Aquarium

As season ticket holders to the Monterey Bay Aquarium, we try to go once every few months.

And we went on a beautiful day on our holiday break in Dec.

Let me just tell you that visiting the world renowned aquarium between xmas and new years eve... 

is not a very good idea.

It was super duper crowded!

So, we had a short visit, but it was still a lot of fun!

(I was told that the best time to visit the aquarium is the week before Christmas, but we couldn't swing it)

WW: rain day

Luke likes the cool look with his sunglasses on...

Jack just wants to splash in puddles!

Happy (mostly) Wordless Wednesday!

Puppet fun on a sunday

It was way to cold to go outside - a chilly 29 in the morning and heated up around noon to 40 something...
Not typical California weather.
The boys were going crazy and we can only play so much wii...
(that is an understatement, Loren can play wii all day long and be just fine, but Im trying to limit the boys from tv all day!)

So a puppet show was in order.

It lasted all of about 4 minutes because the boys didnt really get the idea of a show,
but it was pretty cute and the puppets spend a lot of time asking us how we were doing.

Wii

I had a friend over to play Wii so we moved the couch...
I so wish we had a bigger living room because moving the couch didn't really help.

Anyway, the little boys wanted to play too...of course.
They probably played more then we did!

Just Dance 2 is soooo fun,
but you must keep the curtains closed.

We look a bit funny jumping all over the place and waving the remote to the music!
It is a great work out and tons of fun.
I highly, highly recommend Just Dance 1 and 2!

WW: Trampoline fun

Look what the boys got for Christmas from gma honey and gpa ron!

After much bugging us (Loren) to put it together...we finally had a sunny day!

They love jumping and hopefully will not bonk heads too many times!

Good way to get the wiggles out!!

Lunch and a tide pool

Over break we went to the aquarium and then to a picnic lunch at the beach.

Which ended with tide pooling.

It was a beautiful day and conditions were perfect for looking for sea creatures!

And we found some (many) hermit crabs!
Luke was the brave one that would let them open in his hand...
Jack was afraid that they would pinch him.

Happy New Year!

(This is a very rare shot with all of us in it, including my FIL)
Today is 1-1-11.
I hope you all have a wonderful new year.
Last year, my resolution was patience...not sure how well I actually did with that one.
This year (along with still working on patience), I am going to try to be more outgoing...not sure how well that will go either.
Anyway, I am looking forward to a new year with my great family!

Happy 2011 to all of my readers!