Santa

I took the kids to meet Santa yesterday. Maya loved it; Ben did great - until he turned around and got a look at Santa - then there were tears.

As we were leaving visiting Santa, I asked Maya if she enjoyed it; she did, but she said "I saw Santa, but no Mickey. Or Minnie."

Wendy and Mom, I have hard copies for you and Grandma. Will put them in mail soon!

Life as we know it is over.

Pictures from our adventures!

Here are a variety of pictures from our adventures the past 6 or 7 weeks...
Wendy and Gene took the kids to the zoo.

Maya and her Grandpaji on their ipads (I won't say who's better with the gadget.)
Larkin running the Marine Corps Marathon on 10/31
Getting kisses from his kids at mile 19
Tatman, Alison Fulton, me, and my little dragon cheering on the runners
Maya and Tatman at a post-marathon meal
Our little China girl and Judy Jetson
Mae, Maya, Claudia, and Ben
Ben and his Shu Shu
Ben at 5 months

Maya still loves her bubbles
She's becoming quite the fashionista
Maya and Kresley in Winter Park watching a "tb show" after dinner at the Reynolds' house
Ben at 6 months
Not a bad place to do some drawing....
Cruising can be very tiring.
Not a bad place to watch a football game.
Ben and Maya at the splash zone on the Disney Wonder
More splashing...
Ben watching Maya at ballet
Maya at ballet
More ballet....
Ben at the Carnegie Science Museum in Pittsburgh
With Tatman and Ryder Savio and Mary Elizabeth and Candler Lott during the Lotts' visit to DC
Candler had quite the thing for Ben...

Late October/November

The nice thing about the last 6 weeks is that we've been on the go: Charleston, Pittsburgh, and a Disney Cruise to the Bahamas - and we had a visit from Gene and Wendy in the middle of all of our travels. The bad thing is that means that we are way behind on uploading pictures to the blog about all these adventures....

Updating the blog is on my to-do list for this week. Until then, here are some videos we took from this morning. You'll notice that Maya is becoming quite the performer, and Ben is becoming more and more independent!