Megablocks

The kids all love those big lego-like blocks these days.

Here's what they're building:

- Finn: a giant tower

- Gavin: a house for Dora/Diego/stuffed animal, complete with a moveable door and spacious attached garage

- Lucia: inexplicably, a pink and purple potty for her stuffed kitty cat

Nightmares

Sometimes we hear Lucia screaming out in her sleep when she is having a bad dream. Here's what she says:

"ITS MINE!!!"

Finn in the news!

Finn makes it into the local newspaper/website, at the Memorial Day "on the farm" event, where he got to sit in a bunch of diggers

http://darien.patch.com/articles/curiosity-and-close-encounters-with-farm-animals-2#photo-444277

Finn

Here is Finn in one of his feistier moods. He's still so tiny he fits into his 6-12 month shorts from last summer!

In a calmer moment...

Ni hao

Yesterday we tried out a new Korean/Japanese restaurant. Upon entering, Gavin greeted the staff with "ni-hao". Well, it turns out they all spoke chinese! Thanks to his two years of chinese school he was actually able to have a (very brief) conversation with them about his age. He was very proud of himself.

Knock, knock

Gavin loves knock knock jokes. Here's one he made up himself!

Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Mac
Mac who?
Macaroni and cheese (his favorite food)!!

Self-portrait of the Artist as a Young Boy

This the first drawing Gavin has done that is more than a bunch of scribbles.

He's also recently developed an interest in photography. Here are some recent photos of his favorite things (his feet and his dog).