Christmas Cookies

Tonight N made Christmas cookies with Mimi (Dan's mother).




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"It's fun to sleep by myself!"

We decided to go cold turkey last night, and get N. to start sleeping by herself (without her mother).  So we put an air mattress on the floor (for Carmen to use), and told N. she would be sleeping by herself.  This was all very exciting for her until, of course, it was actually time to sleep by herself.

To say that last night was a battle of wills is a gross understatement.  She screamed, and cried, and negotiated for a hours.  It was exhausting.

"I don't like my bed anymore!"
"I want YOU to sleep next to me!"
"I don't like Daddy"

Finally, at about 2am she gave up, pulled her covers over herself and went to sleep.

When she woke up this morning in her own bed and saw Carmen on the air mattress she cheerily said: "It's fun to sleep by myself!"

Cookies anyone?!

Tonight N and I baked cookies. We had fun!





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Christmas tree lightning New Haven

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You speak English!

N and I spent the two weeks before Thanksgiving in Puerto Rico visiting my family. Upon arriving to the airport N was very happy to see her Daddy. Once we got in the car and were all talking about the trip she said with much excitement "Mama, you speak English."



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Party time!!

We spent the afternoon at Graciela's 3rd birthday party. N had a great time. There were inflatables, piñata, toys, cake, rain and mud!


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Goggles

"These goggles will keep the play-doh out of my eyes"



I guess you can never be too safe.

(Dan)

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October?!

N seems to be interested on the days of the week. This morning on our way to school I told her that today is Monday. She seemed satisfied with the information I provided and kept talking.  Then I told her that it is also October. This really got her attention, she replied "October? What's October mama?"

Then we arrived to school... So much for October=}

Happy October to all!

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Timeout

Mr Polarbear had to go onto timeout today. He said "go away" and "I don't like you" to Natalia. After giving him a stern lecture, he was able to play with her again.







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"I love to go right here!"

In honor of the first snowflakes, we went out for ice cream.




It's always the "blue" ice cream with sprinkles. Good choice Natalia!

Dan


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Chinese Moon Festival

Last night we spent the evening with our friends the Liu's. We celebrated the moon festival with lots of food, moon cakes and play! N enjoyed playing with E and J and meeting new friends.


Moon Cakes

I No Baby!

After a church meeting tonight, a woman who had not seen N in awhile referred to her as a baby.
N answered, "I no baby, I girl. I baby when I lived in China. Now I live at my home."

Football at the bar

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Play-Doh night

Elephants, snakes and hammers, oh my!





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Sunday at the Park

Today we enjoyed a nice day at the park. Lots of fair like activities for the little ones!

Here is N enjoying the ball pit.

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It's Alive!

Here we go again. Carmen can now post from her iPhone. Here's a recent photo of N to test the picture uploading.




-- Dan
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