Lemons!

One of our favorite toppings on pancakes is powdered sugar with lemon juice ~ actually, it's lime juice since we don't get yellow lemons here!

Making Music!

Bill was about to replace one of the shower heads, so Cedric got to figure out its other uses first.

Just pictures!

Playing at his new table - a late Christmas gift.

"Best" neighbor friend. They always look for each other at the playground. Sharon is 5 years old and wants to treat Cedric like her play doll. He just squawks every time she tries to pick him up, but loves her anyway!

It's all in the details. Playing with sand.

Joy.

Stuck inside baking on a rainy day.

Our Christmas "Staycation"

This year we had a pretty busy few weeks prior to Christmas, but then things calmed down and we were able to enjoy a couple of quiet weeks at home here in Bogota. Here are some pictures from the past month.

At the church Christmas program. The Sunday School put on a nice musical from the story of Noah and the Ark. The kids all dressed up as animals. Although he didn't end up "performing", Cedric was chosen to be a little beaver.

Christmas Eve - opening one gift, the traditional PJs!

Christmas day - Cedric was enthralled by all the festivities.

Playing with Andrew after Christmas lunch.

 Boxing Day (26th Dec) - we went out on the town to view the Christmas lights with some friends.

 

And in January our Christmas care packages finally started showing up. So fun to get surprises by mail!

Warm laundry mornings and Momma turns the kitchen into a mini water park!

 Lazy afternoons reading books with Daddy.

Just enjoying our beautiful sunny days with a few family outings to local parks and malls.

 

Video: Fun times at a friend's party

18 months old

Starting him off young... he loves "helping" me in the kitchen

Ready for a wedding and proudly sporting a tie and new shoes

Loudons at the wedding

First thanksgiving feast
(last year he was still eating plain old boring rice cereal)

The day we decorated for Christmas

Riding the horse

All boy!

Video: playing outside

Church Day Retreat

We had a one day retreat recently for the members of our church. Not everyone could make it, but about 100 of us met together at a school in the north of the city (ECA). In the morning there were various sessions and workshops, all with the purpose of edifying and encouraging everyone to continue to find balance in life and perseverance in ministry.

I was in about half the sessions, the rest of the time I was playing outside with the wee boys.

It was a beautiful sunny morning, but then the rain poured down all afternoon. It didn't stop many of the men from playing soccer... the rest cheered from the sheltered sidelines!

 

Playdate

We had friends come visit us last Saturday, it was a lot of fun!

Cedric has this thing where he shows affection by sprawling on top of the person (or animal) he wants to cuddle up to. So far none of the objects of his affection have really appreciated it!

Hee, hee... can you tell I'm not used to taking care of THREE kids by myself!?

 Here's a photo of my cutie that I haven't posted elsewhere yet.

Sunny Days

We've had major thunder & lightening rain storms lately, so whenever there is a sunny morning or afternoon Cedric and I make a beeline for the park area in our apartment complex. He often stands at our window and points down saying "paah" =D

Often seen with at least one rock in hand

 One day there were tons of these bugs flying around... it was fascinating

 Loves kicking the ball around in the parking lot

 For some reason this grin always reminds me of my mother-in-law [we miss her]

 On the move

 The source of the rocks

 Cedric loves watching and following the big boys around

Smile at the Camera

Life at sixteen months!

A few days ago we took a family field trip downtown to San Andresito in search of whole wheat flour ~ not available in local grocery stores!! I went ahead and bought 25 kilos to avoid having to do the 2.5 hour errand too often. (For the record, it was worth the trip, I love the flavor of our homemade bread these days.)

To store the flour I decided to portion it out into 2.5 kilo bags and had a little helper who got right into things:

Later that same day we went downstairs to play in the playground. It hadn't rained for a number of days so little mister made straight for the dirt, which then dusted up into his eyes, which then got rubbed with the hands that had stirred it all up in the first place! A good bath was had that evening =D.

Cedric's Sunday School class last week. Lots of kids under 2, eating popcorn (hmmmm, a cultural difference in my book!)

After church was over Cedric happened to find Jose Daniel's car in the office. He was fascinated,

 and even tried to hop on by himself (unsuccessfully, I was picking him up off the ground right after taking this shot!)

I said "smile" and here's what was produced:

With molars coming in, we allowed a little Curious George to cheer the wee man up. He LOVES George and imitates his monkey sounds. So cute.

Playing with my old toys in the hallway: