Annick 18 weeks, Luca nearly 28 months

 

Spring has sprung!

Annick:
- a smiling, laughing little ray of sunshine
- in the space of a day, worked out how to use her hands
- GRABBY.  And PINCHY.
- nearly managing a roll, but not yet
- chubbing up!  At her four month checkup, 7.26kg already, practically double birthweight and heavier than Luca at the same age.  Extremely tall for a little baby too.
- another cold, boooo - making for bad sleep, but getting better

Luca:
- is defiantly resisting the word 'no'
- but likes using it a great deal himself
- picking up new words at a rapid pace
- showing that he understands that English and French are different languages
- likes to sing along to things, albeit tunelessly
- a cheeky, chuckly little monkey

Luca a un nouveau casque!

Annick's head whirl, still swirly four months in

Standing!

Luca at daycare, playing in the sand.

Annick and papa on Father's Day.

Luca helps mama in the kitchen, finding the beans.

Annick, papa and mama go out.

We visit the conservatory at the Fitzroy Gardens.

Annick in profile.

Luca dans le soleil!

She flopped over sideways not long after.

Luca knows how to keep things tidy.

Annick salopettes!

Luca is all about the alphabet at the moment.

Annick et mama x

Frere et soeur x

Annick et Ah Ma xxx

Little bear Annick

This fortnight's Annick expressions:

Annick 16 weeks, Luca 27 months

This fortnight:

Annick
- holding onto things and even having a go at grabbing things
- has found the same two fingers as Luca (well, not the same ones, Luca still needs those, but the equivalent ones on her own hand)
- a haircut, finally!
- a little bit sick, a big bit clingy
- ticklish and more laughing, still lots of smiling

Luca
- dancing (or swaying and bobbing anyway)
- has discovered Playschool
- picking up words at a rate of knots
- told mama he wanted to finger paint by getting the roll of paper out and putting it on the table, then taking mama to the bookshelf to point at his fingerpaints
- is all about the ABCs and 123s
- silent at daycare, non-stop blablabla at home

Annick aime papa, papa aime Annick.

Maman et les enfants!

Annick's first dinner at the table - macaroni and cheese.

Les beaux souliers - un cadeau de Nonno!

Funnily enough he is saying 'Nonno Nonno Nonno' here.

"Why I oughta..."

Great holding things in the hands skills!

Frere et soeur.

Two fingers Annick.

Luca coco-bongs are the best.

Annick prefers the shower, but baths are good too.

Artist Luca.

 Before the haircut.

After the haircut.

This fortnight's Annick expressions:

Annick 14 weeks, Luca nearly 27 months

This fortnight:

Annick:
- has found her hands.  They are apparently delicious.
- had a little cold, was Queen of the Nose Boogers.  In addition to current titles, Madame Poopybutt and the little Vomit Fairy.
- has a TOOTH emerging.  A check of Luca's book says his first tooth came out at six months, so I don't know what she's playing at
- likes to chat
- is starting to hold things in her hands (when not eating them)
- refused her first haircut a few snips in, so has wonky hair now

Luca:
- is a cheeky monkey
- still chatting in his funny language
- is a little copycat, so much less big people swearing going on
- likes to sing Happy Birthday (key word missing - 'birthday' - "Happy to you!  Happy to you!  Hip hip yayyy!")
- fell in the pond at Ah Ma and Ah Kong's house - erk!

"I can't believe you ate my marshmallow!  You fiend!"

You can't tell from her face, but she actually has a death grip.

"Now what?"

I really have no idea what's going on here.

This is about as far as her haircut got.

Luca helps Ah Ma in the garden.

Annick Bean.

Luca gets a special visit to the local fire station!  Gets to sit in a fire truck and hold a fire hose!

It's a family joke apparently.

Miam.  Nom nom nom nom nom.

This fortnight's Annick expressions: