Transitions

January 3, 2011

Eli has been fascinated lately by transitions. At the airport he spent a good five minutes where the marble floor met the carpet, standing on the marble and gingerly tapping his foot on the carpet. Here, it's where the brick path meets the sand:









Bricks, sand, bricks, sand, it never gets old!

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At the beach at last

January 3, 2011

Today Brian headed for the sand and Eli for the water.











Eli got good and tired; that's how I have time to write. :)

On our way

January 2, 2011

We got to the airport at 4 am on our second try and got checked in and through security with no trouble. The kids even had time to play in the little playground:





The flights were long but uneventful. As we descended into Punta Cana Brian exclaimed "We made it to the beach! And I didn't sleep the whole way!" Way to go buddy. Mom's so proud of that achievement.
Once settled into the hotel the boys made a beeline for the beach; the were so excited to see the sand (Eli) and the water (Brian). I didn't have my camera (or iPod) so no pictures of that, unfortunately. We had to drag them away for dinner, which was rushed but excellent, then we all passed out from exhaustion.

Making the best of it

This was the theme of day 1 of vacation. We missed our flight so we went to the Strong Museum instead. Arguably this might be just as exciting as the Dominican Republic to the kids. Brian loves this ball thing:


They both got to play in the taxi:


Eli shopped in mini-Wegmans:


And Brian and I rode the train:


At least we had some fun today!

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Christmas party

Brian's preschool had a little Christmas party that Eli and I were able to attend. The boys did a craft...


OK, Brian did a craft and Eli banged on the table with markers. It looks like he's crafting though, doesn't it?


There were some babies there and Brian was fascinated.


We decorated and ate some cookies and then school was out for the holidays!


We had a great Christmas and hope you did too!
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A few videos from Christmas morning

The first gift... this is what santa brought the boys. Can you feel the love?

Next Brian opens Alphie, a robot toy from Auntie Denise and Uncle Tim:

Most of the other videos were not that remarkable. Unfortunately, the flip went kaput (memory full) almost immediately (we should have checked that last night!). The camera went at the end of this video, so you miss Brian's excited reaction but I assure you it was there. He saw Thomas and got very excited; we built the Misty Mountain railway right away.

Christmas morning 2

Alphie is apparently a retro toy that both Uncle Tim and Aunt Denise had as children, now the tradition carries on

It's a "Car and Horse Box." The Range Rover towing the horse box is right-hand drive, so it appears to be a toy that was destined for Britain. Goodwill somehow ended up with the shipment.

Brian asked, "Did the kitchen fit down the chimney?" when we told him it was from Santa