Our Monday

Nice hair, man.

It is already December around here. Is it December yet where you are?

We are going to try to hunker down and cozy in and enjoy a nice December, Christmas and New Years in our new home while trying to start some new holiday traditions. Now that we have a fireplace, we can have romantic and cozy fires in the mornings with breakfast and in the evenings with dinner and while reading Christmas stories and while we decorate the tree and such. It will be great to have stockings and to roast chestnuts on an open fire. Ahhh.

Andi even bought me a gliding rocker that sits right in front of the fireplace so I can rock little nursing babies and sooth grumpy toddlers.

Vinny update: Language is in full swing. He says the following -
what is that
who is that
water please mommy
vinny do it
vinny brush teeth
milk for mommy
vinny no go outside
its cold outside
fireplace is there (firepace iss derr)
and...Hey dude

He can identify the letters W, O, N, M, S, T. He counts to 10 in English, Slovene and German. This one blew my mind...he just started counting in German one day. Huh? He is super goofy and flips and flops and jumps and bounces and spins all morning before Kindergarten and at home in the evening...especially during Skyping (as some of you may know).

Elsie Update:  Little girl celebrated her 6 month birthday last week and she got a new plush pull toy that plays a lovely lullibay and she seems to love it. She is getting super happy about life. Her gums seem to not hurt as much and she is smiling like a crazy girl. She giggles easily when her neck is tickled. She is moving all over the place, but not exactly crawling. She just pulls and rocks her way around to get where she wants to go. She started on solid foods on the day before her 6 month birthday. She started on carrots (not her favorite) and moved on to pears (a bit better than carrots) and is now on to pumpkin (again not a favorite). She is very interested in our food and what we are doing, but she is not entirely on board with the flavor and texture of baby food. She loves when I sing to her, and loves when I dance around with Vin. She smiles great big grins of love for her brother, even as he is about to crash down upon her delicate little skull with a tractor as he tries to get her to play cars with him.

Our day:

On our way to music class

Peek-A-Boo on the train

Elsie enjoying music class

Bathtime