Monday, January 24, 2011

Bus to Habitot (Dec 2010)

Pictures from Dec 10 - on one of our Friday bus rides to Habitot.

Nona's Plants

We're taking good care of Nona's plants while she's away...

Saturday, January 22, 2011

what's your Double Day?

After having so much fun with the girls this summer celebrating "Double Day" when Molly was exactly twice Clara's age, we thought it would be fun to make a little web tool for anyone to calculate their own Double Days. It's at www.tuchus.net/doubleday if you want to check it out.

Today! (Molly's version)

And here's Molly's perspective on the trip to the park. She took her usual shots of the ground, and in motion, but she also decided we'd all like pictures of the backs of our heads - because we don't usually get to see them! She also had trouble getting Clara to stand still for a portrait. :) (and yes, I know Clara has a runny nose).

Today!

The weather this week has been ridiculously amazing. Every day brings sunshine, warm (but not hot) temperatures, and warmer evenings than we're used to. Plus the sun is setting later and it's generally been beautiful out. Here's pictures from our afternoon adventure today: a walk to the library, reading outside the library, playing at the park, and running into kindergarten classmates at the park!

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Happy New Year!

Okay, so it's a little belated, but Happy 2011! We had a series of wonderful visits over the holidays: down in CV with the Franklin side, and up here with the "Zabardi" side (or is that "Gabander"?).

The new year has been a little rough: Opa went into the hospital (but should be out soon!), and Clara, Molly, and I have been fighting off stomach viruses, coughs, sore throats, and what nots. But we all seem to be on the verge of getting totally better and we're optimistic about the rest of the year!

So here's to a healthy, happy, rest of 2011!

Saturday, January 15, 2011

respect

Today we had lunch in the park, but Clara was getting exhausted and Sofi picked her up to take her home. Clara started screaming and kicking and protesting and was generally tired and out of it. I said "Clara, I have a deal, if you are respectful with Mama I will give you some yogurt before you go." That got her to stop kicking. Then to be a lecturing parent I added "Is there anytime when it's OK to be disrespectful to your parents?" Without skipping a beat, she stopped crying and said "When you're lost in a store."