I know, this picture doesn't do justice, it's just one i found online but I was so excited that i actaully saw the volcano yesturday erupting! I didn't think that you could see it from Anchorage, but apparently you can. I was driving dimond blvd yesturday and you could see the Ak range really well. I looked at the end of it and there was a mountain that seemed to be by itself and it had a big white cloud that mushroomed around the top of it. I thought to myself, could it be? na....... then that was that. That night i was watching the news and sure enough, apparently it ws really big today that everyone could see the volcano erupting from anchorage. and the image they showed was exactly what i saw, which is kind of like the photo above, that one is just alittle closer. I think they said it's just steam coming out now, no more ash. Let's hope.
welcome to the downward dog. I was doing my excerise video this morning and the last part of it has us doing some yoga to stretch. I was doing the downward dog and looked over and saw vincent trying to do it too. it was too cute too ignore so i stopped what i was doing and grabbed my camera. I thought anyone who does yoga would appreciate this. He actually has decent form for having really fat stubby arms and legs. Go Vinny.
Actually, contrary to what this picture may tell you, he was pretty excited about getting Cat in the Hat. Although, i bought it a few days before at the new Kohls, and when i got home that was the first thing he saw. So really he wasn't too suprised. But he did enjoy this Easter, it was the first for him to look for and find his Easter basket. My Easter on the other hand was not so joyous. Vera was up for a lot of the night so Steve let me sleep in. He woke me up at 9:30, thinking church was at 1pm. but oh how he was wrong. it starts at 11 am. so upon my wake up i realize what time it is, knowing i still need to have vincent find his basket, take pictures, make a big easter breakfast, get showered and my self ready, along with getting vincent dressed and Vera up, feed and dressed. And to top it off, Vincent had already found Vera's basket while I was asleep and opened up the eggs and ate most of the candy while misplacing the toys. wow was I alittle stressed. Why does everyone else's Easter seem so peaceful and happy? And the picture above pretty much shows how the mood was. I think we were all ready to go at about 20 after 11, meanwhile i'm trying to get vincent's church bag packed and there's a basket caught under my skirt between my feet and won't come out until i kicked it across the room, much to Vincent's dismay. Then to top that off, i trip over my skirt going down the stairs and kick off one of my shoes. Needless to say i was a stressed sweat ball by the time I got to church. So yes, Laurelyn and Marissa, in case you noticed, that was why. But it all turned out good in the end. Oh, except for the fact i never got a picture of Vera with her cute easter dress or with her Easter basket. She was sleeping almost all day and I didn't have the heart to wake her up. Or the okay with Steve. he likes it when their quiet. But really the day ended well, and vincent got to spend it with his cousins. we all went to Ronda's for an Easter program Steve's parents put on (good job by the way) and we had a great ham dinner. can't beat that (or someone cooking for you). 
most of the toys vincent owns he can live without, but these are the exceptions. These are the ones he plays with on and off day in and day out. What's great about these are they each have their own names and most are named by the sounds they make, except for one, that would be figure 2. And just to note, this is is second pair of pig and cow i had to buy since he left the first at church. good thing they were a buck each at target. thank you target.
Figure 1 This is his "choo choo". This however was not a dollar but more like 15. it's a long story of why i bought it but i was going to return it. I had it on my counter for like a month and vincent got his hands on it a number of times to take it out of package. fortunate for him he destroyed the packaging enough that i couldn't rightfully take it back anymore. so vincent please enjoy your $15 piece of plastic.
Figure 2 This is his "orrilla". When pronouncing this, stick your tongue out pretty far when you say the "illa" part, then you've said it right. He became obsessed with "orillas" when he saw the movie "Mighty Joe Young" on TV. Don't ask me why.
Figure 3 This is his family of "sniff sniff", or pigs. Yep, one small, one medium, and one large. He mostly loves the medium and large ones. I feel bad for the runt. However, when he talks about a pig, he doesn't say the word, just make a sniffing noise to represent the pig. When you hear him sniff twice, he's talking about a pig.
Figure 4 This would be his "boo". Once again it's another animal he won't say the name to but will just make the sound to represent it. However, like most sounds he has this one is alittle off too. We tell him to say "moooooo" and he say's "booooooo". So he just calls them boos. why argue?
