story time

ella and will LOVE their nightly story time. every night (unless we are traveling without daddy) doug reads the kids stories. "best mouse cookie", "big fish, little fish" and "goodnight moon". each night, doug tackles each book, like its the very first time he's reading it to them. they love the books and look forward to each page. its funny how it never really gets old - even doug and i both have memorized them into our sleep.

today, the kids and I went to the Newport Aquarium. the kids wanted badly to see crabs and sharks. we got to touch a crab in the touchtank and we saw many species of sharks. the aquarium was not crowded and the kids behaved wonderfuly. all in all, a great trip. we got a special picture taken of the three of us to give to daddy on father's day. i hope he likes it!
there were several severe thunderstorms in our area today. wilson especially was afraid of the thunder (along with jessica, too!)
now, we are just waiting for quiet time to set in…