Under Water

I am not sure when exactly this picture was taken. I do know this was an old school picture with some numbers, including what I guess to be a print date on the back. It says April 2011… To me this picture just kind of “showed up” in our house at some point. I do also know it was taken in (literally) the swimming pool Lisa and Lorelei go to pretty much every Tuesday for baby swimming.

Lorelei LOVES swimming and Lisa is lucky enough to be able to go every week. They do all sorts of things including swimming under water, as you can see here.

I just love the fact that this picture was taken… How often do you get to take or see an underwater picture of your own baby?

School Picture

Well, not really a school picture, but a daycare picture, but hey, what’s the difference. Is that time of the year again, a new school year has just begun so the school photographers are on the prowl. Well, with this beautiful picture of this beautiful girl I am pretty satisfied .

PS: Notice the hairclip...

Beautiful Girl!

No additional comment, because, in my opinion, none required !

(Ok, let me just tell you that Lorelei really wanted to copy Tobias, so, she climbed on that thing and just stood there. When I pulled out the camera that wonderful smile appeared on her face. Like me, she was having a very nice time…).

“Reading”

This is one of the cutest pictures that I have taken in a while, and not just because my girl is in it, but mainly because of the story that goes with this picture. Tobias is in group 3 now, which means he is learning how to read. I guess Lorelei sees him doing that and wants to do it as well. So, every once in a while she will pick up a book, sit in a chair or on the couch, and start “reading”. Most of the times it is a Miffy book, because she knows those by heart and you will hear her say the lines that go with the page she’s at. And it is usually not just one book, but when she gets into a session like this she usually “reads” a couple.

I love reading to her, and I love the fact that when I stop mid-sentence that she will finish the sentence, but this “reading” all by herself is just absolutely adorable!!!

Girl In A Basket

This picture was taken about a week ago (an has a striking resemblance to my previous post… right?). Apparently there is something to sitting in something . The interesting thing about this picture is that she was just playing along with all her toys taking more and more out of her basket. I guess at some point it was (almost?) empty and she figured, why don’t I just climb in there and hang out for a bit… But that’s not even the funny part. The funny part is that we weren’t paying much attention to it until we hear her go: “Hi Nonny, how are you?”… We looked around and there she was with her (fake-)phone in her hand pretending to call Nonny!

Soooooo cute!

Girl In A Box

Every once in a while (well, quite often actually) we receive packages from the US. Yesterday was such an occasion. A lot of times there will be clothes or toys in those boxes, but that is not the point of this post… The point is that the boxes itself are often used as something to play with as well. I remember one of the more recent boxes being used as a “ship”, and Tobias would be pushing Lorelei around the room in it. This time the box was first used as a “playhouse” for our kitten Darwin. She was playing in it while the kids were laughing at her. Today, as I was sipping my coffee I looked up and saw this picture… It is amazing how long kids can play with such futile things as a box, and how much joy they can derive from that (as did I ).

Helping Out

Lorelei has not been one to help out much around the house so far, but it seems like that is about to change. Tobias got into helping out a bit earlier, I think. I guess that was mainly due to all the work we did at the house when we moved in. We were always doing one job or another using all kinds of tools. He had his own toolkits, lawn mower, etc. Anyway, Lorelei is now getting into that too. She has been helping out cleaning the bathroom, mowing the grass, and as you can see in this picture, vacuuming the living room . I hope she keeps this up in the future and maybe one day we can just sit around while the kids clean the house . That will require some work on both Tobias and Lorelei I have a feeling, but hey, that would be one proper investment, right?