KK's First Year

Yay! I can't believe she's already one! Almost walking, almost talking, definitely charming everyone with whom she comes into contact. We love you KK!

Future piano prodigy? Maybe not.

Saturday afternoon

Maggie turns FIVE!

I really can't believe how fast the time has flown. Here is a recap of her year. Warning: it's a long one!

Coupla' Things

Went in to wake up the girls the other morning and asked, "Who's awake?"  Zofia answered, "I'm not all the way awake yet. I'm certainly not."

also, funny video from a couple of weeks ago

Comfy

Great Performances 2010

Still to come...the beautiful Christmas choir concert at the girls' school.  We ordered a DVD and I will post some of it when it arrives.
Hope everyone is having a great holiday season!

Karen ponders the properties of water

Karen Irene steals the scene!

Cuteness abounds

and also...

more on Flickr (link to the right).

Contest

The first person to correctly identify which baby is which, will win absolutely nothing!  Have fun playing!

Sealed

As promised, here are some photos from Karen's baptism and the party following.  A good time was had by all.

Da Zoo

I took the girls to the zoo yesterday, and a good time was had by all.  Post to come soon about our visit from Babcia & Dziadzio and KK's baptism, with lots of photos!

Ballet

Maggie got to go to her best friend Rose's ballet class today for "bring a friend day". She has been waiting for this day for almost a week and was very excited. Here are a couple of pix of her this morning with "ballerina hair".
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She enjoyed the class so much that we may have to sign her up!  Zofia gets a turn to go tomorrow at Grace's (Rose's sister) class.

Baby talk

Here is another video for Babcia & Dziadzio and maybe one or two other interested parties...

Auntie Kristin's Visit

On Wednesday one of my oldest friends, whom I've known since 6th grade, came to visit us. The girls absolutely adore her, as do I. When we went to pick them up from school on Friday, they ran right past me to jump into her arms, yelling, "Auntie Kristin!!!" Sadly, she left yesterday, but we hope to see her again soon. Here are some photos:

Video

This video will be utterly boring to the vast majority of you...for the small minority:

Interview without a vampire

I read a blog called Whoopee and in a recent post, the mommy (or mummy as she is British) who writes it posted a series of questions she asked her daughter. I've stolen the questions and here are Maggie and Zofia's answers. BTW, I did the interviews separately so they could not hear each others' answers.

1. What is something Mommy always says to you?
M: I love you.
Z: I feel like I'm talking to a wall.

2. What makes Mommy happy?
M: hugs
Z: me

3. What makes Mommy sad?
M: being mean
Z: when I'm being mean

4. How does your mommy make you laugh?
M: being silly
Z: say something funny

5. What did your mommy like to do when she was little?
M: I don't know
Z: I do not know that

6. How old is your mommy?
M: I don't know, 92?
Z: I know you're in your 30's.

7. How tall is your mommy?
M: taller than this


Z:I think probably 7 or 8 feet.

8. What is her favorite thing to watch on TV?
M: the news
Z: I'm guessing...the news?

9. What does your mommy do when you're not there?
M: work
Z: remembers that she's gonna see me again

10. What is your mommy really good at?
M: Can I take a guess?..and don't write it down. Watching TV?
Z: cooking

11. What is your mommy not very good at?
M: feeding the baby while you're eating
Z: fixing things is my guess

12. What does your mommy do for her job?
M: work
Z: count money at church

13. What is your mommy's favourite food?
M: dumplings
Z: my guess is maybe soup, like me

14. What makes you proud of your mommy?
M: everything good
Z: cooking; the same answer of what she's good at

15. If your mommy were a cartoon character, who would she be?
M: Pinky Dinky Doo
Z: maybe someone on a cooking show

16. What do you and your mommy do together?
M: do puzzles
Z: puzzles

17. How are you and your mommy the same?
M: nothing. wait, I know...We both have...I'll show you! (runs off) We both have these:


Z: we're both people

18. How are you and your mommy different?
M: I don't have sunglasses
Z: you're a grown-up, I'm a kid

19. How do you know your mommy loves you?
M: because you give me hugs
Z: 'cuz she says it every day

20. What does your mommy like most about your daddy?
M: that he tickles us
Z: he's her husband

21. Where is your mommy's favourite place to go?
M: the closest place to home
Z: church

22. What is one thing you wish you could change about your mommy?
M: making me have time outs
Z: she gets cranky sometimes

23. What would your mommy do with a million dollars?
M: pay
Z: the only answer I can get with that question is spend it

24. What do you wish you could go and do with your mommy?
M: Do everything I can't go and do with you
Z: cooking

25. What is one thing you hope never changes about your mommy?
M: you
Z: She loves me.
Mommy: That will never change Zof!
Z: And also I love you and that's never going to change!

A couple of recent photos

All my girls watching a bedtime story. OK, technically, two girls watching, one girl not so much.

KK, zonked out after a long day.

How to eat dinner and get baby to sleep at the same time

K.K. was super fussy during dinner and I had to keep patting her back or else she cried, so here was my solution.