Ok, maybe I'm biased...

a little, but we have to the two cutest, sweetest kids. Here they are at the children's museum of Atlanta at Taylor Docka's birthday party. You will recall the Dockas are our friends we met while we were in Italy. The girls had a blast at the museum, getting to try a bunch of things like milking a "cow", fishing, watching a play, eating pizza and cupcakes. It's amazing to sit back and watch their young minds at work.

I've already accepted that unless there is no another adult present, Laura wants nothing to do with me. I am sure this will change. When it's just the two of us she wants me to color with her, or read books to her. Unlike her sister, she has not taken to watching movies on mom's iPad. Her favorite app on her iPod is Tom the talking cat. Maybe it is because they both love milk.

Lynn commented at dinner tonight that Laura is truly bilingual as she uses both English and Spanish words when speaking, without realizing it. For example, "I want leche". But she knows that both milk and leche are the same thing. Maybe that's why Laura is so tall for her age, because of all the milk she drinks. Too bad she barely weighs 20 lbs. She will still be in a car seat when she is 13.

And there is no doubt that she is right handed as evident in one of these videos.





Claire continues on her own, without any pressure or prompting from us, to prepare for the first grade. She loves to write and spell. "How do you spell 'croutons'?". She's recently started to distinguish between upper and lower case letters. Tonight she wrote out the grocery list for us.

Claire's soccer season ended last Saturday. I am going to start working with her so that she gets in the midddle of things instead of watching from a distance. She says she wants to play again next season, so hopefully her cleats will still fit.

Halloween has come and gone and so has the candy. Grammy and Grampy minded the candy dish at home (there were a lot of candy wrappers lying around our front porch), while Lynn, Magen and I took the girls out. Fortunately, they have forgotten about the candy. Grammy and Grampy visited for a week on their annual mirgration southward to Florida. Knowing the value of having time with grandkids, Lynn and I made sure they had plenty of that. I think they were more tired when they were leaving, than when they arrived. Lynn and the kids are going to visit them in December before the Christmas break.

Well, I can't think of anything else that's happened, but I am sure Lynn will add to this posting or create her own after she reads this one. Hasta la proxima vez!