We recently went to Lake Anza up in Berkeley and the boys almost got into the water completely. Maybe next time… It is a nice place because you are surrounded by nature in a beautiful lake, there are no (scary) waves and there is a sand beach for the boys to play. We definitively have to go back. Oh, the few pictures we took are all blurry because Owen changed the settings to Macro… thanks Owen….
The weather has been really nice lately and another couple with twins gave us this awsome pool so the boys have been having some fun recently…
Ultimament ha fet molta calor aqui a San francisco i uns altres pares de bessons ens van donar aquesta piscina, aixi que els nens s’ho han passat de conya jugant amb l’aigua…
We are back from Barcelona. We have been there for 2 weeks and Fin and Teo have walked around the Gothic neigborhood, seen Castellers (human towers), gotten into the Mediterranean sea, celebrated the National Catalan day, celebrated their 18 month birthday, seen family and friends… they seem to be eating much better! It took a week to adjust to the new schedule but it was great to see everyone and all the nice places in Barcelona. We got to dance a tiny bit too! Here are some pics
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| Barcelona 2009 |
I will translate this whenever I have time… sorry…
Doncs ja han fet un any i mig, com passa el temps. Aquest cop ho hem celebrat a Barcelona amb els avis. Quan faci el resum del viatge a Barcelona ja us n’explicare mes detalls. Ara nomes vull fer un resumet del que fan a 18 mesos:
Parla:
doncs diuen bastantes paraules, no senceres, pero es fan entendre. Aigua(wawa o agua), iaia, avi (ava), noni, buble, car (broom-broom o txcar!), more (mo), vaca (mu), nena (nene), pilota (ba), boat (bo), chair (txe), i moltes mes, pero aquestes son les que ara me’n recordo. Encara no diuen cap frase.
Fisicament:
Acaben d’aprendre a fer anar un cotxet dels de muntar-se, comencen a pujar i baixar escales tot sols si no son molt altes, el Finian corre una miqueta, si els ajudem una mica poden fer tumbarelles al llit,
A les nits:
Doncs encara no dormen massa be. De vegades han dormit 8 o 9 hores seguides, pero en general es desperten unes 2 o 3 vegades cada nit cada nen i si podem els caminem i si no, els dono el pit. Se’n van a dormir entre les 7pm i les 9pm i dormen unes 11 hores total. Ara com ara per posar-los a dormir els dono el pit, pero d’aqui a poc aixo canviara… Fan una migdiada al dia, cap a les 12p, durant 1 o 2 hores. Ah, i encara dormim tots junts a la mateixa habitacio, encara que de vegades en posem un al “living room” i llavors es desperten menys.
Menjar:
Fins ara han estat molt tiquis-miquis, i no els agraden massa coses: pa, formatge, pasta, salsa de tomaquet, polenta, espinacs (dissimulats), mongetes, mantega, craquers (peixets), panses, pure de patates… aixo es el que els agrada mes. No toquen la fruita, les verdures les hem de dissimular, i el peix i la carn, mai se sap, de vegades si, de vegades no. Ultimament estan canviant, i sembla que mica en mica mengen mes i mes varietat… creuem els dits. Ah, tambe els agrada el Kombucha, te tela!
Jocs:
Els encanten els puzzles, cotxes, trens, peekaboo, anar despullats, L’AIGUA (qualsevol cosa que impliqui aigua, per sort tenim una terrassa a casa), fireta, nines, pilotes, blocs, pintar, plastilina, musica, ballar… vaja, quasibe tot.
Societat:
Son bastant oberts amb la gent, diuen hola i adeu generalment, i somriuen a desconeguts. Juguen entre ells de tant en quant a perseguir-se al voltant del sofa (divertidissim), i es donen coses si els ho demanem. Tambe es barallen de vegades si nomes hi ha una joguina i normalment es el Finian que mossega al Teo (he llegit que sempre n’hi ha un que mossega a l’altre, de bessons).
Transport:
No els agrada anar en cotxet, ens costa posar-los, un cop hi son de vegades hi estan be, pero de vegades ploren fins que els treiem. El cotxe tampoc els agrada, encara que ultimament els hem comprat un DVD player i l’Elmo ha estat el salvador dels viatges amb cotxe. El bus els flipa.
Altres:
els hem tallat els cabells dues vegades, nomes una mica de la part del darrera.
Dades:
pesen 22 pounds cada un. El metge diu que estan dins del 10% de la majoria de nens en pes i el 50% de l’alcada. O sigui, que han de menjar mes.
Ultimament el F i el T estan creixent rapisissim. Estan aprenent a dir moltes paraules i sembla que ho entenguin tot molt be quan els parlem. S’ho passen pipa ensenyant on son les diferents parts del cos. Ahir en vaig fer un video, estan maquissims.
Lately F and T have been growing so fast. They are learning to say a lot of words and seems like they are understanding much better when we talk to them. They have a lot of fun showing the different parts of the body when I ask where they are. Yesterday I made a video of it, they are so cute!
finalment, el Finian ha dormit 9 hores i mitja seguides! A un any i mig… se de molts pares que deuen dir: que??? fins ara no ha dormit 9 hores seguides? Be, cada nen es un mon i tenir bessons no es facil…
Finally, Finian slept 9 hours and a half straight! At 1 and a half years old… I know of a lot of parents that might be saying: what??? until now he hasn’t slept 9 hours straight? Well, each child is different and having twins is not easy…
We went to Brian & Sunshine’s wedding last saturday in Walnut Creek. It was a beautiful day and the boys enjoyed running around, chasing the ducks, smelling the flower and dancing around. Here are some pictures from Ana Marie and Nora.
We finally made it! This morning we went to the Academy of Sciences with Moriah and her boys. As expected, Teo and Fin’s favorite part was the fishes. This time we visited the toddler room, which was a hit as well. Here are some pics. The video is of Teo trying to catch the very fast fishes. You can also see him walking in the cast, not too bad! On monday we will go to the doctor and if we are lucky the cast will be gone…
Finally I had some time to download the pictures. Sorry I didn’t take very many pictures of the family… There’s a lot of pictures of the house, some of them blury or dark, but I wanted to have them as a memory for everyone. Some of the pictures were taken by Rick, Liam and Jasper. Enjoy!
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| Forest Lodge-Matteson Reunion 2009 |
Moriah and I had the brilliant idea of going to the Academy of Sciences the day of the month that is free… There was a line of 2 hours at 9.30 am!!! So we decided to go to the De Young instead. The favorite part for the boys was the sculpture garden, specially the apples which had some rain water on the top that they could play with. Moriah and I will try to keep getting together and take the boys to museums and interesting places often, next: Academy of Sciences…
Yesterday Teo fell from the swing and fractured his tibia and fibula. He’s been doing pretty well today, but a little frustated that he can’t walk. We have bought a buch of table toys (puzzles, stacking blocks, threads…) so he can play seating. He will have a cast put tomorrow, I’ll be showing more pictures of it later.
So this happened a month ago… They are toddlers now, they walk. One day I decided to go to the park walking, instead of using the stroller. Bad idea! They went in all the directions possible, none of them the same as the other brother, so I had to carry them both to the playground, and there it is, my wrist has some sort of a tendinitis. And now is starting on the other hand as well…
Here is a funny video of myself. Even though I’ve been in the US for about 5 years, there’s some words or combination of words that are still hard to pronounce. Here I am having a good time playing the guitar and Owen is just pushing my buttons wanting me to say it all right… I’ll make him say “setze jutges d’un jutjat mengen fetge d’un penjat”… wait for this video.
Teo and Fin are starting to “say” more words. They don’t completely say the word, but they try to say it. Here is a list of the ones we can identify:
Bye-bye, Dog, Bird (ba), Ball, Aigua (wawa), Milk (mo), No and Nose or Nas, au (when it’s hot), thank you (tatoo)
El Teo i el Fin estan comencant a “dir” mes paraules. No diuen la paraula sencera, pero intenten dir-la. Aqui hi ha una llista de les que nosaltres podem entendre:
Bye-bye, Dog, Bird (bo), Ball, Aigua (uaua), Milk (mo), No and Nose or Nas, au (quan es calent), thank you (tatu)
These past few days we have been in Wipigaki, Winsconsin, where the boys have enjoyed being all day outside, splashing in the water at the lake, playing with other babies and kids, playing around the fire… It’s been great. The best thing it’s been that the boys have been able to be around their grandparents (Owen’s side) for a bunch of days. Noni and Bubbles have been great taking them around, which really gives us a break from time to time. We’ve been able to have a meal until the desert, visca! Julia and Chloe (2 girls from the camp) have been playing also with them a lot, they were so happy every time they saw them 
Fin and Teo have a tan for the first time, and a few mosquito bites on their bodies, nothing bad. Next year we go to Wipi they will be talking, wow…
Aquests ultims dies hem estat a Wipigaki, Winsconsin, on els nens han disfrutat estant tot el dia a l’aire lliure, jugant amb l’aigua del llac, amb altres nens i nenes, al voltant del foc… Ha estat molt be. El millor es que els nens han pogut estar amb els avis (la banda de l’Owen) durant varis dies seguits. La Noni i el Bubbles han estat genials, fent-se’n carrec perque aixi poguessim tenir un descans de tant en tant. Hem pogut acabar un dinar fins a les postres, visca! La Julia i la Chloe(dues nenes del camp) han jugat molt amb ells, cada que vegada que les veien es posaven super contents. El Fin i el Teo estan morenos per primera vegada, i tenen algunes picades que mosquit al cos, pero res serios. L’any que ve quan hi tornem ja parlaran, uau…
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| Wipigaki 2009 |
