Oh Claire!

How to describe Claire... busy!  In a good way also.  From the moment she wakes up, she is such a busy little girl.  The other day she needed to get her stroller into "her" house.  So we found her with Drew's shoes on, chocoate still on her face, and trying to throw her stroller into the play house!

A close shot of our dirty little girl

Claire LOVES..LOVES.. LOVES music!  Her new thing is sitting on the edge of the table and jams out!  It's hilarious!

As you can see, Claire brings in her little stool for some help to her dancing table!

My great friend Laura and her husband Dave sent the kiddos the cutest Hawaiian outfits this past spring.  We have been waiting for the summer weather to arrive for our Hawaiian photo shoot!  The kiddos were more about playing in the sand then having their photos taken!

The photographers, if you want to hire us..;)

Birthday Bash

Last Sat. we had a combined birthday party for Drew and Claire at a local indoor play area in Rota.  It went AWESOME and it couldn't have been more relaxing!!  Drew and Claire ran around with their friends and played so hard!

The kiddos took about a five minute break to eat and straight back to playing!

It's so crazy to think that Drew is already four and Claire is two.  We are so lucky to have two great kiddos!

Jerez Feria

Last Friday there was a trip through the base that took passengers to Jerez Feria.  I decided to jump on the opportunity for a free ride and not to have to mess with parking!  It was an awesome day with just the kiddos.

The fair had a huge area with rides.  I told the kiddos that they could pick two

Drew loved the bumber cars and was so serious when he drove them!

Claire watched Drew on the rides and wanted nothing to do with them!

Drew and Claire watching all of the horses  (and Claire with a wave to the passengers)!

Jerez feris is known for their gorgeous horses.  There's a continuous line of horses going through the fair grounds

Women of all ages wear feria dresses like above

I love this photo. If you look close you see the little boy that couldn't be more than one on a horse ALONE!!

Happy Brithday Drew!

On Monday the 9th, Drew turned the big 4!!  Drew has been asking when his birthday is since May 10th of  last year.. after he had his 3rd birthday!  My sister does a really cute idea and gives her children breakfast in bed on their birthday.  Drew LOVED this idea when he saw photos of cousin Cade eating breakfast in bed.  So this year we started the tradition as well.  Drew though wanted to eat in our bed vs. his.  I told him that was fine as long as he ate on dad's side of the bed (ha)!

At school that day we brought in a cake and all the children sang happy birthday to Drew in spanish!

Yum Yum!

Oh Claire... Claire already thinks Drew school can't get any cooler, however when she saw that she also was able to eat with the BIG kids and have cake.. she was in heaven!

Yes.. were still dog sitting.... 

Andy came home early that day and we had a great day outside ALL DAY and opened some gifts throuh out the day!

The blog wouldn't let me up load the photos of us making home made pizza that night??  The kid's loved putting on their own toppings and finished with more cake and candles!  We had a great 4th BiRtHdAy!

SuMMeR Is HeRe!!

This past week the temps have been in the mid 80's and it's been GREAT!  While back in the states I picked up a plastic pool.  It came in a med size box, however when I opened it, it was HUGE!  It seriously has to be 12ft long!!   The kid's LOVE it and I love it as well as I'm usually in the pool with them!

Of course we had to cool off with a cold treat!

And Drew.. getting every last drop of juice out of it.  I love this photo as I can actually see his shirt getting stained with the juice...

Dog Sitting

Our friends were leaving for Germany for a week and we jumped on the chance to watch their three year old lab, Lola. Lola couldn't be more chill if she tried and is AMAZING with the children.  As you know Claire HATES animals...not Lola.  Claire now wakes up yelling, "Pup-Pup" vs. Ma Ma!  As soon as the dog loys down she runs to her room to try and cover Lola up or lines her babies next to Lola.  Next week will be a sad day to see Lola go:(

"Napping" with Lola

Claire trying yet again to cover the doggy and pit him night-night!

As soon as the kiddos head out the door Lola is right behind them.  The kid's opend bottom door to the play set and Lola goes right in a lays down!

This is how they could both spend their entire day!