Clemson Visit

Two little statues.

Guarding the stadium.

Playing Kinect.
Resting after playing Kinect!

More Christmas time

No explanation needed.

Santa brought Emma a bike. She learned very quickly.
We took Victoria to Clemson to visit. Emma and Jager wanted to see Tiger but his statue had to do.
Then we all posed with our friend Tiger's statue.
Gotta love tigers!

Emma loves her dinosaur.

Thea is helping with some art project.
Mommy and Daddy got a Kinect for Christmas.
But Emma's favorite is still the dinosaur.

Christmas 2011

This Christmas Victoria came to visit! We were so happy to have her with us!

Jager spending some cuddle time with his Mommy and Daddy.
And snuggles for Victoria.
Everyone is getting love!
And what Emma begged for. The dinosaur with the bad guy.

Gator!

This made Daddy's entire trip!

This should have been our Christmas card!
She is growling at the gator now.

Reptiles.

We just couldn't get enough of Toffee!

But then came the grand finale! ALLIGATOR!

Can you see the excitement in Daddy's face?

Nature center

This is King Arthur. A very nice snake.

Emma liked Arthur a lot.
But not as much as she liked Toffee, the African Tortoise!
Toffee was a hit with all of us, actually!
It was fun watching her eat lettuce.

Charlestowne landing

Emma got to help a keeper make food for the bear.

Then we got to watch the bear eat it!
Then Emma got to ride another animal!
Then on Monday we went back to Kiawah Nature Center to see more animals.

More Charleston

Now that Emma can write her name she writes it everywhere!

Next we went to Charlestowne Landing as is tradition for us. Emma played on the boat and pretended to be captain.

Then, at the animal forest we saw lots of great animals. Here we are looking at a bobcat.

More Charleston

Louis is still wondering how he got roped into this carousel ride!

I think that Emma is eating monkeys out of Aunt Heather's hand.
On Sunday we went to Folly Beach. Emma tried to catch the birds. She was unsuccessful.
But she did catch Mommy!
And she got to play on the sand dunes. It was cold enough it may as well have been snow!

Kiawah Marathon Trip

After registering at the marathon Daddy gave Emma a swimming lesson.

Then a tree climbing lesson.

Later that night Aunt Heather and Uncle Louis came to see us. They watched Emma while Mommy and Daddy ran. After the marathon we went to the James Island Light Show. I had no idea how big marshmellows are now!
This is Louis thinking, "When I bought Emma the ticket to ride on the merry-go-round I didn't think I'd have to be the one to ride with her!"