Sunday, November 13, 2011

Some firsts around here

Maggie turned 6 months and had her first rice cereal. A little confused at first but then pleasantly surprised!



She wanted to hold the spoon too. Since then she has tried 2 new veggies. Luke is keeping up with how many  days it has been since the last new food. He's anxious for her to try more things. 

Luke had his first "prasnik" - holiday - at school. This one was to celebrate fall. We were pleasantly surprised that he knew the words and motions to the songs.

Olivia's 1st ponytail! Ok, not the greatest picture but she is very happy that she has something like a ponytail and wants to show it off. She says "I'm a Mommy now!" She's almost 3 1/2 and just now able to do this. But when I take it down, wowsers, talk about some poofy hair. I feel for her! I know the woes of poofy hair as a kid. As my sister said, there are so many more products available now! :)

The 1st snow of the season on November 8. YES, November. The kids were thrilled. Thankfully it has already melted.

Little miss can sit up now!! She does fall sometimes...but for the most part she is sturdy. I realized after I took this picture that she has on 2 shirts , tights, a big cloth diaper and pants. So her tummy is really sticking out . But anyway, she is a healthy girl!

First "baby movie" as Olivia calls them....since she could sit up I let her watch a few minutes. She was enamored! I wish I had this kind of posture!
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Thursday, November 03, 2011

Halloween

Halloween is neither a holiday here nor a big deal to me. But, it's a fun time to celebrate fall and dress-up. An American friend here invited the American kids to come over to her house and trick-or-treat and even had a few games to play.


We had a hard time finding a round orange pumpkin, but it didn't matter to Luke. He drew on the pumpkin how he wanted to cut it and Forrest did the cutting. Olivia was just the moral support.

We happened to have a Tinkerbell costume that fit Maggie (I remembered this at the last minute). She's learning how to sit up but is a bit wobbly.

Snow White and Tinkerbell (Olivia insisted on being a ballerina but I convinved her to dress-up with Mags)




The day after Halloween I saw all these "perfect" pictures of my friends' kids in costumes on facebook. Well, this is
real life for us!


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