July 3, 2009
Little Fish Little Fish
Magda has really taken off when it comes to swimming in recent weeks. Starting last Saturday at a friend's birthday party, she's finally taken to putting her face in the water to swim in a more horizontal position. When we go swimming at our neighborhood pool she is swimming with more and more confidence on her own. It's mucho fun to see her enjoy herself so thoroughly in the pool. Hopefully I'll have pictures soon - she's especially cute in her new pick swim cap and pink goggles.
May 31, 2009
Weehawken Revisited
I know it sounds sexier to say we went to NYC but the truth is we stayed in Weehawken at my sister's place and though we did make it to the city every day, we never managed to leave Weehawken before 1pm. All in all we had a great trip and I'm looking forward to taking my girls back there sometime next year. I did take some pictures, but I probably won't get around to posting them any time soon. I'll let you know when I do.
We arrived on Wednesday after catching a flight from Austin at 6 am - that SIX O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING - which of course means we had to get up, dress, and be heading toward the airport by 4:45 AM. Aside from my staying up until 2am to get everything ready to go, the travel went extremely well. At the Newark airport, we hired a car to take us to Weehawken and were at Meredith's by 12:30pm or so. We chilled at the apartment, then went into the city at 5pm. Magda fell asleep on my lap in the Lincoln tunnel (big surprise) and was thrilled to get to ride in the stroller for the rest of the evening.
Thursday was Magda's first Broadway musical. We all went into the city together for dinner at Cafe Un Deux Trois. Afterwards, Mom took Simone home and Meredith, Magda, and I went to see The Little Mermaid which she loved. She was a little perturbed when I didn't get her the $40 Ariel barbie doll, but she ended up being quite pleased with her new dinglehopper. After the show we got autographs on her playbill from some of the cast. We diddled in the theatre too long to get Ariel's, Eric's, Triton's, or Ursula's. But we did get Flounder, a couple of sailors, the chef, and a couple of the sisters. Magda was particularly taken with the young boy who played Flounder.
Friday was Simone's first trip on the subway and the grandmama of all girlie shops: The American Girl Store. Three stories of American Girl dolls including matching outfits, fun accessories like horses, picnic tables, and bubble baths, a pierced ears kit, a doll hair salon, and a doll hospital, Just Like Me dolls, Historical dolls, Bitty Babies, and a cafe. After Magda picked out her baby, Cupcake or Flower Power (depending on what she's wearing), we had afternoon tea in the cafe which was too over the top girlie for words. The cafe provided little booster seats that attached to the table for the dolls as well as a little tea cup for her. The food was pretty good, though it put Magda on a sugar high that led to a spectacular crash on the way home.
Saturday we went to Central Park, did a carriage ride with John (our driver) and his horse, Bingo, in their canary yellow carriage. Then we hit the zoo where we saw a feeding of the sea lions. Meredith and Magda also had a great time petting and feeding the animals at the children's zoo. Saturday night, Meredith was left in charge of the children and Mom and I got to see Next to Normal with a late night dinner after the show at Joe Allen. The show was really very good but not really what Mom or I were in the mood for. The food at Joe Allens was great. I can see why Mom like's to make it a point to eat there every time she visits the city.
And now it's Sunday and we're back home for one night before going up to Wichita Falls for Roger Einhaus's funeral (more on that exceptional man in a future blog).
May 23, 2009
February 10, 2009
Mamamamamama
I'm fairly certain it's only baby babble, but Simone is saying "Mama". Well, she actually says, "mamamamamamama", but she is always really pleased when I respond to this particular babble.
She'll be six months old on Sunday. I'm looking forward to starting solids and beginning baby sign. I wonder where I put that signing book? My life/home is such a mess...but that's the topic of different entry. Right now, I have to go clean house for the maids.
February 6, 2009
Updated iPhoto with ILife
Stepan updated my iPhoto so now it has this facial recognition ability. If you id somebody in one photo it will search your library to id that same person. I like that when it looked for photos of Magda it also pulled up lots of photos of Simone and my mom. When it looked for photos of Kayleigh it pulled up photos of Jonathan and Cynthia. Pretty cool!
