To the pool

This way to the pool.

I've got my duck in hand and my duck robe. I am ready.

We'll let the duck test the waters first.

At the zoo

Look Sara, a duck!

Vivi's "duck"

Bye bye duck!

Little helper

Vivi snagged the dish towels right off the towel rack...

..and started cleaning the floor!

14 (and a half) months

 We were in Canada when Vivi turned 14 months and have been very busy since then. So we are finally getting 14 month photos. Vivi is a busy little toddler these days.

Blowing kisses

Happy Birthday Owen!

At another birthday party - Owen turned 1. I got a balloon.

Look how close the train is!

We got to play in the sand.

This is Owen and me one year ago - he was just a few days old. I was 8 weeks old.

Earth Day Festival

I played in the dirt

Played with blocks made out of a tree

Played the drums

Talked to a big doggy

A close look at my upper teeth coming in.

Stacking rings

I've been practicing a new skill

I dump all the rings onto the floor.

And then stack them on the post... over and over again.

Luminarium

The Luminarium - a visiting art exhibit. It looked like a giant Martian bouncy house.

Inside - no lights - just colored plastic that let the light in and looked like lights.

People walking around the Luminarium.

Vivi crawling - I was trying not to use my flash so it's blurry.

Cherry Blossoms

Vivi playing in the cherry blossom petals in Vancouver.
(These pictures were taken by Dad while Mom was at her conference in Vancouver.)

Vancouver

Vivi's trip to Vancouver...

What a view

A whole mall just for kids...

An indoor playground

Lots of fruit

Ethiopian food

Making art - video

Vivi has become a big fan of painting, coloring, etc. When she wants to draw or paint, she points at her crayons or paints or goes and gets her paper. She knows exactly where we keep them. This video is from this morning before breakfast. She'd already been coloring for a while before I started taking video.

And here's another picture of finger (foot) painting from earlier this week that I just downloaded off my phone.

Vivi loves to (eat) paint

Giant Bunnies

Lots of Easter events today.

First we went to the park. I got to decorate a bag for egg collecting. So far so good.

Then there was a GIANT bunny. I didn't trust that bunny one little bit. There was no way I was going to let Mommy put me down. She probably still has marks from where my fingers dug into her shoulder when the bunny waved at me. I kept a close eye on that bunny the rest of the time we were at the park.

Then we went to a "Bunny Train" ride at the old depot (now a museum). I wasn't tall enough to ride the train.

I was tall enough to ride on Daddy's shoulders though. I tried to get his sunglasses.

And, get this, there was ANOTHER giant bunny at the train station! Where are they all coming from?

BIG shoes

Mommy's shoes are as long as my legs

I wonder if I can wear them.

Yep.

Ha ha ha. Running away with Mommy's shoes.