Raz Holding Zina in MOTO shirts

Serious excitement in the household! Raz loves his sister and was very happy to hold her for a bit this evening. Milda and I went out to the movies ;-)

The matching shirts are from Veronika's old Montessori school - Mary of the Oaks - thanks Veronika!

Raz Tall Tower

Raz has gotten really good at building tall towers with his castle blocks! He loves building this sort of thing and is even OK with the blocks falling down - he just startes over.

Raz Castle Tower

Raz made a pretty cool tower here - this one is the elaborate tower and the next one is the tall tower and he did both by himself!

Zina Swinging

Zina in her throne of lights... well, we haven't put in batteries yet but she loves the swing!

Raz Holding Zina

This is the first time Raz held Zina in his lap. He was very excited and is a very happy big brother.

 

Nicole's Birthday Party

Here's a little gallery of pictures from Nicole's birthday party. As usual Raz-centric, but some fun pics nonetheless! I've also posted a video here!

Teamwork and Puzzle

Well, Raz and I finished the puzzle and he did a great job! He enjoyed the puzzle, though I think this was still a bit too hard for him. I had to select most of the pieces(though he did select and fit a number himself). It's pretty cool to watch how his mind works at this point - he was able to fit the pieces correctly, but he had trouble meshing the image together correctly at a micro level. He could tell that a part was from Spiderman's body, but not where it belonged. A very good time though.

 

Pepe Le Pyu Eat Your Heart Out

We've received a number of very sweet and somewhat ironic baby gifts for Zina, I suppose a commentary on how well our friends know us or how disturbed they all are. We have t-shirts that say: "I don't floss", "Dingo Snack", "I Party Naked", and the shown onesy featuring a skunk. :-)

Thanks to everyone - we love them all!

 

Hess Truck

Our friends Dave and Jen sent a very sweet gift package over last week which included a fantastic Hess truck and plane for Erazmas. He really enjoys them and has been driving and flying all over the house for the past week. Thanks Dave and Jen!

 

Blue Eyes

We understand that a baby's eye color isn't actually final for about 6 months and that it can continue to change for about a year. Zina's a still very blue! She started smiling a lot in the last week or so, but the smiles are fleeting and we haven't captured one on film yet. Very sweet though.

 

Swinging Together

Raz and Zina spending some quality time together on her swing. She really enjoys swinging and Raz really enjoys pushing her.

 

Halloween Dinner

Here we all are out to dinner at our favorite local pizza place. Luckily it was a nice evening so we were able to sit outside and enjoy the autumn weather.


 

Dinosaur Room Halloween

Here is a slideshow from the Dinosaur Room Halloween pageant! It was awesome. And here's a short video clip of the "Scary Walk" - ity's Erazmas centric - but this is my blog...

Trick or Treat

Here's the trick or treat outfit from Elena and Jeff (thanks guys). Great Halloween this year and Raz had a Halloween pre-school show that was awesome!


 

Halloween Pictures

Here are some pictures from Halloween! This was the daytime ensemble - there is a separate outfit for trick or treating!


 

Baby Zina - Week 3

Zina here enjoying her mirror and caught thinking about food!