Friday, August 29, 2008

Tessa at the Common


Tessa watching the passers-by.

Koen at the Boston Common


Koen was dying to jump in the pond at the Common, but his Mom's wouldn't let him.

Miss Tessa practicing her clapping.

talk, talk, talk

It is AMAZING how much Koen is talking now. Lisa was very disciplined about making sure Koen "used his words" instead of grunting and whining, and he has really done well. He's like a parrot copying everything we say. I have to really watch my language now, because we might just hear something unexpected out of his mouth! It was pretty funny the other day, because we were saying look at the butterfly, and he copied us, as usual, except he said butfly. It was pretty funny!! He can say strawberry, Spencer (Nana's dog), and of course, Tessie Tess. He has no fear of just repeating everything we say.

Tessa is babbling alot, and she just recently started clapping. Lisa recorded it on her cell phone video and sent it to me, but I don't know how to download it. Arggh!! If you ask Tessa what does a cow say, she will reply "MOO". She just turned 9 months and it is TOOO cute. As far as crawling is concerned, she is almost there. She gets up on all fours, and moves around but I wouldn't call it crawling yet. She'll probably be crawling in another month or so.

The four of us went to the Boston Common last Sunday night to walk around and give Koen a little exercize and fun. It was an incredibly beautiful night and we all had a blast. I plan to post a few of the photos shortly.

Lisa and the kids are at the cape now, and I am headed down at the crack of dawn tomorrow. It should be another beautiful weekend.

We can't believe Koen and Tessa's cousin's Miles and Christian started school on Thursday!!! They are such big boys in kindergarten now. We will blick our eyes and Koen and Tessa will be there next.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008

the last few...



Koen and Tessa with Lisa's Dad Mario also known as Papa (accent on the second pa - according to Koen) and one of all the cousins (Koen, Anna, Melissa, Anthony, Clara, John, and Tessa)!!

A few more...




Our friend Michele took these pictures of Koen and Tessa at a recent pool party at Lori & Jim's house.

How they've changed...

A morning at Houghton's Pond with the kids...