Anna's first kiss

This is Joey!  Anna's best friend,he lives just a couple doors down so they play together often.This picture was taken in late November.  It was too cold to go to the beach.  But not to cold to play in buckets of water.  Joey didn't like wearing wet cloths, and he claimed his bucket by using it as a restroom.
This was at Balboa park.  On tuesdays residents get into the museums for free!  The science museum is their favorite.
And it happened.  We had been watching Joey and when it was time for him to go home.  His dad told him to say good-bye.  He took that opportunity to lean in and give Anna a little kiss.  It was the cutest thing.  All you parents are hoping that for your kids first kiss that both sets of parents are standing right there watching. 
Josh had a good talk with Joey about where he is going in life, and what his intentions are with Anna.  Joey is a great friend!

The last of christmas

By special request here is a better picture of my beautiful table.  It is square and seats 8.  I love it!  Anna also loves it, because she can walk under it, get into the middle and then I can't reach her.  She thinks it is a great game!This is Anna's last gift, she couldn't play in it on Christmas because it was raining.  So much for sunny california.  It is a 12 x 12 foot jump house.
Here is a better view with her friend Joey.
It rained Christmas day and Anna doesn't know that she is missing out on anything.  Josh however was another story.  He sat at the window like a little kid, and would turn to me with a big smile and say, I think is going to stop raining the clouds are moving.  I would just smile and try not to discourage him.  However when he finally realized we weren't going to be able to set up the jump house he was almost in tears.  Luckily our 3 weeks of winter are over and we can play in the jump house everyday!