When she was two, it took 3 Santa'\s before she got close enough for a photo. At age 3, two Santas. When she was four, she protested and I shoved her on Santa's lap. she never looked back. Now, we actively look for Santa and become like velcro to him. This is at her daycare Christmas play. Poor Santa needed to get changed and back to his life, but Talia was a little too obsessed.

New Etsy listings

So I've been watching other Etsy sites and they have a nice blog to go along with their Etsy sites...So since there is no way I can maintain two blogs, I'm adding some pictures of recent uploads to Etsy. I LOVE these sign cards!

Talia's 5th Birthday

After the initial "we don't have you on our books" remark as I arrived at Monkey Business, the party was a blast. Ginormous slide. Adult sized rides. Feats of courage. Cool Facebook pictures. Hanging with friends. Fun with babies. And Talia had a stinkin' blast. Trying to get these pictures uploaded to Snapfish and send them to the folks at the party.

The Tunnel Challenge!

Jeff is the original master of The Tunnel.



Andres had to conquer it as well...


And that left Mike Jr no choice...


But the triumphant winner is Selena! The only female to try, AND she did it!

Thanksgiving random set 1

Talia (29 pounds) is holding the two year old (25 pounds) on her squished little lap.


I become the kids' jungle gym.



Some spoon thingy. Talia leads, Bella follows. Still no reasoning behind it.

Thanksgiving random set 2

Empanadas by Jorge. Heaven. Precooked, but I knew once they exited the oven I would not be wasting time taking pictures!


Nona and Bella make pumpkin cookies.


Talia's loose tooth.


Just cute.

An attempt at yoga

Julie tried hard to get the kids to partake in yoga, not overtake her yoga-ing. Some success. I think she finished a workout. I stopped after a mega hotflash (and I had already run that morning.)



The two-year old is the best yoga student.

Little loudness

Oh the joy of children with metal buckets and kitchen spoons. They have fun. We have headache.

Wasted away in Margaritaville

We played poker. I was winning-briefly. Julie dominated at the end. Lots of beverages were consumed.

Nona rules!

She has the most patience and creativy of all of us...sometimes combined! She can take buckets (insert picture below) and have the grandkids amazed for hours...

She's going to kill me one day!!!

Bella is tres into dance...This was her version of a fetching ensemble....Dang funny.