Slides: The New Favorite

Sasha's favorite thing to do at the park these days is go down the slide. We have been going swimming every Thursday through the winter at an indoor facility that has "froggie slide" for toddlers and she is at the point where she now goes up the stairs, turns around to get on her tummy, and then comes down all by herself into the water. She repeats this at least 20 times then--never gets old. We can't wait for the public outdoor pool to open at the end of May.

Sasha and Phil on Easter Sunday. We woke up to several inches of snow--the first white Easter I can remember.

Sasha LOVED spending time with Grandma and "Pa-Pa" while we were in Mexico.

Sasha really enjoyed her first bowl of chocolate pudding. Who needs spoons when you can shovel it in by the fistful? Some days I just feel like giving up on trying to keep her and everything she comes in contact with clean.

Yelapa, Mexico

My parents generously offered to take care of Sasha for a week over my mom's spring break while Phil and I got away for a few days. We flew to Puerto Vallarta on Monday and then took a small fishing boat to Yelapa (no roads go there) about 45 minutes south where we got a much needed break. The most energy expended was getting up from the beachside tables to move over to the hammock under a beach cabana.

One of the things we appreciated the most about the vacation were eating 3 lengthy meals a day uninterrupted with good conversation, something that doesn't happen often with a 1-year-old around. We also enjoyed a daily snack of homemade pie on the beach. The same middle-aged Mexican woman would come by our chairs every morning around 11 am and offer us still warm apple, banana, lemon merengue, or coconut chocolate pie. An unlikely but delicious beach treat....

The fresh water pool at our hotel overlooking the bay where Yelapa lies was very refreshing in the hot afternoon.

We had beautiful sunset views from our thatched roof hut on the beach.

New blog post (FINALLY!)

We have finally managed to download a bunch of pictures from the last month, so I'll try to play catch-up over a few entries. The above is just a random photo of Sahsa in Target. She is drawn to "eyes", her word for sunglasses. It's harder and harder to get her to stay seated in a cart these days.

Megan and Ulises took advantage of this fantastic buyer's market to purchase their first house in Albuquerque. Sasha is "helping" Megan unpack boxes on moving day.