anyhoo, we are doing great! i am getting some complaints that there are not enough pics of the kids, so this will be a kid heavy post! ;)~
First, on a whim last saturday we decided to pack up the kids and make the 6 hour haul to Madrid!!! yes, crazy. i know. but the boys did remarlably well until....we got into the city. Jonah got car sick and threw up all over the back seat and himself. yuck! but we survived and made it to the hotel! The next day we wanted to see the Prado Museum, the boys lasted about an hour...we played i -spy. 
that helped, but they got board pretty quick, so we took the boys to the Madrid Zoo/Aquarium! it was worth the pain of the museum and of the night before in the hotel. (they did'nt sleep very well, niether did Jason). The zoo was no San Diego Zoo, but it did have it's highlights! First, there are not real baracades between you and the animals. I mean if a brown bear got mad enough, i'm sure he could jump over the tiny {maybe a foot high} log enclosure and EAT YOU!!!! seriously! people were FEEDING the animals!!! tossing bread at the BIG BROWN BEARS!!! and the BIG GORILLAS!!! they we CrAzY!!! Jason and i just looked at eachother in amazment! Here are a few shots of the zoo. 
that helped, but they got board pretty quick, so we took the boys to the Madrid Zoo/Aquarium! it was worth the pain of the museum and of the night before in the hotel. (they did'nt sleep very well, niether did Jason). The zoo was no San Diego Zoo, but it did have it's highlights! First, there are not real baracades between you and the animals. I mean if a brown bear got mad enough, i'm sure he could jump over the tiny {maybe a foot high} log enclosure and EAT YOU!!!! seriously! people were FEEDING the animals!!! tossing bread at the BIG BROWN BEARS!!! and the BIG GORILLAS!!! they we CrAzY!!! Jason and i just looked at eachother in amazment! Here are a few shots of the zoo. 
James made a special bond with the Baboon...
i took this as James was walking away...here is the bear encloseure...i did'nt use the zoom AT ALL. Someone just threw a hunk of bread at it! WOW~!
Colby and James got called up onstage at the bird show!!! its not the greatest pic, but the bird is eating out of Colbys hand! he was thrilled!
always meeting new friends
so much for a language barrier...all over Madrid there were these cool bulls. it was the parade of cows {they look like bulls to me} 
and here Jo decided to milk one! how he knew that, is beyond me! After the Zoo, we went to an old friends house in the suburbs of Madrid! Margerita! we knew eachother back in San Diego from a mommy group called Baby Bootcamp! it was great to see her. Her babies are adorable! And Colby and David, have known eachother since they were 5 months old! they were like long lost buds! it was great! It had snowed there a week earlier and the boys were sooooo excited about the snow! they have been asking to go see snow for weeks!!! it was nice! they built a snow man! and they had a snowball fight! such fun!
Jonah did not like to get bundeled....
here are the boys! power rangers!!!and here Jo decided to milk one! how he knew that, is beyond me! After the Zoo, we went to an old friends house in the suburbs of Madrid! Margerita! we knew eachother back in San Diego from a mommy group called Baby Bootcamp! it was great to see her. Her babies are adorable! And Colby and David, have known eachother since they were 5 months old! they were like long lost buds! it was great! It had snowed there a week earlier and the boys were sooooo excited about the snow! they have been asking to go see snow for weeks!!! it was nice! they built a snow man! and they had a snowball fight! such fun!Jonah did not like to get bundeled....
and the whole brood!Also, back at home, the boys started swimming!!!! YEAH! if you look closely you can see our knucklehead...behind the boy infront.
and here is James. I could only get a few shots before my camera got all fogged up!{i got a new one for christmas!}it's very humid at the indoor pool.
and here is James. I could only get a few shots before my camera got all fogged up!{i got a new one for christmas!}it's very humid at the indoor pool.loves
i guess i will continue with *les puces* and go from there. Here are a few more pics from the flea market. we really had a great time. it was cold but so great just thumbing through all the old stuff...it was exciting. i only wish i would have bought more....
there were so many cool vintage dress forms, i wanted all of them. After we stopped in a cafe to warm up with french onion soup and cafe a lait, we made the trip to the famous cemetary where Jim Morrison is buried. Jason had been there before, so we did not get the map (for 1 euro)....needless to say we got lost many times and never did see jims grave, BUT, we still had a good time. i got a lot of great shots in the graveyard...it was beautiful
we think it was right in this area but we just could'nt find it...i'm sure i have a pic of it and do'nt even know it.
this is an interesting pic. Someone made a bird sculpture out of bubble gum and set it on one of the crypts...i just thought it was interesting
this is a pic of the louvre at sunset. we were on our way over to the Notre Dame. we stopped for our first french delicious crepes at a street kiosk. OOOOH MY GOLLY!!! i guess i had never actually eaten a real crepe before that day, because now i understand the love of the crepe...they are sold with apples inside, or cherry, or suzette style,wich is grand marnier and suger, but the most delicious way is nutella with banana!!!! Jason got just nutella. wow. amazing...
here is the Hotel De Ville(yeah)
and then the Notre Dame
...amazing then a few inside,
i took about 10 pics of these candles...there were so many and they just looked so pretty. 
with the Notre Dame in the background...this was a self portrait of us. i have more....
we just got home from Paris and it was amazing! this was our metro stop by the hotel. we stayed at the 
in the metro waiting area
the first day after we arrived we went to 
oh my goodness, there were so many different chandeliers, i was nuts!!! i decided i wanted to do a coffe table book of chandeliers...
ahhhh, so dreamy...
vintage doll parts....
a little creepy....but still supa cool! there were some great stauary
this one reminds me of my boys, fighting, yet loving...
then i stumbled upon a vintage letter press booth.....oh, so heavenly.....being the font junkie that i am, i was in this booth for at least an hour....i did end up purchasing my last name and our first initials...so cute.
