Tuesday, November 29, 2011

random stuff....


toto, i don't think we are in kansas anymore! it is late november and lulu in not bundled up in winter wear or wearing a fall coat. nope. lulu is in her swim suit at the beach!

lulu is also getting much better on her scooter. i need to get a video of her riding it. but for now, here is a photo:


and yes, after all the playing and playing that she does, she sometimes passes out - because lulu is either 'on' or 'off'. there is no in-between.

now that we are back in california lulu gets to see her cousins more often. below, lulu and carmen jump off a log on a cliff overlooking the ocean. while on this hike, we saw dolphins. lots and lots of dolphins!




below: dolphins!



it is great that lulu's cousins came to visit us. they played in her bedroom...they had some kind of a tea party and in general made a huge mess....


and carmen spent the night. the next day they wanted to 'eat breakfast in a tree'. so, we walked them to the local park (shoreline park is a 2 minute walk from the house) and the girls ate in the tree.....


below is a photo of lulu and irene rollerskating!!! how cool is that.... we were in santa cruz one rainy day and this was the best way to spend an afternoon.....super fun stuff. and lulu did great. at first she had the wheels on the skates very tight (so that she could practically walk in them) and as the afternoon progressed we had them loosened. can't wait to do it again!


Wednesday, November 23, 2011

bed buddies

nights have been rough lately. lulu doesn't want to go to sleep and she doesn't want to sleep alone. she often asks her dad (she has been calling him 'papi' lately. does she think she puerto rican?) to sleep on the floor in her room. thankfully, he always declines. she asks for more milk, and then water, and then an ice cube for her water, and then she needs her covers fixed, and then she wants to listen to music, and then she wants some books next to her bed and then as we leave the room she cries 'wait a minute! i've got to tell you something'. she looks around the room....looking for something to tell us, for something she needs...but by now the shelves are empty.

this morning, we found lulu with her head resting on her coloring book. but that is not all....check out the photo below to whom else was in her bed:



Tuesday, November 22, 2011

yes, we all know she is brilliant. but here is some additional proof.



at dinner, we use glass rocks to count bites. we have a bag full of little round glass rocks but every now and then a 'funny' shaped rock emerges. last night lulu fished through the bag and pulled out rocks that looked like letters. she identified the letters, flipped them upside down and identified the next letter she saw (upside 'L' is a 'J' and upside down 'u' is an 'n') and then she spelled her name.

later that evening she asked her dad to spell 'irene' and 'alex' and made signs for us to hang over our bed.....

Sunday, November 20, 2011

song bird

misc pics


above, lulu brightens up a rainy day.....
below, lulu enjoys her breakfast sitting in a tree....



below demonstrates how she 'sits' in a fallen chair....


lulu's cousin's. (scott is the tall one)

dancing and more dancing

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

some misc. photos....

lulu loves to get her face painted.....below, just another sunday:



lulu also loves to wear her princess outfit....


but this is the costume on halloween....


and this, well it's just our giant new tree....thanks roger! (i had to trim one pron to get it to look like it wasn't overpowering the room. i used a saw.)

lulu digs this....

lulu in sand....




what can i say? the kid likes to be buried in the sand.

lulu taps.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

crazy dancer

baking biscuits with her nana


halloweeeeen!

below is the sea weed monster head i made:


and the beautiful princess: