First of all an update... we are very excited to be going to Holland next week to meet our brand new baby niece Céline Leonore and to visit everybody and have lots of fun. Hopefully the kids will come back speaking fluent Dutch.
Second - our little monkey (Felix) is starting to show his sense of humor. While we were all in the living room yesterday evening watching the Lakers lose at basketball (they won by 4 points in the end!), I said "Dada is grumpy" and immediately, Felix ran into the kitchen on his little toddler legs, then insisted on having the cat-shaped tea cosy from the top of the fridge, stuck it on his head and toddled back into the room to make Jim laugh (it worked). He is such a little toddler and is pretend playing quite a bit - pushing toy cars around (brumbrum), feeding the dolls and cats milk (namnam) and walking the toy dog (DOGGIE!) around. He also likes to dress up in different people's clothes quite a bit...
He also loves having his hair spiked up when he takes a bath, and somehow knows that he looks funny.
Third - Ella will be graduating from Pre-Kindergarten next month and will be starting Kindergarten in the fall. We're not quite sure if she'll be staying at her pre-school to do that or moving to a new school - a proper big kid school but she is such a smart cookie and is always surprising me with what she knows. Last night she all of a sudden burst into song (quietly because she doesn't want us to pay attention) but distinctly heard her singing "The sun'll come out tomorrow... Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya!" etc. I didn't even know she knew that song but one of her friends at pre-school is quite the singer so she must have heard it from her. She also knows numbers higher than 20 as I found out when we were playing with the tape measure and she wanted to see how tall we all were. She correctly identified the double-digit numbers. Of course little bro got into the action too and wanted to measure the cats too.
We try to tell Felix to be gentle with the cats, since his tendency is to pet them a little too hard, and when we do he puts his head and listens to them purr.
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oh what a lovely blog today! nice new photographs and great text! I can just see them growing. Thank you so much, Nicole.
Of course we can't wait to see all of you and hug my grandbabies - I DO love them! I always thought Felix was a happy child, living up to his name. And my Ellabella is a big and clever girl, just like both her parents. (Can you imagine how proud we were of you at that age... SOOOOOOO much!)
C U Soon.
With lots and lots of love from an adoring Oma.
what a lot of photos, thank you! that was worth the wait. can't wait to see them in real life. i love that picture of the kids and fluff, so cute!
CAN'T GET OVER HOW FAST THEY GROW AND LEARN TOO. EVERY DAY IS A SURPRISE, ISN'T IT? WOULDN'T IT BE NICE IF WE ALL STOOD UP AND CHEERED BECAUSE IT'S MAY? YEA, MAY!
Auntie Ellen... it's ALMOST June!
Good try.
Have you admired Ella's fashion statement in the form of a blue cheerleader's outfit with pink leggings. Hmmm...
But they ARE cute, aren't they?!!
Hi Nicole,
Wat leuk om een berichtje van je te ontvangen op onze website! Ik kijk ook zo af en toe op jullie website, erg leuk om je kindjes te zien! Ja, ik vind het ook heel leuk om nu 2 kindjes te hebben. Alexander is al zo dol op Oscar, je ziet hem zo stralen! Hij vindt zijn baby broertje echt net zo schattig als dat wij (volwassenen) dat vinden. Wij komen zaterdag 14 juni naar Nederland, dus misschien kunnen we elkaar die zondag nog wel even zien... zou inderdaad wel leuk zijn!! Een heel goede reis en geniet van NL, familie en vooral jullie (ons) nieuwe baby nichtje Celine!
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