Words from the kids

Koen's mastery of the English language it pretty amazing.  He knows about 70 words including bulldozer, motorcycle, police car, tow truck, strawberry, the list goes on and on because he copies everything we say.  Tessa is now getting in on the act and she can say "Uh oh", Duck, Moo, and dada.  We encourage her to say mama but she is not there yet.

We now ask ask Koen "Are you ready for night, night?" and he replies "No".  We ask "Are you sure?" and he says "YES".  He is really able to communicate quite well now.  

Although Tessa is not crawling on all fours yet, she gets around the house by slithering around on the floor like an army soldier in the fox hole.  She got from the living room to the office all by herself tonight!

Tomorrow we are going to Houghton's Pond for our first "meet-up" play date with 6 other families like ours.  This should be fun for the kids to run around together.  Hopefully we all get along and plan other dates soon.

I got the call!!

Our lawyer, Joyce Kauffman, called today to say we finally have our court date to finalize my adoption of Tessa!!!  Guess what day it is scheduled for...  My birthday, September 16th!  Do you think they planned it that way?  Couldn't think of a better day to legalize my parental relationship with little miss Tessa!  Great day to have a party!!!   Cross your fingers all goes well.

Koen!

Koen's favorite part of the night was running away from Mom!!

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.