Butterfly: Dead or Alive

Here Tyler finds a butterfly, clearly on its last legs, and Tyler astutely states: "Butterfly, all done". Then Mike comes by and says (in Russian), "Is the butterfly living?" Well, not long after, Tyler grabs the noodle and proceeds to try to kill the butterfly! That's my boy, ugh!

Sam and Tyler at the Chanukah show

Sam was a big helper at the show, always watching out for his little brother and making sure that he did not escape onto the bimah (which he did once or twice). Tyler loves to dance.

Chanukah Program

Sam's preschool put on a lovely Chanukah program. Sam's class sang and danced to "Eight Days of Chanukah". It is amazing to see Sam really come into his own during these events, this is his 3rd year and I can distinctly remember Sam crying in my arms during his first Chanukah show when he had just turned 2.

Everyone on the Slide

Everyone really had a blast at the park: gorgeous day, fun crowd, pinatas, great slides and lots of laughs.

More Pictures from Thanksgiving

Here is another storytime with Gema, this time Tyler joined in, for a moment. I included a nice picture of Joc and Steve enjoying a quiet moment at the park. Here you can see Sam and I and then Sam alone in deep thought watching a pinata come apart at a nearby birthday party. I think he was really thinking about how he could score some candy...and he did.

Fun at the Zoo

After feeding the ducks, we visited the zoo and spent time seeing the flamingos, bears, leopards and hippos. The boys had a ball posing on the lions and on the dragon (although Tyler had trouble staying on the dragon...not sure if Sam pushing him was the cause or not...). The first shot is Sam and Gema spending some quality storytime together before she departed back to Boston. Come again, Gema and Grandpa!

Feeding the Ducks

On Friday, Joc, Steve, Ben, Mike and I and the boys went down to Breckenridge Park and fed the ducks. Many of these were not your ordinary ducks, as you can see from these pictures. We all agreed that Texas ducks are vastly different from the Mallards that we are most used to...only in Texas.