Seabee Ball

The other weekend we had our Seabee Ball at a beautiful venue about twenty minutes away.  This year our ball was held at a local bodega in Jerez.

Not sure what setting I had my camera on for some of these photos!

Just a little bright!

ChIcA photo!

A typical dinner setting here with appetizers.  Compared to the states there isn't a lot of color.  But there is good flavor!

One of the appetizers was gambas (above).   You eat the little guys like crab legs and they are actually really good.  Don't worry they weren't sitting on our plate like this. I just thought this made it look extra delicuous!

So Proud

Claire could do this all day.. play in my jewelry!  I think it's cute now.. but I may be in trouble when she's older!

 

Mimi, thank you for the great idea with my army men!  As soon as I had my friend Ethan over, the army men were built tall on a tower!

The Drewster and Claire Bear

We will soon have a two year old and a four year old and life is only getting easier.  Everyday we love even more the kiddos being close in age and playing together.  (Yes we still hear screaming...)  but for the most part, they really get along well and have become great playmates!

Just finished raining and now it's time for the boots!

Firemen in the house!

The past few days we've had rain day after rain day.  The kiddos actually love it as we get silly in the house (or mom will go nuts). So we made an awesome fort the other day and the kiddos loved it!  However.. now they demand a fort at 7am when they wake up!

And a little snack of course in the fort

The kiddos LOVE tub time together and it's hilarious. The photos I will be able to use when they're older are so great!

Spa Day

I think I should start "photo of the day" with Drew and Claire as they're always doing something funny!  Today I found Drew painting Claire's toes with nail polish!  She was sitting there totally perfect and holding still!  I even jumped on the spa day chance and had my hads and toes painted by Drew!

I love this photo as he's holding her foot for the detailed polish finish!

Kiddo Update

Drew and Claire are at the age where every day is something new and never a dull moment! Here's a quick update on what's new..

Drew continues to attend Spanish Immersion five days a week for three hours. Drew is doing GREAT at school and comes home ready to practice his new Spanish vocabulary. He just finished up football and will start basketball this next weekend! Drew continues to be a little Andy not only looking more like him every day, but engineering new projects to build between legos and tinkertoys!

Tinkertoy airplane!

Drew pretneded to have a campout and built his own "campfire" out or toys around the yard!

And then there is Claire..  Claire cracks us up all day and also keeps us on our toes.  At twenty one month's Claire can climb anything, floats on her back in water,  & and enjoys playing in anything that has a drip of water in it!  Where ever Drew is we will find Claire... Claire loves Drew SO much and always wants to be in the action!

One of the many things that I'm going to miss about her young age is how she still LOVES to be held.  If it were up to Claire she would be held ALL DAY!  The hugs and kisses still come all day long, it's the best!

This is how I found Claire in the living room after I was in the bedroom for no more than a few minutes.. She had torn her diaper off and checking out the action in the street!  Claire now uses the toilet at least twice a day!  After we return from vacation in April, potty training here we come! 

OuCh!!!

This past weekend we went to the zoo with our good friends and Claire had her first of I'm sure many, BIG falls.  Claire was holding hands with her friends, feet became tangled, and her hands weren't there to catch her!  I heard her head hit and it sounded awful!!!  She came away with a big bump on her head, bloody nose, and a black eye!  It's been a week and it's already SOOO much better, she's a strong little girl:)

Pointing to where she got hurt

Claire just drank water, so it's all over her chin!