Julia - in Big Bath Tub (video)

Julia has finally graduated to taking a bath in the "real" bathtub. Well, she is still in the little tub, but placed inside the big tub.

We've taken the easy route all last year, by bathing her standing up in the sink. Julia has gotten too big for that now and she kicks and jabs her little foot all over the place. When she doesn't want to go into the sink, she pushes her foot on the side of the tub so we can't get her in. That little bugger.

It seems she enjoys her nightly bath much more now. Sometimes when she is fussy and screaming, I take the white bath tub from the storage area and walk into the hallway with it. Julia turns around to watch me and automatically calms down. She even follows me into the bathroom and tries to take her clothes off. Boy, does she like splashing.

Milk - It Does a Body Good

Our beloved Jasmine, loves her daily dose of milk... She gets one cup of plain homo milk in the morning and another cup of half chocolate/half homo milk in the afternoon with a cookie. (and at night before bed, we give her half cup of prune juice, to keep her regular).

Preschool Pic

I had no idea but Jasmine's preschool had a picture day this week. She suddenly came home with some pictures. I don't think we'd usually buy pictures but as it turns out, this picture is one of the best ones she's ever taken! Don't mind the color of it because we had to scan it in (no digital file). She was looking straight into the camera, with a slight smile. (she NEVER does that when we want to take a picture...) Now I wished I hadn't put a tatoo on her arm the night before!

Below is Jasmine's class photo. Do you spot anything odd about it?



(she's the only one sitting down)

Stealing Food (video)

Feeding Jasmine and Julia each day is such a chore. They are both super S-L-O-W eaters. Jasmine in particular, she can take up to 2 hours to eat a meal. Julia, she can eat fast if she wants but after about an hour, she needs out whether she is full or not.

On days when Julia eats very slow, she isn't full yet but needs to get out of the highchair. So she ends up picking food off of Jasmine's plate and eating it. It`s a funny sight to see her stealing Jasmine`s meal.

New Bike

We bought Jasmine a new tricycle yesterday, seeing that the nice weather is coming soon. Of course, we wouldn't ever let her ride it unless she had her helmet on. So we went to take her on her first bike ride today and even after she got home, she loved it so much, she wouldn't take her helmet off until bedtime. Here she is, posing in her pajamas.

Julia in Crib (video)

This video (3 combined clips) was taken some weeks ago when Julia initially learned how to stand and keep her balance but due to our trip in January and then all the things that took place in February, I didn't get a chance to convert this. Julia is cruising and climbing up on everything in sight (boxes, chairs, couch, fireplace...).

Luckily we have this helmet thing that we put on her so that in the event she bonks her head, it won't hurt as much.

World Geography (video)

Every night before we put Jasmine to bed, we always do a bit of reading or play some games. Recently, we've been teaching Jasmine country names on the huge map in her room. She's got pretty good memory... because she knows more country locations than I do. Take a look:

I love Peas

Jasmine did something funny today during dinner time. She was eating dinner in her highchair (as usual) and I noticed that she was pushing and pressing her nose for quite some time. It wasn't unusual for her to play with her nose or even pick at it so it didn't worry me. But after 5 minutes, I went over to see what was wrong. I pressed her nose together between my fingers and felt a hard object in her nostrol. What the ??? Luckily Jasmine knows how to blow her nose so we asked her to blow her nose really hard. A green pea popped out of her nose!