The past week

What have we been up to lately? Normal life...

Here the girls are playing together with the princess Duplo/Lego set. Cora and Violet often play together, and though that means plenty of yelling, they play happily quite often, too.






Cora also likes to be in charge of Violet while they play, and help her with eveything. It's great, like when Cora read to Violet at bedtime.

 On Tuesday, Genia and I registered Johnny and Cora for kindergarten. It can take a while and it's easier to not have little ones with you while you wait, so we switched off with the kids. I had them all at the park until it was time for Violet to nap, and then they all played at our house until Genia came back. Then, it was my turn to go register Cora, and the kids all headed to Genia's.
Last week, we went to Juliana's to play, and Cora loved playing on Maya's new birthday rollerblades.


On Saturday, we had Elizabeth and Jerry and the rest of the family over to celebrate the March birthdays - Melanie and Dad. We had quite a feast - corned beef and cabbage, carrots and potatoes, roast chicken, spinach salad, and cheese-and-onion soda bread. Yum!

 And on Friday, we went to BJ's to celebrate Mel's 24th. The girls were so well-behaved, even though we were out past bedtime. Stace and I were so proud! Melanie liked her picture gift from Cora.

Happy Birthday again, Dad and Melly! And, happy Mother's Day to the mums in England, Nan, Big Nan, and Auntie Jenny! Wish we could have been there, too!