We were lucky to have Scott, Julie and Niko visit Colorado for New Years. We saw Nicholas in September, but 3 months is a long time in baby minds so I don’t think Elsie was quite prepared for such fun times!

The welcome! From the time we picked the Johnston’s up until they had to go, Elsie and Niko were best friends …

kiss

hello
Here they are at Josh and Amy’s for New years …

ball

Gaming…

video game

Sharing Pin Ball

pinball

Some time during the night, elsie decided to get “nakie-poo”

sharing

with scott

Here they are sharing cookies (for breakfast in honor of Grandma Mart)

playing

Bath time (with finger paints)

color

paints

bath paints

painting

washing

conspiring

even buzz was playing with soap paint

buzz in the tub

Saffie wasn’t quite ready to get in with all the commotion, but was happy to watch

saffie

We spent some time at the Aquarium, we saw Dory and Nemo

dory and ray

Crawled through a tunnel (many times)

tunnel

Climbed exhibits (this was permitted)

climbing

touched sting rays

rays

Elsie was also very insistent that “cott and joo-lie” also carried her when they were carrying Niko

scott

Later they pushed each other around in the wagon (while julie steered)

pushing

pushing

tired

More time with “cott” and binky for Elsie and Pa-pa for Niko

pa-pa and binky

Since it was football weekend (playoff games and all) the kids had to move to the bedroom to watch their movies …. they didn’t seem to mind

watching movies

Its pretty amazing to see these two together … and its also amazing how two little toddlers can keep each other busy playing for hours! Elsie still points to a Diego toothbrush in the bathroom and says niko (or nickis or nicky)

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Each time we see Nicholas he introduces Elsie to new things this time he got her hooked on Dora and encouraged her to want to climb and jump off things that are too high …