Halloween 2011

Felix and Ella went to their school's Halloween Carnival dressed as an 80s Girl and Spiderman, and on Halloween night went trick or treating as Bumble Bee (Transformers) and Minnie Mouse.

Good Halloween for them! They ended up with something like five pounds of candy!

Felix Dance Show

Here is Felix performing four songs in the end-of-school-year dance presentation. He was focused and super energetic.



This video is about 6 1/2 minutes long. The songs are:
- I Gotta Feeling
- Baby, Baby
- Calle Ocho
- Born This Way
If you REALLY liked it and want to see more, the full-length 15-minute version is here: http://youtu.be/Wk6TjUbjdGA

Broccoli

Felix wanted me to make a movie of him eating broccoli. It is his favorite, the way Jim makes it: sautéed in a little soy sauce and balsamic vinegar. He is smacking his lips on purpose, for sound effect.

Kids Being Kids

Just a couple of video of the kids, doing what they do.

One Saturday, I was playing some records (yes, the ones made of vinyl) and the kids started dancing to Willie Nelson's "You've Got the Money (I've Got the Time)":



Last weekend I made a tree swing for Felix made of a wooden dowel I got cheap at the hardware store and some strong nylon rope, and he immediately went to town on it:



That's all.

Just a couple of monkeys

When I tell you the kids have been climbing the walls, I'm not kidding.

It's the first time that Felix is able to do to this; you can see that he is super proud of himself.

Opa Hartogh would be proud. :)

Happy 4 1/2 Felix!!!

A little bit late, sorry. Had done this as a draft and forgot to post it. Felix was SUPER happy to be 4 1/2 years old finally! His 1/2 birthday present was a new Spider-Man bike helmet and a Batman shirt with cape.

And here they are, clean and shiny after their bath, in their new towels (Spider-Man and Hello Kitty of course) and wearing my turbi-twists.

Happy 7 1/2 Birthday Ella!

Half a birthday cake for a half birthday!