Karate baby!

Very proud to congratulate Maia on earning her first karate belt!

Also thrilled that Ran's eartubes came out today. She had a check-up with the ear specialist this afternoon and he discovered that they had already come out on their own, but were kind of stuck in her ear canals. He quickly popped them out and Ran couldn't be happier. No more earplugs for bath or pool time! Though she is quite insistant that she is still going to wear her pink neoprene headband for swimming (always the fashionista!)

The tooth fairy cometh ...

It's hard to tell from the picture, but today Maia lost her first tooth! (middle left bottom) She is so proud, and relieved. She has been waiting and waiting. Maia's teeth came in late - she didn't cut her first teeth until the week she turned one. The dentist had told her she might not start to lose them until grade two since she was a late starter. In the mean time, her classmates have been losing teeth for well over a year. Today she finally became part of the club!

Holiday Round-up

Happy 2009! Now that the holidays are past and things have substantially quieted down I can take some time and post. Our Christmas this year was quite low key, but we really enjoyed it. Ditto for New Years Eve.


Santa came!

Santa and his little helper.

Christmas angels.

Ringing in 2009 ...

A toast to the new year (don't worry, that's gingerale in the girls' glasses!)

A New Year's tradition in our house ... the making and modelling of silly paper hats!

Happy New Year! Best wishes for 2009!