Pictures Galore & Good-Bye for a Bit....

We savored every moment with the girls this past week because we are going on a vacation for a couple of weeks. I'm anxious for the new experiences, but am already missing the precious little faces that bring such joy to our lives. Above, the girls are seen after they both pulled themselves up to the ottoman. Such big girls!

Here Claire is playing the musical drums while Chloe looks on.

Below Chloe is in her new high chair checking out her first experience with Cheerios.

Claire, likewise, is trying out her new chair and her Cheerios,

Below the girls are standing at their "busy table". They are all over the place and pulling themselves up to anything they can get near. The busy table provides lots of fun time for both of them, it has lights, music, and moving parts.

Here is a particularly sweet picture of Chloe. Her little rosy cheeks matched the flowers on her shirt.

And finally, Claire is so totally delighted with something on the busy table. She was having a ball!

We had a great time together today at the Olive Garden celebrating Aunt Suzie's birthday a little early. Claire and Chloe tasted many new things and were as "good as gold".
I know when we return from our trip there will be many new skills that they have developed to share with you. Until then....see your later!

New Food and Toys

Claire and Chloe received two very cute and entertaining new toys this past week from their Noni. She is very good at picking out toys that keep them interested. The first one is a little "Dora the Explorer" car that makes lots of noise, has music, has flashing lights, and has little dancing animals and people figures on the very front. Besides all of that, it says words both in English and Spanish. Mike told us to run it lots while he was at work and wear the batteries down. :) Here is Claire on the car. She absolutely loves it.


The other toy was a cute rocking horse that they both also enjoy very much. Papa wanted them to ride it with one arm in the air but I encouraged them to hold on with both hands. Here is Chloe enjoying the horse.

One new food this week is poi. Mike did some research on the nutritional values of poi and Paula and Mike decided to give it a try. They buy the poi (in a root type form) and cook it and mash it. It looks very much like what you would have at a luau in Hawaii, and the babies seem to enjoy it . What little reading that I did, indicated that babies lives have been saved by poi when they had digestion and/or allergy problems and nothing else could be tolerated. Quite interesting, but I can't imagine having it on a regular basis after having tried it once in Hawaii.

Another new food the girls tasted this past weekend is refried beans. Uncle Jon, Aunt Suzie, Claire, Chloe, Papa and Grandma ventured out to LaComida for lunch. Paula told us we could let them taste the beans and they both loved them. They had a great time looking around the restaurant and playing with the silverware and little dishes. Hope we can go again soon.

Here are our little precious girls sitting while Grandma takes another picture.