Before I get to our playground pictures, I just want to share with you yet another sleeping baby picture. It’s been a tough sleeping week (month, year), but I’m having a harder time than usual with their sleep shenanigans because Justin is out of town. I don’t have anyone to come relieve me if it’s [...]
Archive for September, 2009
Pushing on the swings
Posted in Video included on September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Another baby!
Posted in Uncategorized on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yes, that’s right! Claire and Ronin are getting a new baby brother or sister next May. We are so excited! The twins don’t completely understand it yet, but Claire has been patting my belly and saying “Baby” and also suggested the name Kai-Lan.
Ronin has been saying another Mandarin word. When I ask him if he [...]
Party at the Little Farm
Posted in Video included on September 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We went to the Little Farm in Berkeley last weekend, knowing that we were getting there near closing time but desperate to do something fun with the babies AND get rid of our excess accidentally-bought celery. Much to our surprise, they were having a big party there, with live music and booths. My mom made [...]
“R ~ Ronin”
Posted in Uncategorized on September 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ronin has been increasingly paying attention to letters. Every time he sees an R he points to it and says “R, Ronin.” He noticed B-O-Y spelled out on blocks the other day and said each letter, and when I told him that B-O-Y spells “Boy” he was fascinated. Since then he has been pointing to [...]
Costumes and painting
Posted in Uncategorized on September 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We have been adding to the collection of dress-up clothes. We now have a Blue’s Clues and a Tinkerbell costume.
We are expecting a long heatwave starting tomorrow, but even yesterday it was quite warm. I stripped the twins down to their diapers and they painted for a while, and then we all took a cool [...]
Sleeping arrangements
Posted in Uncategorized on September 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
After more than two years of sleeping with us, the twins are now sleeping in their own room. I thought it would be really difficult, but they have actually been sleeping quite well during the night. Except for two incidents of Claire falling off the foot of the bed (she rolls around a lot), it’s [...]
I heard you talking in your sleep
Posted in Uncategorized on September 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Claire has been talking in her sleep lately. A few nights ago, she said “No no no no NO NO no no NO!” and then the next night she said “Yes yes yeah yes YES yeah yes!” Last night she chuckled for a while. I wish I knew what her baby dreams were about.
I love [...]
“Xie xie, Mommy”
Posted in Uncategorized on September 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday when I put Claire’s dinner in front of her, she said “Xie xie, Mommy,” which is “Thank you” in Mandarin. She can also say “Hello” in Mandarin. Ni Hao, Kai Lan is one of her favorite shows and apparently she’s picking up a little Chinese while she’s dancing along to the songs.
We are enjoying [...]
A collection of silly faces
Posted in Uncategorized on September 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What can I say? We had fun at the playground today.
Animal Zoo
Posted in Uncategorized on September 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Last weekend it was really hot. Justin and I tried out a local pool that offered drop-in swimming lessons for toddlers. It turned out to just be a free-for-all, with equipment available and instructors hanging out for informal advice. The main instructor told us the first time we should just get them used to the [...]
