Annick 24 weeks, Luca 29 months

POW!

Annick:
- EATING.  LIKE A PRO.
- ROLLING.  Not so pro.  Needs to be rescued from her tummy after she rolls during her nap.
- a second dent de lait - ow.

Luca
- bla bla bla bla bla.
- all singing, all dancing!
- favourite phrase: "something draw!"
- complex thinking - points at a tree that looks like a hand and says, "looks like a hand!"

Annick eats banana.

Asparagus.

Pumpkin.

Strawberries.

Wine... erm... wait a minute.

Luca keeps papa's balcony clean.

Annick might need a haircut.

Frere et soeur encore xxx

Good standing!

Luca says, "ready... cheddar... go!"

Why hello there pretty lady!

Luca's recipe for baba ghanoush - after roasting your aubergine and scooping out the innards, chop it up and make a garlic paste to add to it.

Squeeze in some lemon, add some parsley, tahini and yoghurt.  Taste.

Season and enjoy!

Cutie patootie.

We have a picnic!

Merci Nonna pour mon beau t-shirt!

Thanks Lauren and Angus for the awesome exersaucer!

It's delicious!

Annick and papa enjoy the swing.

Annick and mama enjoy the Botanic Gardens.

The family resemblance is astonishing.

BANANA BANANA BANANA

Annick - 22 weeks (5 months!), Luca - almost 29 months

Annick:
- as promised has discovered her feet
- bitey
- getting better at day sleeps, still rubbish at night
- le premier petit dent de lait!
- first tastes of real food - miam!

Luca:
- learning to read!  Can recognise lots of letters and numbers and likes to point them out on the street, at the shop, on the tram...
- can spell his name
- can climb a ladder
- non-stop chatter and new words and sentences - favourite words include: chocolate (of course!  pronounced 'toxlik' though), Luca (also of course!), papillon, rabbit
- is all about the trucks and cars - vroum vroum!
- favourite book at the moment: Stuck by Oliver Jeffers - maman pretty much knows it off by heart now and may need to hide it or burn it.
- loves singing - nursery rhymes with maman during the day, les chansons avec papa la nuit

Luca goes to the beach!

Papa et Annick xxx

Annick practises her high kicks.

L... U... C... A... Luca!

I said she was bitey.

First shorts day!!  4 October - 31 degrees!!!

Bath Annick.

Bath Luca.

Annick tastes a peach.

Annick has her revenge.

All new ladder-climbing Luca!

FEET.

Luca et maman xxx

Luca couteau.

Annick and her new friend Sophie who is delicious.

Luca culottes.

Little lady Annick.

Food!

It might seem we only have photos of the kids, but we still do a lot of eating.  Here are some photos.

Miam!  Philippa's sourdough (makes a SUBLIME bruschetta), fancy anchovies, smoked paprika, lemon, sauvignon blanc.

Tomato and mozzarella, pancetta, shiraz.

Home cured!

And Thanksgiving.  This turkey was the same size as Luca when he was born.

Jason and his favourite bird.

Turkey stuffed with wild rice and sausage.  DELICIOUS.

Luca reads and... something else

This is a few months old, but this is Luca 'reading' one of his favourite books, A Bit Lost by Chris Haughton.  It's the first book he learned to ask for by name as well as the book that gave him one of his first words - 'uh oh'.  Or is that two words?



Whereas in this video, I have no idea what is going on.