DC!

At the WWII Memorial on the Mall.

DC Trip

About to post a few photos from our long weekend in Washington DC.  Koen was so cute he kept saying Washington, DC when we asked him where we were going on the airplane with the accent on the D C!  It reminded me of this summer when he would say P-TOWN emphatically.  Hopefully this downloading will work.

Fall Weekend photos

A day at the Dedham Pumpkin Festival with the kids, and a day at Drumlin Farm in Lincoln.

Time flies by...

I have been meaning to blog for forever, but something always comes up, like sleep!  There are so many stories that need updating.  Koen is counting to 7 and sometimes to 10.  That seems so amazing and advanced to me, but what do I know...  He has been speaking in 3 to 4 word sentences for the last couple of weeks - i.e.  "Where papa go?"  "Mama lay down now".  He is putting more and more words together every day.  Tessa started to say Mama last week and she can copy us when we say Tess Tess.  I have tried to get her to say Koen, but she 's not there yet.  

One development that has been extremely frustrating is Koen's disinterest in getting his picture taken.  Posed pictures are no longer an option.  I know that it is totally normal at his age to be independent and not be told where to be or what to do, but come on!  Work with me!!!  As a result, I have struggled to get good photos of him actually looking at the camera and smiling.

  We have have been on quite a few outdoor adventures lately and I can count on a few fingers the numbers of pictures that I would qualify as acceptable.  I will keep working on it.

Way overdue

Some photos from Tessa's Finalization on 9/16/08...  Tessa and Kristine in pink.  The four of us with Judge Cohen and our attny Joyce Kauffman.  The four of us (before Koen's haircut).  :-)