New Lens

I have been using my new camera a lot, as you can tell. So Michael decided to buy me a new lens! It was our 15th anniversary and he surprised me with it. It is a telephoto lens so I can get close-ups on things that are farther away - see the peak of the mountain. Here are some fun mountain pictures that I took recently. I had fun with photoshop saturating the colors too. :)

Dress up

Gabriel wanted a spiderman costume very badly. He loves to pretend that he is a superhero and that he can fly and save people. So we used that to motivate him to poop in the potty. He now wears it at every possible moment. When we went to Walmart to pick up the costume, Gabriel was holding it in front of his face and a stranger walked by and greeted him as Spiderman. Now he thinks that when he is wearing the costume, people will think he really is spiderman. Nathaniel wanted to join in, so we got out the halloween costumes. He is a little ham. He must get that from his father. :)

Gabriel's School

Gabriel started preschool this week. He goes three days a week from 9-1. He likes it a lot. Nathaniel and Mommy get lots of one-on-one time. Every 5 minutes, Nathaniel asks me, "Where's Gabriel?" We are all adjusting to the change. In the classroom, there are Mickey-Mouse fish. They have that name because they have markings like Mickey Mouse head/ears on their tails. Gabriel really likes the fish and thinks we should get some since we can't get a dog.
The two ladies in the pictures are his two teachers: Ms. Connie and Ms. Jamie. The only disappointment that Gabriel had about his school is that the teachers weren't going to teach him how to build his own computer. He keeps talking about what he wants to build - a machine that makes money or cookies or robots. He also wants to build a helicopter and a firetruck. He doesn't understand why I can't help him put one together :) Poor child of two engineers.

Coronado Monument

The kids and I visited the Coronado Monument near Bernalillo. It's a great place to walk around. You can see the river and some ruins and it is not too extensive for little legs.

Not a Baby Anymore

He is getting so big!