Thanksgiving

My dad is going to kill me for posting this, but it is the quintessential silly dinner time I grew up loving. Clearly, Dalia is carrying on the tradition with Pops. Just some background, Pops is gobbling like a turkey. Dalia's just being Dalia. For the record, and the second year in a row, Dalia was totally disinterested in Thanksgiving dinner. She put most of her dinner in her water cup, which she proceeded to drink and say "yuck" (in the meantime I thoroughly enjoyed my dinner and, as usual, ate way too much). At least this year none of Dalia's food ended up on the floor. She did manage to eat the rolls and some cheese and apple sauce.

We are truly thankful for this blessed life. For our family and our friends. For our health and consciousness.




And while Dalia may not have been interested AT ALL in Turkey day, she is sooooo excited for Christmas. She loves the "mismas yights" we hung around the living room to start the season off.

our silly kids

We do love hanging out with Amy and Archer. I can't believe how big these little guys are getting - laughing, talking, walking, running, singing and sharing together. We are lucky.

Here are a few more from the photographer, Dalia, while I'm' at it. I wanted to post a video that is classic, but it's too big and I can't edit it down enough. Oh, well. This morning I woke up to her and Daddy playing with the camera somewhat peacefully together on the couch. This first one I took. Isn't she beautiful?



Oh, and here she is on our new purchase. We sold our old couch and futon to make room (and money) for these. Ah, sweet space. So comfortable, and cool.

dalia the photographer

I let Dalia use the camera the other day. Mark was not that pleased with me, but look at some of the results.

the coast

The day after Halloween was amazing - so beautiful. We took advantage of the weather and went to the coast for the day. We had a great time, really, but Dalia was hell-bent on running straight into the ocean (I mean I was soaked up to my hips running in after her). And the waves were so big there were tons of surfers out. Is anyone surprised?

says it all

This photo is from Dalia's b-day party. Our friend Jen took it. I was just looking through her photos on Flickr and came across it again. This photo is as close as I could ever come to expressing how much joy, and laughter, and life Dalia has brought to my life. Has brought to our planet. I know she's my daughter and I'm biased, but I'm so thankful her big, gigantic soul and beautiful little body is here to share the world with us. Many of you know that sleep has been the issue of our life with D so far. Well, I guess when I look at this photo, I realize that maybe sleep is a little less important than I thought it was. There's so much fun to be had, obviously...Obviously.

Happy Halloween

Halloween was a success. Dalia had major fun being a kitty cat (cost - $4.99 for the ears and tail, everything else was hand-me-down clothes). She loved trick or treating, and though while practicing with us she had NO trouble saying "trick or treat, give me some candy", she was sort of shy once we were out there. I think the last image of the night I remember is when she answered the door the last time to a kid in a Scream mask. She looked terrified. I think it was a mix of a really fun time and a "what the heck is going on here" kind of day.

ABC's 123's

Dalia is quickly becoming a master at singing her ABC's since I've become obsessed with handwashing (at which time we sing the ABC's to be sure we're washing for long enough) and she's getting pretty good at her 123's - she can count to 16 but she usually skips 13, 14 and 15. She got a bit confused in between. I think she was distracted by the music playing. I can't get enough of it. Makes me hysterical every time.