Friday, February 18, 2011
We're two!
Today was the girls' second birthday party! Friends and family came together for a fun celebration and, of course, cake! Here are a few pictures. Unfortunately, our camera was not working so all we have is what Uncle Joey took.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Arts and crafts
Dearest Eliana,
One day I will tell you about how you used to bring me every single one of your crayons, of which there are a couple hundred I think, and insist that I 'open' them. I have no idea where you got the idea that the paper is supposed to come off the crayons entirely before you use them, but right now the floor is littered with paper bits and you spend more time peeling the paper off, or begging me to do it, than you actually spend coloring. But hey, if it makes you happy...
Love,
Ima
PS-Bracha, please stop drawing all over your chin with markers. Thank you.
One day I will tell you about how you used to bring me every single one of your crayons, of which there are a couple hundred I think, and insist that I 'open' them. I have no idea where you got the idea that the paper is supposed to come off the crayons entirely before you use them, but right now the floor is littered with paper bits and you spend more time peeling the paper off, or begging me to do it, than you actually spend coloring. But hey, if it makes you happy...
Love,
Ima
PS-Bracha, please stop drawing all over your chin with markers. Thank you.
It's all about the hat
These are pictures of the girls from last year wearing hats knitted for them by an incredibly kind, generous friend. Unfortunately, I am more of the sucky friend variety because I forgot to post this pictures and share my gratitude. So, better late than never, right??
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Wow am I behind!
I feel bad I haven't posted anything for so long. We've been so busy with life, I haven't been taking many pictures or videos. My sister-in-law has tons of pictures and movies of the girls which I would be happy to share with you all if she'd only send them to me (HINT HINT Esther!!).
In other news, two weeks ago my Uncle Mark died of pancreatic cancer. We took the girls to visit him back in September (the pictures were blogged). We were able to Skype with him the day he died and, while he was unable to see us, he was able to hear us, including the girls saying 'hi' and 'bye.'
Bracha and Eliana are growing beautifully. They're complete toddlers, well on their way into their "terrible twos" which is squared I guess since, well, there's two of them. Right now I think they're teething their final molars which is going to be a long, painful, and sleepless process. Ironically, it's happening at the same time as I am suffering pain and sleeplessness due to recently getting my wisdom teeth out.
Yesterday morning I called my mother to tell her someone traveled back in time by seventeen years, took my brother and deposited him, in the present, on my living-room floor. Eli looked JUST like a little Joey yesterday morning, laying on her back and smiling at me while I tickled her tummy.
Let's see, what can I say about them. They talk, a lot. Eliana will repeat anything you ask her to. She has words for everything that matters, like aba, ama (ima), sisser (sister), ahh doh (all done), and, of course, nooooooooo (she is two, after all...well, just about). Bracha talks less but loves saying aba (which to her means aba and saba and even ima, any any old man on the street but in those cases I'm pretty sure it's just a case of mistaken identity), upiya (upsidaisy), dirry (dirty), and aya, which is what she calls Eli. Both girls are great at saying hi, bye, savta, shoes, sock, and yah.
They're off milk. I know we were late at it but that God it'd finally done. They'll have the occasional shoko (chocolate milk) but no more milk bottles. They're welcome to drink milk from cups if they like but the don't want to. They still get water in a bottle at bed time because it really soothes them and with two I sometimes need to just give in to something if it shuts them up.
Oh, and I forgot another one of their favorites words: Elmo!
In other news, two weeks ago my Uncle Mark died of pancreatic cancer. We took the girls to visit him back in September (the pictures were blogged). We were able to Skype with him the day he died and, while he was unable to see us, he was able to hear us, including the girls saying 'hi' and 'bye.'
Bracha and Eliana are growing beautifully. They're complete toddlers, well on their way into their "terrible twos" which is squared I guess since, well, there's two of them. Right now I think they're teething their final molars which is going to be a long, painful, and sleepless process. Ironically, it's happening at the same time as I am suffering pain and sleeplessness due to recently getting my wisdom teeth out.
Yesterday morning I called my mother to tell her someone traveled back in time by seventeen years, took my brother and deposited him, in the present, on my living-room floor. Eli looked JUST like a little Joey yesterday morning, laying on her back and smiling at me while I tickled her tummy.
Let's see, what can I say about them. They talk, a lot. Eliana will repeat anything you ask her to. She has words for everything that matters, like aba, ama (ima), sisser (sister), ahh doh (all done), and, of course, nooooooooo (she is two, after all...well, just about). Bracha talks less but loves saying aba (which to her means aba and saba and even ima, any any old man on the street but in those cases I'm pretty sure it's just a case of mistaken identity), upiya (upsidaisy), dirry (dirty), and aya, which is what she calls Eli. Both girls are great at saying hi, bye, savta, shoes, sock, and yah.
They're off milk. I know we were late at it but that God it'd finally done. They'll have the occasional shoko (chocolate milk) but no more milk bottles. They're welcome to drink milk from cups if they like but the don't want to. They still get water in a bottle at bed time because it really soothes them and with two I sometimes need to just give in to something if it shuts them up.
Oh, and I forgot another one of their favorites words: Elmo!
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Cell phone pics 13
Well, that's all of them! There are some videos, too, which I will put up shortly. But meanwhile I hope you all have enjoyed catching up with these beautiful, albeit blurry, pictures of my girls. One last photo I found on my cellphone (I don't know how!) deserves an honorable mention so enjoy this one, too:
Cell phone pics 12
I know the quality sucks, and some of these are brand new and some rather old, but these are a bunch of pictures that have been lurking on my cell phone that I thought I'd share. Enjoy!
Cell phone pics 11
I know the quality sucks, and some of these are brand new and some rather old, but these are a bunch of pictures that have been lurking on my cell phone that I thought I'd share. Enjoy!
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