Stinky and Snow White

Figment

Me: Maggie, are you for real?
Maggie: No, I'm pretend!

Zofia's Opera

Huge!

Roger: Zofia, that bite (of oatmeal) is ginormous!
Z: No, Daddy. This bite is big. It's not ginormous, like your head.

Pooped

This is Zofia & Maggie getting charged up for a sleepover at Grandma and Grandpa's house (who moved here about a month ago for those who may not know yet), yipee!!

The first of a billion times

Last week at the Whole Foods pizza counter:
Zofia: Hi, I'm Zofia!
Pizza Guy: Hi, Sofia!
Z: No, not Sofia, ZOFIA! Z-O-F-I-A!

coupla cute things

At PeiWei (Chinese resaurant) a couple of weeks ago we were all eating edamame and after a while Maggie said, "No, not eating edaMommy, eating edaMaggie!" 1st joke, people! At 17 months old!

A few days ago in the car Zofia said, "Look mommy they are driving in their sports car. They must be going to go play sports cause they have their sports bras."

Today in the car, Zofia was comparing two little twin girls in her dance class with a little girl in her class at school (they all have a similarly dark skin tone). I said that isn't it nice how people are all different and have different color hair and eyes and skin, and Zofia said that it was good because if people looked all alike, we wouldn't know who anyone was! Exactly!

2, count 'em, 2 new videos!

The Cutest thing

Poland video!

I made this vid private, so if you can't see it, and want to, let me know...

Check my sister's blog!

I mean it. Go now!

A funny thing

So, not much time to blog. Maggi (sister) and I are just here in Warszawa for a few hours to see the doctor and so I will tell y'all a quick funny while I am uploading photos onto Flickr (click on the link to the right and choose 2007-07 to see the gigantic quantity of photos we have been taking).
Maggi was hanging out in the kitchen with Maggie and Zofia and they were talking about things they want. At one point Maggi said, "I want to go to a deserted island with Zofia". A few minutes later, Zofia asked Maggi, "when are we going to have dessert in Ireland?"
XOXO

Where does the time go?

So....holy cow, it's been a while since I put anything new in here (fill in your favorite excuse here). I just uploaded a whole truckload of new photos to Flickr over there -------------------------------------->
Also, here is Zofia's third year video. Enjoy! In case any of you didn't know, the three girls are leaving for Poland on Tuesday. Daddy will join us toward the end of the month, and we will all return on July 31st. See you when we get back.

Reality Check

in the car on the way to school listening to a song... "Do you know the muffin man?"
Roger: Zofia, do you know the muffin man?
Z: It's only a song, daddy!

Flip-flop

So, you may have heard that Yahoo! Photos is shutting down later this summer. They will be transferring any photos to another photo site of my choosing, which I guess will be Flickr since I already have an account there. I decided to save myself a step and go ahead and start using Flickr again now. So, I have added a link to the Flickr site up there on the right. It now has all of the May photos on it, of which there are an inordinate amount. I've been going a bit nutty with the camera lately. Enjoy!

Finance 101

Zofia was whining about something yesterday...
Z: But I waaaaaant it. Mommy, I waaaaaaannnnnttttt it.
Me: Well, Zofia, I want a million dollars.
Z (after a long pause): Well, Mommy, that's a lot of money.

Consider yourself at home

Meet Oliver, who within 5 minutes of arriving in our kitchen had found the doggy bed, and put it to good use.

Stuff and Cuteness

Ok, first the stuff... These photos are for my sister, who was somewhat incredulous when I told her that some of the plants in my garden are dying from too much water. I suppose it is a bit hard to believe given the fact that the majority of plants that do die in my custody do so from lack of water rather than overabundance. Also, it seems that she found it hard to conceive of rain that came down so hard, so fast, that the ground is unable to absorb it in the 24-48 hours before the next storm. So, proof:



These pix were taken about an hour after a rain storm. Before the storm, the ground was damp, but not totally wet.






























And now, the cutenes:

Oh the cuteness is killing me!

Tonight the girls and I went to dinner with some friends at Chik-fil-a. They have a kids eat free deal on Tuesdays, with people making balloon animals and all kinds of chaos. First of all, never again. Way too many kids hopped up on high fructose corn syrup for my taste.
The girls had a whopping good time, however, despite the fact that they were only hopped up on milk and adrenaline. One of the attractions is a gigantic cow. That is, a man in a gigantic cow suit. Zofia was so excited about "Mr. Cow". She yelled "Mr. Cow, Mr. Cow!!!" every time he passed by our table, high-fived him and waved til her arms fell off. At one point after she had eaten all her chicken and we got her some more, Mr. Cow passes by and she yelled ecstatically, "Mr. Cow, Mr. Cow, I'm eating chicken!"
Here is a video from the last couple of weeks. You want cuteness? You can't handle the cuteness!

Our Girls

Maggie...


Zofia...