Attacking Grandma

Now that Grandma is back for a visit this week, Sofia and Daniel compete for her attention. This is how they greeted her this morning!

Weekend Activities

Sofia and Daniel now have their snacks, and sometimes read their books too, at their new toddler table. Here they are on Sunday morning "reading".




On Sat night, Mommy and Daddy went to an event to benefit Star Inc., the provider of birth-to-three/early intervention services for Sofia and Daniel. It was a rare night out!

Every little step!

Big milestone for Sofia - Yesterday while playing with Daddy, Sofia pulled herself up. Then Daddy was able to sneak away and Sofia took a step towards him! This is a big milestone for her. We hope she gets much more comfortable standing on her own and taking steps so that she will soon be walking!

Haircut

Daniel went with Mommy to have a big boy haircut. He was really good and didn't fuss at all until we came home to give him a bath afterwards.

Here he is showing off his new cut!

Daniel rides a tiger!

This past weekend the kids were at a fun little party hosted by the founder of their special pre-school. Both kids especially loved the guitar player (of course), riding down a hill on little scooters, and running around on the grass. They even got to play in a bouncy castle with Mommy and Daddy.

Here's Daniel going for a ride on a tiger... well ok a mechanical tiger.

Words

Daniel's speech therapy seems to really be helping him. Here are the words he is now likely to use:
more (mo)
moon (also mo)
go
car
bye
hi
mine
baa (for sheep)
moo (for cow)
kitty (more like ditty)
no
dada

What happened to the warm weather?

It seems like we went from air conditioning directly to heat this year (AGAIN!) as this week we've struggled to get out of the 50s. Everyone here is bundling up, so here is Daniel modeling some of his new cold weather clothes. Well at least they are new to him, they are mostly hand-me-downs!

Both kids appear to be mostly over their colds but still have some runny noses. Daniel also had a rough night last night and we're not sure if it is cold related or something else.

Rainy Day Fun

Sofia and Daniel were stuck inside this morning so Mommy whipped up some homemade play-dough for them. Daniel had fun but Sofia wasn't too sure about this new substance.

Both kids came down with colds this week and Sofia's seems to be lingering. They are happy and playful despite runny noses.