Spring break 2011! Woot! Woot!

Don't know about you guys, but our favorite spring break vacation spot is Oatmeal, TX. In the middle of hill country, with no city noises, or light pollution. Fields of "nopales", beatiful views, fresh air, warm weather - what else do you need! Oh, and lots of good food, especially desserts :) This trip Ophelia got the word "dessert" down, which I shouldn't be surprised about :) This is us before leaving for Oatmeal, we try to wear Ophelia out by taking her to the park, so she sleeps the whole 3 hour trip down there.



See what I'm talking about? These are the desserts:



Yumm, yumm. These are called "kukens", which are German pies filled with fruit and custard. Sooo delicious! It was a quest to find the exact recipe that PJ's grandma used to use and this is it!
Here is Ophelia hanging out with Grandpa. It is so cool to see their relationship and connection growing with each visit. She loves tickling Grandpa's toes and pulling on his beard.



Celebrating family birthdays! Fun times! Love these guys :)

Ophelia's favorite part was the balloons:

Not sure who had more fun playing here :) Actually Ophelia did love this sesame street playground toy. It was made back in the 70s and the quality+fun factor is hard to compare with contemporary toys. It does NOT make noise for one. Second, no batteries required. We have never used as many batteries as we do now with having just one child! Note the Elmo toy on the left bottom. That one does make noise...unfortunately pretty annoying ones...like Elmo's laugh...sure glad it has an off switch. Ophelia loves her Elmo though. She can sing along the "Elmo song". I'll have to get that on tape some day. It's cute because she has no perception of low/high notes, but stretches the words :)

Ophelia being cuddly with Grandma after bath:

Here she is...welcome our little star...Miss Ophelia!!!

She enjoys all the attention she gets at Grandma's and Grandpa's house and the absense of time-outs! She gets all kinds of cool things, like... sqeeky shoes...wow, wish I had some :)