Pictures

Here are some assorted cute pictures. This basket stands by the back door to hold towels to clean off dog-feet, balls, and other miscellaneous stuff. In this case, I guess the miscellaneous stuff was Chiara:


Chiara has her first obsession. Nernie. You know Nernie of Sesame Street. Of Bert and Nernie? We were at T@rget and saw this Bert and Ernie ball. If you press on the mouth of either side the ball says something or laughs and shakes.



Last week the kids wanted to do a craft so I set up the table to paint while Rachel was working. They were painting in one of those books where you just use a wet paintbrush and the color is on the page. Quite honestly, the books seems pretty worn out and not much paint was actually coloring the page, but that didn't seem to bother them.




And one day last week Asher, Chiara, Bumpy (the bunny), and I went to Wh0le Foods. We got what may be the only race car cart in the sore but it really made for an easy trip.

Beach Trip - Port Aransas 2009

We went to the beach from Sunday to Friday of last week. We got a very good deal from A Laughing Horse Lodge for the off-season. We had stayed there before but not in the last five years. The weather was fantastic every day of our vacation and we went to the beach at least once and usually twice each day.

Here are some pictures of the space. It was a real lifestyle shock to fit into one bedroom/living room and a dining/kitchen area but we had a lot of fun. And every meal was a picnic!



Here's Chiara stealing my hat.



And Chiara stealing a bag and making it a hat.


We went down to the pier but didn't go out on it. This is the beginning of the pier before you go through the gate (and pay). Chiara is asleep but she looks all fallen over.


Asher's favorite part of Port Aransas was playing in the big shark in front of a store.

Posing

Here are some cute pictures of Chiara from before we went to the beach. In the first few she is walking around on the deck eating a Popsicle. They are these Mott's pure juice Popsicles and they are very yummy.


Whenever Chiara declines sleep in the evening she likes to climb up on the coffee table (actually she always likes climbing on anything).


The other night Rachel was finishing crocheting this hat (which she designed) and Chiara wanted to try it on.