Catch up!

So much has been going on...I'll try to catch up in a few pictures...

Allie rarely naps anymore, but we do have "quiet time" most days and this is one of the rare instances where she actually fell asleep...with a book on her head! I laughed for a long time after seeing this one!

Big boy Nathan enjoying his first bite of rice cereal. Photo taken by sister Allie! She was my awesome photographer while I fed him cereal for the first time!!

Cereal face...

Crafty Allie - sharpening our craft skills before preschool starts!

Trying to get the kids to pose together...very challenging!

Visit to Nana and Big James' house in Atlanta. We got to help Nana celebrate a birthday while there!! Yay!!

Cutie boy at Nanas

Cutie brother and sister at Nanas

Cutie Allie and Mukluk at Nanas

Showing off her dance attire! She is now in a ballet/tap class once a week, along with preschool and swim lessons! We are keeping busy and loving it!

Grandma is visiting right now, and luckily is leaving just in time...looks like we may get hit with a hurricane! Lets hope not - but if you dont hear from me for a while again on here.,..you know why!

The Animal Show

2 weeks ago we went to an "Animal Show", as Allie calls it, at the local library. Allies favorite animal was the really big spider, aka tarantula! Are you kidding me? I happen to enjoy the turtle! :)

Allie holding a strange bug in a jar...lovely...

Allies friend Kayleigh showing her some more bugs.

What do we eat afterward...bug cupcakes, what else!!

The Barasch contribution to the bug show. A spider from our own backyard. I thought we left these guys in Japan!

Nathan didn't enjoy the animal show with Allie and I. He stayed home with Dadda. But he is super cute, so had to add the picture. He already has his first tooth - arrived on his 5 month bday!

She can ride her bike...finally!

When we first got to Florida, I thought Allie would pick up riding her new bike in no time. Well, she did not pick it up quite as quickly as we had hoped! In fact, she was not a big fan of bike riding when we first attempted back in February. But low and behold, with a little patience on my part, we officially have a bike rider!! She loves it!

Splash Park!

What do you do when your 3 year old wants to play at the park but you live in Florida and the equipment gets dangerously hot? You go to a splash park! These are pictures from our trip there about 2 weeks ago!

After you are wet, then you head to the other play equipment, only problem is that now you slip and slide on it! Her new favorite challenge at the park - the monkey bars. Mom is not a fan...

Yes, she climbed to the top with wet crocks on...

Allie and her good friend Kayleigh

How Nathan spent the day...note the mini fan that attempts to keep him cool. Its actually works pretty good and I only paid $1.99 for it!!