Seaworld San Antonio

Luke and Sam's first trip to Seaworld! I was a little skeptical about it...I wasn't sure whether there would be anything interesting enough to keep the little man's attention. Well, everything was interesting enough. He loved it. He sat through the beluga whale show with all the acrobatics, and then also the sea lion/walrus comedy skit. He also dug the alligators, although he wanted to "touch, touch", which we tried to answer by pointing out the show-off who sat there the whole time with his mouth wide open. Then, there were the penguins, which probably would have interested him had there not been a moving sidewalk. He couldn't get over the moving sidewalk enough to notice the penguins, until of course we passed through the strategically placed gift shop which was full of ridiculously priced stuffed penguins. He now has a new friend in his crib...a, yet to be named, penguin.

Alligators!

Alligators that don't want to be touched.

Sammy watching the Walrus gig.

Luke amazed at the flying acrobats.

The post-Seaworld glow. (Luckily no sun-burn, probably just because we didn't think to change them out of their morning clothes although it did warm up about 40 degrees! Hot tamales.)

Just Another Day in Paradise

Just a regular after-work day...except there are helicopters in the house. The kids were mesmerized by James' flying his little helicopter around the room. The would have watched it forever, both of them, if only we had that long. Luke had been immersed in the surgical gloves (still in most of the pics) James gave him from out of his pocket...until something better came along.

Busy Times

Man, it's been a while since I got to the blog. We've had computer problems on top of computer problems. But, no more excuses! Last week we had G'ma and G'pa Hurst here as they passed through on the way back to freezing cold Nebraska. We had yet another party for Luke. He hasn't stopped talking about birthday cake yet. It doesn't help that almost all Sesame Streets have some reference to birthdays, cake, or birthday cake. Then we had uber cold, rainy weather, which was needed, but not welcomed. And...now it is beautiful just in time for the arrival of Ma Anderson and GG'ma and GG'pa Clagg. They kept me up until after 1030 playing phase ten...it's worse than monopoly. But, we are thrilled that they are getting to meet Sam. She has been really showing out too. She sits up really well now and laughs, and laughs. She is 16.5 pounds and aside from having a never-ending ear infection is fabulous. Luke had his first dentist appt yesterday and he did great. They really brushed his teeth a ton, put fluoride on and everything and he didn't mind a bit. He did make sure he had his new dentist-provided Elmo toothbrush before he left though. He's such a big boy. He has his two year old well-child appt (they don't call them well-babies anymore after 2, which is a little sad...he's still a baby to me). So...well see how he does with shots now that he knows what is going on. Not to mention that he remembers everything now...so, lucky me...I'll be the one he holds a grudge against for the next 16 years probably. A necessary evil.

We all started the party with hats, of course.

Last week...it was freezing. Also note, that while the kids are mostly dressed cute when you see them, should you peek in our backyard this is what you''ll find: Our precious rugrats clothed in whatever is within arms reach.

Sitting up so well! Luke better watch out, crawling is just around the corner.

It warmed up dramatically yesterday. So...who needs clothes?

Loving the park scene.

Our cool dude thinks his eyes will melt if he takes his sunglasses off.

My boys.

4 generations

The old and the young chilling in the a.m.

Ma and the kiddos.