I can grab things!

12 weeks old with his little blue bird toy.

First Snow

Snow....Oops, I mean, SAND angels.

We recently took our yearly trip to Arizona to visit my grandparents. We have always tried to stop and see things along the way to break up the trip and make it a little more fun for the kids. This year, we decided to stop and see the White Sands National Monument in New Mexico. I hadn't been there since I was a kid and Kevin had never seen it so we decided to take the kids for their first time. I did have to convince Kevin it was worth seeing though, he thought we would just be staring at a bunch of white sand out in the desert, which wasn't much different than the brown sand we were already looking at as we drove. But he admitted once we got there that it was really a cool place to see. If it weren't for the fact the kids are dressed in t-shirts, this could easily be mistaken for a ski trip.

Kids at White Sands , November 12, 2009

Making "snow" angels in the sand, for kids from Texas this is pretty cool! You don't even need a coat!

The kids would slide down the dunes on their bellies! You can actually buy sleds at the park entrance but we didn't since we only had about an hour to spend there, next time though!

The dunes go for miles before ending at the foot of the far of mountains.

These dunes really are huge!

Sand and sky. The sky was overcast that day which gave it a pretty gray-blue color. I can't decide if the dunes look like snow or more like a distant undiscovered planet. Either way, if you're driving through New Mexico, make sure you swing by and see this, it really is amazing.

A couple of firsts...

I was going through pics today and realized I did not blog about a couple of firsts the kids had this month. One was their first trip to the Circus! We had gotten some free tickets so we loaded up the kids and both grandmas and went to see the show. Sabrina wanted to ride the elephant really badly but unfortunately once we got up there, I'm sure you can guess......yep, she started screaming and crying bloody murder. She also was holding on to Aidan for dear life. Aidan was however cool as a cucumber and seemed to enjoy the view. Notice said screaming toddler in pic below. Wish we could have gotten a close-up of that one.After riding the elephant, she actually told her daddy it was fun and she wanted to stand and watch the elephants go around and around. Toddlers!We made our way to our seats after doing our parental duty of scarring our child for life. This was the arena. The show was pretty good and Sabrina seemed to really like the gymnasts. Aidan liked it all, but then again as long as he was stuffing his face with popcorn he was happy.Now the next first was the first movie. On the 19th we took them to see Aliens vs. Monsters. Sabrina was so excited! Aidan had no clue but was happy to get some snacks and a sugary drink. Here they are checking out the candy display.....

Enjoying their snacks.......And after the movie with mommy, notice the crazed look in Sabrinas eyes, can we say too much sugar? and of course Aidan is still chowing down on a cookie, that boy loves to eat.