Watermelons & Strawberries

Grammie made the girls a couple of matching dresses. Nina pulled one out of the closet so of course we had to get Lola dressed up too! They were absolutely adorable. You can also see that Lola is working on her boat pose, strengthening those abs.

I am having a hard time getting pictures of Lola smiling. Every time I put the camera in front of my face she immediately stops doing whatever adorable thing she was doing. And of course still shots don't capture her shouting. She just loves to squeal, and very loudly too. Mirko and I can't remember Nina doing it quite like this. Probably it is related to the fact that Lola was born into a much louder environment! She has already realized that she is going to have to be loud if she wants to be heard.

Not quite a smile, but close.

We were all very excited to get Lola into the baby swing for the first time, especially Nina. Lola was sort of neutral on the whole thing.

And finally, Portrait of a Self-Portrait...

Grabby

Here are our two lovely girls ready to enjoy a beautiful summer day.

As you can see Lola is getting bigger and stronger. She does quite well on her belly and can push up her whole chest. She continues to love to stand, but her new trick is that she is really starting to grab at things. She see something, tries to grab at it and of course pulls it toward her mouth.

Since we got out the high chair Nina of course wants to use it all the time, but she did let Lola pose for a few pictures it in. Lola isn't really ready for it anyway. She sits there for a few minutes, but then starts to slump over. We did experiment with giving her a chunk of banana last night. At first she was completely confused, but then she start to suck furiously. Hilarious.

Nina has been enjoying her new classroom, BKP2 (Big Kids Place). This room goes all the way til kindergarden so it has lot of new challenges for her. She has jumped right into the fray of things, but has struggled with a few adjustments (no paci at naptime, no changing her clothes every 5 seconds). As you can see from the big scrape on her nose, she has been throughly exploring the new play yard. Of course no amount of bumps, bruises and scrapes will ever damage her inner princess.

Here a couple shots from my birthday which we spent up in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Always something interest to explore there. Strolling along, we came across an inline skating competition. Amazing!

Happy Birthday to me!

Last Day at LKP2

Thursday, May 27th was Nina's last day in the Little Kids Place (LKP). She is more than ready to move on, but it is always sad to say goodbye to old friends.

Adriana is the morning teacher so they spent a lot of time together the first half of the year when Nina was always the early bird.

Gamm always with a super big smile.

Nancy and Nina had a special relationship, and I know Nina will miss her very much.

Uwimana, upbeat and energetic.

Unfortunately, Nina's best friend Mehran was not at school on her last day. Here is her second best friend, Erin. Perhaps it was more of a friendship by proxy since it often seemed that Nina put up with Erin only because Mehran liked to play with her.

Nina's farewell speech to the classroom, "If you miss me, you can just come and look over the fence."

Popsicles!