The Octopus and the Tutu

Luke the Jellyfish

Luke has been obsessed with octopus lately. He draws them, talks about them, and frequently asks to go to the Seattle Aquarium. Well, last Friday Keith took him and they had a great time. It was nice for the two of them to spend time together and enjoy the aquarium. While they were there the octopus put on quite a show. Normally it sits curled up in one of the corners of the tank, but during their visit they watched it chase after the wolf eel, which is Luke's 2nd favorite marine animal. Keith snapped some great shots!

Luke and the octopus!

Elise has discovered her pink tutu that she got for Christmas from Grandma Sylvia. Just last night as we were reading Angelina Ballerina she made the connection that she too has a pink tutu just like Angelina and wanted to put it on immediately. She did some dancing for us, which was so precious. She even thought she wanted to sleep in it, but that was short lived because it was, "Too big," in her words.

Kitty Sweater & Flower Hat

Elise is quite the silly girl. She absolutely loves pink. Anything and everything is better if it's pink! We were in the grocery store the other day and in a very excited, almost hysterical voice she yelled out, "Pink juice Mommy! Pink juice!" Sure enough, there was pink juice.

This photo was taken this morning by Keith as they were getting ready to leave for school. She is wearing her summer hat, which is sized for 7-14 year olds and almost fits her! She also has on her kitty sweater with kitty buttons and a beautiful kitty on the back. Our next door neighbor's mother knit it for Elise and she LOVES it. We asked her to knit another kitty sweater because Elise has almost outgrown this one.

Luke's favorite colors are green and blue, which he refers to as "boy" colors. From time to time, in true brotherly love, he will choose to drink from Elise's pink cup just to spice up our lives and totally annoy Elise!