My brother John and his family came over today for a visit. His son and family were in town for a few days so everyone wanted to meet the kids. It was a realllly nice visit!
This is the same brother that helped build the kids' beds, so we thought it would be fun to finally show Adam his "secret drawer." Adam was wondering pretty hard why Uncle John was being so nosey about his clothes drawer and was *almost* a little grouchy about it. When John started to tip the drawer, his eyes got really big like "do you know how long it took me to fold those???" John pulled out the Secret Drawer and Adam was on his belly in two shakes wondering where he got that. His puzzlement turned to delight, and then no one could wipe the smile off his face. It only got broader when John opened up the envelope inside that held his Secret Dollar. He gave Uncle John a nice hug and then Adam took the envelope and proudly strutted down the hallway. It was his first dollar! He went out and showed everyone. Then went and got a magic marker to write his name on the envelope. It wound up saying "Adam Fmmmmm" (We're working on it!) THEN, he grabbed his bottle of Elmers glue and then glued the envelope shut. Extra security? Not sure, but he was sooooo excited about it all. He tried to make Liana come down and see his drawer, but she was too comfortable on Papa's lap in the livingroom. Aleksa got to see, but I don't think she much cared. She was busy playing with her 4-yr-old cousin Kiana. Later on, it was fun to see Adam explain his secret drawer to his grandma. I knew what he was talking about from his great body-language and sound effects. Plus the glow on his face. One happy boy there! (Btw, if you don't know what I'm talking about, we have pics of the "secret drawer" on the June 4 entry on the main News Page).
A bit on language... When we try to get the kids to repeat what we say, we say, "Say ---." So, they say, "Say ----." It's pretty funny. As my brother was leaving, they all said, "Say bye-bye!" John and I have role-played how you are supposed to respond, and even translated the word "say" for them, but they still say "say" in front of a lot of things.
Tonight we got the kids out of the car and as I brought Aleksa in, she looked up at the sky and said, "Look how many stars, Mama!" (In Russian). So I started singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" to her. When we got inside, I heard her sing, "Swingkle, Swingkle..." down the hallway. Too CUTE!
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Life is so wonderful! We were contemplating the whole should we get a video camera or not thing? We aren't very big on home movies but after reading your last few posts I think it is a definite necessity. I want to have these first few months to look back on. Thanks for posting the pics of the kids...gorgeous as usual!
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