Love to hear Leyla singing!

I took this video on the way to church Easter Sunday. She was singing her own little song in the backseat! So precious!!!!

Back in US Territory After 1.5 Years

We are finally back in the US. I can't really believe that it has been this long since I have been able to make a visit! It feels good to be back, and I am definitely enjoying having me some Cracker Barrel, Schlotzsky's, McAlister's...etc. It does feel like a vacation though. I miss my husband and I miss having a daily routine and some structure - or at least, I miss it for Leyla! Ha! She has been doing really well and is enjoying herself, too, but carseats and grocery karts and shopping trips can get a little too long and it has been difficult keeping her on a good nap schedule and OUT of trouble!

I bought Leyla a set of My Little Ponies and she loves to play with them at bathtime. It has been nice to be able to give her a bath instead of a shower at the pila! She loves to sit and just play!

 Modeling her new big-girl Owl Towel!

She loves to go look at the lake by Rachel's apartment. We cross the bridge, feed the ducks, look at the turtles, chase frogs...it's fun.

I taught her how to blow the dandelions! We don't have those in Honduras so that was a new experience for her!

Tia Fide took us to the zoo in Oklahoma City. Leyla had a lot of fun and got out all her energy and fell asleep before we got to see the kiddy park!

Big brown bears - they looked so cute and cuddly.

Watching the otters play.

She approached the gorilla statue very carefully - she has a love-hate relationship with monkeys and sometimes is afraid of them and sometimes loves them. She walked up to it very slowly and then crawled on its back when she realized it wasn't real!

Egg Hunt

Leyla is such a smarty. She found the eggs all by herself! She learned really quickly what the point of the game was. It was fun!

Semana Santa

This past week was Semana Santa, or "Holy Week" in Honduras. Since our family is not Catholic, all we did of course was take the vacation days and relax or go swimming. Easter Sunday we went to church and then out to eat lunch with family. It was odd because the Sunday sermon was not about the Resurrection...things are a little different here I guess.

 eating her favorite snack - popcorn!

 before heading to the river!

 At the lake on Sunday. Leyla loved walking around and playing in the sand!

 Here are the eggs we dyed Sunday afternoon. Nobody dyes eggs here so I just kind of forgot about it! Then I was talking to my mom and I thought, well duh, I boil some eggs and dye them even if we don't have plastic eggs!

We didn't get to have a hunt yet because it got too late. Maybe this afternoon we'll try one!