Run Olive Run

We've been trying to get Ollie's cute run (powered by her left arm) on film. Here are a few recent attempts.

At the park

At our house (apparently it appears during fast walking as well)

And on the way back from breakfast (please ignore my hacking cough in the background. Attractive.)

Two is Better Than One

This past weekend we walked up to Meal Ticket, a local breakfast place that was recently featured on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives. We had a yummy breakfast and then walked it off on the way home. Here's a cute clip I got of the kids - Olive is obsessed with holding Niko's hand when we are out and loves to mimic anything he does. Watching the two of them together makes me so happy, especially when they are being so cute!

Pizza Pizza

We had our first Make-Your-Own-Pizza night with the kids. Here's a quick look at their preparations and the final masterpieces.

Warm Weekend

While the PA relatives have been "digging out from multiple blizzards" (to read: getting to leave work early, not having to go into work at all, building snowmen...) we have been enjoying some unseasonably warm weather. And yes I said enjoying. After complaining that it has been too warm lately and that it is supposed to be cold in the winter I am trying to embrace Taki's comment that I will never be satisfied and just be happy that it is nice out.

The kids and I started Friday with a Habitot meetup with Sarah and Marco. Habitot had a new exhibit - animal hospital/ambulance and baby nursery and the kids spent a lot of time there.

Marco and Nikos in the Animal Ambulance

Olive checking out the bath for the babies

Of course, in true BabyO form she contemplates the scene for a few seconds and realizes HEY I'm the only baby here!

After playing in the new area they hit up the diner - repurposed into a Chinese Grocer (very timely for Chinese New Year.)

After leaving Habitot we hit up Jupiter for lunch (great time - no pics) and on the way home the kids and I celebrated the warmth with Starbucks (I know you are shocked.)

The kids chose double chocolate chip frapuccinos.

I marched them straight to the backyard to prevent any chocolate stains on the couches/walls.

After pigging out on our treats Nikos showed us one of the yoga poses they do at school. I think it was called "the star."

On Saturday Taki let me sleep off a Bronchitis hangover but I rallied by the afternoon and bought some ice cream treats on my grocery shopping trip.

Drumstick Cheers!

Catch Up

Catching up on our activities...

In mid-January my friend Cat and her son Luke came out to hang out with the kids and I in Berkeley.

Luke and Olive enjoyed the swings.

Fun times - hopefully we'll get to hang out again soon!

Next up - MLK at the zoo with Sarah, Marco, Katie and Brookie.

Best pic of all four kids (sadly)

This lil piggy never goes far without her treats.

And lastly, we invited ourselves over to the Cecchin's for pizza while Sarah was on a work trip to Wisconsin.

Playing with Marco's new birthday toys.

Checking on the pizza.

And the best pic of the three of them (I am striking out on the group shots lately!)

Olive's 2 Year Appt (A Little Early) or How Olive Spent Aunt Sue's Birthday

We had Olive's 2 year doctor's appointment today (about a month early) and she did a fabulous job charming everyone in the office.

She was not thrilled for the weigh in.

Here are her stats at (almost) 23 months:
Weight: 22lbs and 4 oz and 6th percentile
Height: 33 inches and 50th percentile

Nikos comparison at almost 26 months:
Weight: 24lbs 4oz and 6th percentile
Height: 35 inches and 25th percentile

She was chatting up a storm and making sure that baby also got her ears and mouth checked.

Here is what she is up to lately:
Shoe size: 4-5. She loooves shoes and is very opinionated about which ones she wants to wear. Current favorites are her red "sparkle" shoes, her gold "princess" sandals and her pink "sparkle" shoes.
Clothes size: She is in mostly 12-18 or 18-24 months. Just like Nikos, some of the stuff that fits her in length is too big for her waist. 6-12 month for shorts (!), 12-18 or 18-24 for pants. She is very opinionated about what she wants to wear - for the appointment this morning she picked out two tutus and her gold princess shoes.
Favorite phrases: "I want bite!" and "Where baby?"
Mealtime: She does pretty well with eating (at last compared to Nikos.) Her current favorites are mac and cheese, hot dogs, eggs, bacon and pizza.

Here are a few videos I took while we were at the doctor's office.

And here's a cute video from a few weeks ago when we visited the doctor to find out that Olive had an ear infection. Yes, she is putting baby on timeout in this video. Which makes me wonder: do they have to put her on timeout at daycare or is she just re-enacting when we put Nikos on timeout at home?

White Flag = Raised

Argh. We'll try again after she turns 2.


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