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Eating Oreos

J and his Grandpa Ellis had an Oreo eating contest one night. The objective was to get the cookie, split open and frosting side down, from the center of the forehead to the mouth without using the hands. Face muscles and gravity only. Five year-old J almost won...

Our Absorbent Menagerie

One of the fun little things about a cruise are the towel animals left by the room steward when turning down the bed each night. We took a picture of each one, to show the kids. There was even a class offered, in case we wanted to pass on that talent to others, but we skipped that one!

Some sort of ape - I'm voting for orangutan.

Swan - or is it a goose?

A rabbit - I think.

My favorite - the pachyderm.

Sting ray

Dog

Walrus family

Our last night on the cruise - a token of our steward's affection!

Acapulco Cliff Divers

These guys were amazing! They had to climb up the cliffs first, and then dive off when the waves were rolling in just right.

Hasta la vista, baby!

Our cruise was so much fun, and so anticipated. Eric promised to take me somewhere warm every winter when he moved me away from California, and February is the perfect time to leave Ohio!

We sailed out of San Diego, where we met our good friends Tiffiny and Brandon. San Diego was a cool 65 degrees and raining, but it felt like heaven to me!

Tiffiny and Brandon, looking tan already!

Eric and Lydia, not looking so tan even though I had been trying my best!

One thing I hadn't figured on was the fact that the first day at sea was a little cool, until we got to warmer weather down south. But, Eric found a sunny spot on our little balcony, and he managed to read two books during the week!

We had two sea days in a row, which I LOVED! Sea days means total relaxation! Just sitting by the pool, ordering diet Cokes (which never seem to come!) and all the soft-serve ice cream and french fries you could ever want!

I promise I'll blog about our cruise tomorrow...

Really, I will. At least a little bit. Tiff is making me feel really slow.

In case you were thinking of rubbing it in that it's been in the 80's in Cali......

We were expecting a lot of snow, so they closed school.

We see a lot of wildlife down the hill in our woods, but this heron (or whatever type of waterfowl) was sitting there so still by the creek, it's the first time we've some any of his kind around here.

Later on that evening we got freezing rain. When I first moved here I thought Ohioans were big wussies for refusing to drive when there was 1/2 an inch of snow, but this freezing rain stuff is bad news.

But it sure is pretty! It rained, and then froze to every surface, and when the sun comes out, it's amazing!

It looks like every single tree is a chandelier! It almost makes the cold worth it.

Except that we still have to go outside sometimes.

And kids stayed home from school for 5 days.

Which means we have to go extra days this summer.

But everyone improved greatly on their Wii skills.