New Hampshire Vacation

One of Scott's friends offered his parents condo timeshare in NH, so off we went for 5 days in the White Mountains. It was a great vacation -- just enough to do with the kids that we weren't bored, but not so much that we didn't allow for some resting time. We hiked, biked, swam in the pool and all piled into a luxurious king size bed for hanging out and sleeping. Kiki even shucked her first corn cob. She had great fun draping Rowan with the "hair."

July things

Scott said to me, "Kiki's so smart. She said something very insightful right now...what was it.....?"

As he sits thinking, Kiki jumps into the silence and says: "I AM A BANANA!" (More existential than insightful, if you ask me.)

"No, no, no. That's not what she said. She said, 'I can't do it by myself. We need to cooperate.' "




"Cradle, cradle, cradle. I made it out of clay" (sung to Dreidle, dreidle, dreidle -- sp?)



Family bike trip in New Hampshire: the Before



The After...

Kiki expands her vocabulary

"No, he's not gay. He's Ro-Ro."
-Kiki, in response to Scott's comments about the "gay" Bond (Roger Moore).

Kiki has a new boyfriend

Kiki, Rowan and I spent the afternoon with my friend, Caroline, and her son, Liam. Last time we all got together, I tried to create a photo-op by saying, "why don't you guys hold hands?" They've been holding hands ever since. It's the cutest thing! Today's playdate had hugging and kissing. And hitting and pushing and kicking, but that's all part of the fun.

A goodbye kiss. Oh my.

Hanging around Brooklyn

In the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, an artist made a fantastical (is that a word?) structure out of branches. Darting in and out of each pod makes you feel like a bird entering and leaving the nest.

A morning at the Brooklyn Children's Museum-- I noticed they added a few new toys to the padded infant room. Now, Kiki and Rowan can ride together like Hop-along Cassidy and his sidekick. Of course, once they're older, I'm sure they'll fight about who's the hero and who's the sidekick. For now, they concentrated on not falling off the horse.

And at the end of the day, we gather at Halbi's house (grandfather) to NOT bathe, but instead, play bathtime while eating bagels in the middle of the kitchen.

Random pics

Hanging out in halabogi's (grandfather) bed, eating pretzels, watching cartoon on Sunday morning. Does it get any better?

At the mall, singing "Yes, we can!"

Kiki wanted to see what this "hat" would look like on Rowan. And Rowan seemed to like it.

This is what happens when a very kind, but not very skilled in photography security guard offers to take a picture with your phone...yes, that's his thumb.

I swear. She wanted to get in there. Cooper the dog, the original resident, wanted his bedroom back.

Her sentences are getting longer.

"That ladybug is red. It's NOT blue. It's NOT orange."
"Daddy, you stink. You should think about taking a shower."