Christmas 2007

Maligayang Pasko! That's Merry Christmas in tagalog. Kacia and Anakai are 2 and a half years old now and they're really starting to become verbal, most certainly vocal. They do 'speak' to each other, lengthy conversations complete with big decisions made, or not - ensuing serious arguements and well, unfortunately sometimes hitting. Though not hard, more just enough to make a solid point; still evokes much sadness - especially from Anakai who has mastered the art of feigning woe-is-me sadness - sobbing into her hands and crying, 'hooo hooo hooooo...' Kacia will just throw herself down and cry into the floor. Lovely. Rocco and Xenia managed to catch it, see pics below!

On a lighter note, lately Anakai's favorite phrase is (gasp) "OH noo!" (gasp) "Oh NOOO!" a few times in a row, each slightly more dramatic, followed finally by "..what are we going to do???"

While Kacia blurts, "Oh shh**!" (I wonder where they got that from?!:)

I think Kacia told her first joke: we were all at breakfast. I took a banana and peeled it, breaking it half and distributing accordingly, as usual. When I handed Kacia hers, she took it and said,

"Appa! Appa! Appa!"

Quizzically I looked at her shaking my head and said,

"Thats NOT an apple."

Filled with mischievous glee she said firmly,

"Na-naahh!!"

(That's right Kacia-roo... what does silly mama know?)

They love holding hands and playing Ring Around The Rosy and London Bridge, they love the 'fall down' bit, in both songs. Upon waking they'll sing rounds Itsy Bitsy Spider, Baby Beluga, and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to themselves. And now they play Piggies (The five at the end of each foot, thats 20 fat little piggies in this house!) with each other tickling themselves into an uncontrollable frenzy of giggles. They love books! Anakai loves to jump. She'll take you by the hand and lead you to the middle of the floor so you can both jump jump jump together. Anakai loves to tumble too. Kacia loves puzzles. Lots of puzzles, at one time. She also loves building things with her legos, one structure using as many pieces as possible. They eat snow. Too many cute things to write!! What lovely little people!

A happy, healthy, and prosperous 2008 to you all!!

Fall 2007

Here's some pics from september to december.

Perfect for mom and a single child! (Thanks Xenia Fay! Do they make a twins version? :)

Thanksgiving 2007

We made it!! The last couple of months flew right by us. Anakai and Kacia are even sweeter and cuter than ever. We have a gaggle (?) of wild turkeys that live in our backyard up in the woods. Seven of them. They come out of the woods and meander about our (and our neighbors) lawn from time to time. They are silly looking big birds, taller than car tires, and look ridiculous airborn. Much like a caste iron skillet with wings. Much more a land dweller than bird. Anyway, Wawa Beth and the twinkies watched out the window all seven wild turkeys cross the lawn, pecking away slowly at the grass.

"What are they eating?" Beth asked.
"What should we feed them?" She wondered.
Then she exclaimed, "Stuffing!!"
And continued, "This way, it will save time on thanksgiving..."

Here's some of the latest pics of us over this thanksgiving weekend, taken with a laptop cam. Hope yours was yummy!!

Labor Day Weekend 2007

We all went to Fire Island to close out an incredible summer and had a spectacular time! Our barefeet walked (chased!) on nothing else but boardwalk or beach while on island. The only complaint were the mosquitoes, but that did subside. It was reassuring to observe the twinkies developing respect for the mighty ocean. Watching them splash in the surf, play with the sand, just too cute!

We had fabulous weather and a great time with Ted, Martin, Emma, Madison, Grace, James, Taylor, and Janet. Below are a few little clips too.

I call this one "This Way and That Way"


...And she's off! Giggling Kacia beachbound. The raised boardwalks had no guard rails, and were often uneven, and maintained over a 3" drop into piney, thorny, beach dune underbrush (not to mention the ticks!) but they managed to never fall off!


Below is sleepy Anakai with her version of 'the spins' along with a favorite blanky and toyfriend, blue ugly doll.



Here is the major mode of transportation on island: the double wagon. Taylor (who is also a twin :) with Anakai in tow. Curious Kacia leading, of course.


What does Kacia have to do to catch a wave around Anakai?


We met a lot of new people, thoroughly enjoyed ourselves, and watched the twinkies grow just a bit more. Thanks Ted, for dragging us all out to the beachhouse!