butterflies, sharks and cucumbers, oh my!

birthday weekend!

Takanoya Sushi!
max's fav is sashimi... he said he likes that it feels gooey when he eats it! that makes an expensive kids meal. but we feasted!

Union Jack at Press Room

Cool OLD bike

sharing tangerines with cousin Hanna from grandmas tree.

so fun!

Elli's 4th!

look mom!

i'm a mummy!

cousin fun!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!

Max 'helping' make daddy's Texas bday sheet cake

tide-pooling

full of fun

the lion song

we are debating the original artisist for this.... amyone??

girlfriends

80 degrees at the beach

after the butterflies we walked across the bluffs to the beach

and daddy got sexy

and true to form, max got totally naked faster than i could protest.

then faster than that he got crazy itchy with the sand or something and freaked out until we brushed off the sand and put those clothes back on him.

It's a Beautiful Day!

we walked out th the Ellwood butterfly preserve and were surprised by how many people were out and how many butterflies, too.

our beautiful 2 year old

Happy Birthday Dr. Sophie

reading time

na na nana na, happy new year!

gparents visiting from galveston (they are part of the approx. 30% of the population left on the island)

rocking around the christmas tree

merry christmas

Christmas Eve

EARLY christmas morning

Tracking Santa

http://www.noradsanta.org
max will like this one!

tired turkeys

Wonder Pets to the Rescue!

trying to make mommy feel better during the run up to my food poisoning. the real food poisoning effects came later.