Round up

With little time to sit around blogging, most of my documentation has been simple flickr uploading, but there are a few memories I want to keep here.

By far, the most pleasure is seeing Tesla love Aila. We have never seen a modicum of jealously, and she has been nothing but helpful in caring for Aila. Even better, Aila is beginning to respond, and although she gets rough-housed a bit by Tesla, I can tell they are establishing a bond. So cool to see. Even just sleeping together is cute.

As Aila develops, the best part is her laughing. Her laugh is like a burst of happiness escaping from her belly through her gummy smile. I keep trying to video it but it's hard. Here Dav had her going...until I tried to capture it and got just one laugh ...

Tesla is definitely learning Japanese at her school. She still doesn't speak much, but she sure loves her hiragana. She drew this the other day, writing せんたき (laundry machine). Missed a く but close enough. I was impressed.

Since time is precious and fast - at the rate T and A are growing - it's moments like these that make life good. Daddys reading to the girl gang. Here Dav is reading, and you can see JR's feet, but other times JR reads. I love that they do this, and that our girls are growing up together. This makes life sweet indeed.

Oh, and Halloween!! I love Halloween. The Regenbogens rocked it once again, this time with a house full of decorations. Seriously, it was amazing in detail with much to look at. And a table of heads...with one real head to snap at unsuspecting visitors...it was the freakest part of the haunted house. And completely awesome.

Isn't it cool as a kid to be involved in an annual haunted house? Oh wait, this year T got in trouble, - er um, major trouble, so she wasn't able to go. But still, below are 3 generations. Yes, that scary being is T and A's grandmother, ready for Halloween. She knows how to dress!

Thanks to Rachel, I have many very useful baby things that I would never buy for myself. I have used the Moby she gave pretty much everyday. I just started using the Baby Hawk, which is very similar to the Ergo which I love too. The Baby Hawk reminds me of baby carriers I saw in Japan growing up. Now I see Ergos and whatnot in Tokyo but back in the day, they had carriers just like this. Aila likes being stuck to me so it's very helpful to hoist her on my back as I cook. Thanks, Rachel : )