Polish Fairytales

Nadia( almost 3) tells the following fairytale:

"once upon a time there lived a ....pwince
(trumpet): CHAN-CHARRAN!!!! (Nadia continues).......and there lived a .....jrrrrrrrrrragon!!!!*dragon ...and the prince de-FEATED the jragon, (in a whisper).......crowd cheered..........wooooaaaaaaaah!!!!.....and dey lived happily-ever-after.......D ant!!!*(the end)

Sleeping Beauty

Last Sunday, Agu took Iris awhile so that I could shower. As I was finishing up, I couldnt help but laugh aloud to hear the following dialogue:
Iris: ¨Squeeek!!!!¨
Agu: ¨Iris!! No!! Dont squeal!!¨
followed by a stubborn persistent highpitched shriek...
Iris: ¨weeeeik!!!¨
Agu: ¨No my love!!! I'm trying to get something more comfortable for you!!!¨
Iris: ¨Eeeeik!!!" (believe me she knows how to hit the high notes)
Turns out, she was annoyed because she was wearing a baggy woolen sweater that prevented her from sucking her fists, so poor Agu was struggling with the angry shnitzel in one arm and trying to open the drawer.......not very patient is she huh? I took these the same day.later when she finally calmed down of course.hehe!

Bear!

Arrianne absolutely adores Bear! Everytime she sees her she showers her with kisses and luv and affectionately calls her name in a squeely tender tone, Babyyyyyyyy! or Iwis!
I thought she would be jealous but she adored her and totally flipped over her from the start!


Everyday is a thrill and filled with anticipation because I get to spend it with her! I breath in every breath of hers and flip over every expression of her luv!


She's such a mommy's girl! Some time ago me and Agu had a heated debate in which he ended up terribly offended! Because Im with her all day every day so at parent time he takes her awhile while I have a little time to myself. But somehow she doesnt really seem to enjoy it and squeals and throws a fit, at which Agu get nervous and starts bouncing her up and down to try to "calm" her. Of course that only serves to stress her further until Agu comes and says he thinks shes hungry .......turns out she isnt at all but calms down immediately when I hold her to my mouth and sing and coo in her ear.
Now the question I posed was why? if she isnt hungry does she only want to be with me? Of course I meant it as maybe u should give her more soothing vibes even when shes stressed and doesnt calm down right away but he took it so personally! "What do you MEAN???? That she hates being with meeeeeee????" LOL! My poor sensitive daddy! So jealous of Bears' love. He'll get the feel for it with time and practice! I guess it is something that is inborn in us mothers and the babies can feel it. I thought before, that the afternoon was her sensitive time, but I realised that when I make the effort to be soothing and attentive shell be an angel all day, but when she feels Im stressed shell go nuts and be terrible! LOL!

MyTender Years (part 2)

Here I am on my 2nd birthday grinning like a naughty kitten, alongside Toothy and Carrot......hehe!


Looking poetic with my brothers here


I loved baby Jesus! One of my earliest memories was of running and jumping on the couch and cradling the figure of Jesus in my hands



Here Im by the hippie Christmas tree with my mom who looks like shes pg with my brother David



















Yay, I like this one! Doesnt this look like the pictures I take nowadays with Iris?




























Looking german!!!





















Okay so I really didnt want to take this picture! Quite the temper huh?


Here Im just 3 years old!!!







































On my 3rd birthday with my birthday dolly! I remember my mom ironing my dress and putting it on when it was still hot








LOL! This picture is a joke! My mom said we were praying for a bathing suit for me, and my Dad comes back from a faith trip with a tiny bathing suit that someone gave him........


Here with my lil bro David........the Snaggletooth!


David's birthday!!!! Helping himself to some cake.


Here we are dressed royally in our red cardinal clothes!!!!


LOL! I love this picture!!!! My three older brothers looking absolutely dismall!!!! And Eman with those shadows over his eyes looking like a skeleton! ......The funny thing is they ate like pigs with all the provisioning they got!!


And last but not least, here I am thinking singing, ¨I said the sheep with the curly horn......¨,( and thinking of how itchy that top feels on me) while totally unaware of Agustin's existence, that little pretty boy to my right, flirting in the shadows with some other little girl is now the daddy of Iris Dominica!Agu's presence in this pic was noticed years later when I was already with him by my mom and siblings, casually looking at pics one night.

My Tender Years (Part 1)

I borrowed these from my mom the other day to scan, so I thought Id share them with you so you can laugh a bit.....LOL!! Wasnt I the ¨healthiest¨baby you've ever seen?...all solid quality milk!Yep! the tub of lard u see there is me!!!!! Healthy huh?









With my Papi here........hey would u look at that!! Underneath that german eyebrowless eyebrows, theres a happy smile!














With my pretty mom!


Here we are, and those two rascals u see there are my brothers Mig and Eman








Dont ask me why we look so happy.....






















This is a classic in my family.......setting: Eman's birthday.....he has a happy and excited face on...someone asks, noticing Miguel's lip dragging on the table, ¨Miguelito, what's wrong?¨To which the unhappy soul responds in a dolefull voice, ¨It's not my birthdayyy!!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday Thiago

Well, I did remember your birthday!.........just not the exact date........but i kept thinking Thiago's birthday is coming up, so yesterday I got online and asked Chris when it was.....................none to soon, for it was today!!!! Whew!!
Anyway, whatever can I say that would do justice to how much I care about this lil man here. He's my little boy, so cute and purty, and vulnerable........at this Ill let u all imagine me rumpling his hair affectionately while I cook up some more to say...only he has none..........anyway, Ive got a motherly heart for him, and hope to always be considered his best friend.
Uuuuuuum ........lets see what can I safely say about you to the general public?......this guy is great, and I surely miss him.......I bit of a pain in the butt at first if you let him get to you, but if you learn to ignore his faults and go the extra mile to be there for him and become his friend, youll find that behind his rather brute and obnoxious ways, hes just the sweetest little boy. I miss him taking care of me but most of all, I miss taking care of him.......
Thiago, I hope you know I'll try to always be there for u....an email away at least.........whenever u need someone to talk to, someone to be foolish with who will tease and try ur patience till shes got u laughing ur heart out, someone to blow u an encouraging kiss, and moraly support u with an imaginary hug or kiss on your forehead, someone to pray for you and get something from Jesus for you when u need it, and someone to scold you and give u a healthy piece of her mind. I love you tunz and wish u a very happy birthday.....and I hope that this coming year will finally bring with it the fulfillment of all those great dreams of yours, and that that girl will put some reins on you. jeje!

Parent time!

Okay in the home we have a thing of each couple picking the name of a child and having one parent time with them a week. This week we got Cookie and Olenka. I made them a tent on my bed with blankets and table cloths and umbrellas and bromsticks and clothespins and we ate icecream and read a story out of my big original book of the stories of Winnie the Pooh after wich we watched a couple of episodes of the same on the computer together. Fun! here are some snapshots of the ocasion..................Mawiee