Next stop - Nassau, Bahamas; Atlantis

Next stop - Nassau, Bahamas (really Paradise Island) to Atlantis for 5 days.  First we had to navigate the Philadelphia airport.  Of course Sophie rode most of the way

But then we let her out to explore, and whoosh....there she goes.  this is like "Where's Waldo" only you can play "Where's Sophie" (she stands out in pink).   You can see she is blurry....that's because she was moving so fast!  Come back!!  That flight isn't going to Nassau!

The flight down was ok.  A little screaming here and there, but lots of entertainment.  Sophie and mommy are watching a Sesame Street episode on the iPad.

And the boys were just being silly!

Meals were never dull.  Or calm.  Or quiet.  Here was a rare picture at breakfast of calm and quiet.  But Sophie didn't like to sit very long.  She wanted whatever was on your plate. Not hers.  Even if she had it on hers.  And she got mad.  Really mad.  Crying screaming mad if she couldn't have it.  So some of the meals were very short.  

But none of that kept us from having a ball.  This is one of the dozens of pools.  This is specially for little kids with floats to ride on...

And a shower for the bigger braver little kids!

Hi beach baby!

Now one of the coolest things about Atlantis is that there are giant aquariums filled with big and cool fish and sharks and Sting Rays every where.  This is right next to the pool at our building.  We loved watching the fish and sharks swimming around.

Sophie would get particularly excited when she saw the fish.  We will have some videos showing her so exciting and yelling (in a good way) at the fish to show you.

Noah got 2 tattoos.  The first one was really cool.  It was a sun, with all sorts of things around it. It only lasted a couple days in the water so he got a second tattoo  just before we left of a moon and stars--but it didn't come out as good.

This was just the beginning of our trip.  Stay tuned for more cool pictures coming up soon.

Growing fast

This blog is such a great record of how fast these kids are growing.  They are now playing together more and more.  Sophie thinks her brother is so funny!  Check out this little video.

Sophie is indeed a little girl.  She already loves jewelry.  In fact she likes wearing necklaces more than clothes!

Say "Blah1'

Meanwhile, Noah has decided he wants to learn how to use chop sticks.  

Here he is eating breakfast (Cap'n Crunch in fact) with chop sticks.   Yes...Cap'n Crunch..  

Meanwhile, little Sophie is hanging out eating a cooking.  Literally, "hanging out".  Great little chair.

We came home from celebrating Nanny's birthday in Danbury with cupcakes that auntie Marci sent with us.  What a treat.

Last weekend we went to check out Camp Arrowhead.  Noah is going to go to this camp this summer.    Right out front of the camp office is a real old fashioned indian.  But you can see this one probably came from a cigar store, since he's holding a bunch of cigars.  Not sure Noah noticed!

It was warm and sunny on our way to the camp.  Warm enough so that we could have our first ride with the top down.  Both kids loved it.

And then later that day we just hung out in the "NEST" (our tree house)

And took a drive around the yard.  Sophie loves having Noah drive her around.

Sophie went to the zoo last week too. She loved it and was so excited to see all the animals.  She wanted so much to get in the pens.

Come back soon. Next stop was a trip to Atlantis in the Bahamas.

The King and Queen of Purim

We were getting ready for Purim, and today was the day of the carnival.  We have new stools in our kitchen, so breakfast was at the island to day. 

Sophie is dressed like Queen Esther.  We think she looks like a Princess!

Grandma Porter (Sarah) used always had her "King David".  Well, there's a new king in this house.  

Sophie wasn't so sure she liked the carnival at the beginning, but then had a ball.

And Noah played all the games like Esther's ring toss. 

He won a lot of tickets that he traded in for a few great prizes.

You both look wonderful!

She should be on a magazine cover (Erin put that on her hair!).  Sophie loves wearing a necklace too.

"Seriously"

But Sophie is now  just a dress up doll.  She is ready for tumble class.  You should see her do summersaults.

Nanny and Poppy came to visit

Sophie has a new chair in her room that she loves.   She was patiently waiting company.  And she doesn't do much "patiently"

Hi Poppy!

Hi Nanny.  Wait for dinner.  Don't eat me!

Sophie loves reading books.  Read it again Poppy.

And Sophie love donuts.  A hearty breakfast.

Bom Bom.....

And this little piggy....

What a nice picture. 

We had a great visit.  We hope Nanny and Poppy come back soon.

Max Came to Visit, Feb 2012

A couple of weeks ago (we're behind on the blog) Max came to visit for the weekend and we had a ball.  Sophie is a little dancer, and was so happy to have someone to dance with!

We went to swimming lessons for Sophie and Noah (see our next blog).  Sophie was pretty lucky to have someone waiting for her with a nice warm towel!

And she had a good time reading books to Max.

 Night night cousin Max.  I love you.

And then Max was teaching her how to use the IPad.

Noah was so excited he could teach Max how to play Skylanders.

On Sunday, we went to Family Fun Day at Friend's Central Upper School.  There were lots of games, and Noah even went swimming.  This was a little "one on one dodge ball"!

Thanks for coming to play Max!