Some family pictures for Mother’s Day.
Curie April 2016
So perhaps it is because May the Fourth is around the corner but most likely it is a coincidence, but Albert showed parts of Star Wars: The Force Awakens to Curie (and Elia) this month. We started with Rey and Finn in the Millennium Falcon with Albert holding Curie as he does playing rocketship and mimicked the movements on the screen. She, of course, loved it; but here is the thing, she loved it even more because the main character was a girl, and strong, and in charge, and as parents, we loved that even more. Continue reading “Curie April 2016”
Weekend at Lake Ackotink and the Zoo
Sadly Albert lost the Zoo photos, we will post if we find them. We also had Yemmeni food for the first time, it was delicious, the kids loved it.
We found the pictures! Woo hoo!
Elia April 2016
Our little girl keeps growing up but is no less cute. So the kids are doing well with the move. Curie has mentioned the old house once, but Elia doesn’t really remember it, or if she does, doesn’t know how to talk about it. In the new house Elia’s favorite thing may have to be the garage; the garage is magical to her particularly because of the automatic garage door opener. She insists on going through it and pressing the button every time we come home. This often means that Albert let’s Curie in the front door and then goes back out to open the garage door for Elia. Continue reading “Elia April 2016”
Elia with iPad
New House
After four years memory filled years, we bid goodbye to the house we lived in when our children were born, packed up our belongings, and made our way to this new place to call home.
A further commute, and a bit more in disrepair: but the school is better, and the night sky less polluted by electric light, gives way to the vastness of stars.
And with a few suitcases and bags of bedding, we wait for the movers to come tomorrow. The children remind us with running, jumping, squeals of laughter in the empty rooms, that it is this that makes this place our home.
Curie March 2016
As we begin our move, we are working with the kids about the change and there have been a few reactions that have been emotional for us. After all, this is the house that the girls were born in. Now we are not selling the house, on the contrary, we are renting it out, but we will be in our new house, a rental so that Curie and Elia can have a better education than the school near our old house.
At first Curie didn’t like the idea of moving. Inside Out didn’t help matters, though a Sesame Street app did make it easier to talk about it. Albert spilled the beans before Erin could prepare Curie (Elia is going with the flow). It wasn’t until she found pink curtains in the house that we ended up with that she started liking the concept. Continue reading “Curie March 2016”
An Extra One I Sent My Mother
Elia March 2016
The other day, we were at Target in the toy section, and Elia pointed out the large First Order Stormtrooper; she loves to push the button and make him say things. Well this time, she pushed the button and it didn’t say anything, Albert pushed the button, it didn’t say anything. They pushed all the buttons on all the Stormtroopers, and they didn’t say anything. Elia looked up at Albert and knowingly said, “batteries.”
He knows it is foolish, but ever since Albert went back to work, the kids seem to have grown faster, Elia especially, but Curie too. Not only did she know the word “batteries,” but knew that when a toy didn’t work, Continue reading “Elia March 2016”
Elsa goes potty
