Dia de Nadal 2009/Christmas day 2009

Christmas 2009

Swedish breakfast, Rock’n Roll!

We visited our friends Catrine, Scott and Bianca to have a swedish breakfast (pancakes!). It was so much fun. Elliott brought a 6 feet inflatable elephant, and Calle taught the boys how to say ROCK’N ROLL!!! (with Calle’s jacket on) Now this is all what they say ALL the time, ROCK’N ROLL!!!

Fall in Golden Gate Park

Sendak at the Jewish museum

Here are pics of the exhibit of Sendak at the Jewish museum. They spent all the time trying to find all the moons that were drawn in every painting. Afterwards we went to the Yerbabuena gardens. Iphone pictures.

Fotos de l’exposicio del Sendak al Museu jueu. Els nens es van passar tota l’estona buscant les llunes dibuixades a cada una de les il.lustracions. Despres vam anar als jardins Yerbabuena. Fotos fetes amb l’iphone.

http://www.thecjm.org/index.php?option=com_ccevents&scope=exbt&task=detail&oid=42

Boots! Botes!

Ha estat plovent molt ultimament, i a l’ultim “consigment sale” (pares de bessons es troben per vendre les coses de nens que ja no volen mes) vam comprar dos parells de botes d’aigua. Pero la talla era el 7 i no el 6 que es la talla del F i el T. Aixi que avui les hem estrenades. Primer hem anat a veure un trenet que han posat al Conservatori de flors, que passa per una mena de san francisco en miniatura. Als nens els ha xiflat. I despres hem anat a buscar bassals d’aigua pel parc. Han disfrutat com uns “locus”, encara que no sabien massa com caminar amb les botes que els arribaven mes amunt dels genolls. Nomes teniem l’iphone per fer fotos, aixi que la qualitat no es molt bona.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/11/19/BA6114719B.DTL

It has been raining lately, and at the las consigment sale (parents of twins get together and sell children stuff that they don’t need anymore) we bought two pair of rain boots. But the size was 7 and not 6 which is what they are. So today we went to use them. First we went to the Conservatory of Flowers where they have installed a little train that goes around a mini San Francisco. They loved it. Then we went to look for puddles around the park. They had a terrific time, although they couldn’t walk so well with the boots going higher than their knees. We only had the ipone to take pictures, so the quality is not so good.

Teo Artist

Ara fa unes setmanes que hem comencat a fer classes d’”art”. Quin gran artista que esta fet el Teo… algu pot analitzar els dibuixos, hi ha algun psicoleg que llegeixi el blog

Zoo with the playgroup

We have recently joined a playgroup of other moms in the neighborhood that have children the same age as F and T. Although I’ve seen them only twice so far, I can tell we are going to have a really good time. This week we went to the zoo, and a side from everyone being terrified about the HUGE goats, we had a great time. The owls and the steam train were a big hit. Something amazing happened, we were able to sit ALL the children together to take a picture, I would have never thought that was possible. Click here to see all the pictures. Also the video shows the enthusiasm the boys have with the word Owl, I guess they need to say it loud. The same happens with the word Airplane: AAAAA-irplane!!!

Aquest ultim mes m’he ajuntat a un grup de mares de nens de la mateixa edat del F i el T que es troben per fer coses juntes amb els nens. Fins ara nomes hi he anat dues vegades pero em sembla que ens agradara. Aquesta setmana hem anat al zoo i a part de lo espantats que tots els nens estaven amb les ENORMES cabres, ens ho vam passar molt be. Els mussols i el tren de vapor van ser els guanyadors. I sorprenentment vam poder fer una foto de tots els nens junts sense que se n’anessin per totes bandes. Cliqueu aqui per veure totes les fotos. El vide ensenya l’entusiasme que el T i el F tenen per dir la paraula Owl (mussol), sembla que nomes ho poden dir cridant. Passa el mateix amb la paraula airplane (avio): AAA-irplane!!!

Potty training

Just quan vam tornar de Barcelona vam decidir ensenyar-los al F i al T on han de fer pipi i caca en lloc del panyal. No els hem forcat a res, pero si que intentem anar-ho repetint i dir-los que ho provin de tant en tant per acostumar-s’hi. Mica en mica van millorant, i l’altre dia el Finian va fer pipi a la tasseta tot sol, sense que nosaltres li diguessim res! Doncs apa, 3 fotos de quan vam comencar.

Morning pancakes

The boys don’t eat a lot of things, but pancakes is the one thing that they will always eat (guess what, waffles is the other thing). Recently they are waking up really early… 6 o’clock is great for us, so don’t be surprised at the looks of Owen and the boys in this pictures… You can see them enjoying dad’s whole weat blueberries pancakes (they love helping dad making them too!). More butter please!

Barcelona 2009

He trobat aquestes fotos de Barcelona a la camera que no havia penjat.

Tarda al Golden Gate Park

ahir a la tarda vam anar a passar l’estona al Golden Gate Park. Tenim uns cotxets per nines nous, i els vam anar a fer passejar amunt i avall del parc. Vam veure els anecs, tortugues, les flors, arbres… Ara que comencen a parlar ho volen dir tot, ho fan en una barreja de catala i angles: flor!, duck!, arbre!

More OAEC pond

OAEC pond

Aqui hi ha una foto que ens va fer un amic fa unes setmanes quan vam anar a banyar-nos al llac de OAEC

Barcelona

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

Barcelona 2009

Brian & Sunshine wedding

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.

Academy of Sciences with Moriah

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…

Pictures Forest Lodge

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!

Forest Lodge-Matteson Reunion 2009

Wipigaki

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…

Wipigaki 2009

Ara que ja son “nens grans”, ja tenen una taula i cadires com els grans. Ahir vam estar dibuixant amb plastidecors, tots uns artistes!

Now that they are “big boys” they have a “big boy” table and chairs. Yesterday we were drawing with crayons, we have two little artists!

Every time we clean at home (which feels like it’s constantly), the boys want to take the broom from us and play, so I bought a set of cleaning tools child size and it was a success!

Cada vegada que netegem a casa (cosa que sembla que fem constantment), els nens ens agafen l’escombra  per jugar-hi. L’altre dia vaig comprar-los un “set” d’eines de neteja a escala reduida i va ser tot un exit!

They LOVE books. They are asking us to read them all the time. They don’t last very long listening to it, but that’s fine…;-)

Ahir vam anar al Zoo. Va ser la primera vegada que els nens van veure ovelles i cabres… estaven una mica cansats perque no havien fet migdiada i estan encostipats, pero a part d’aixo ens ho vam passar molt be.

Yesterday we went to the Zoo. It was the first time that the boys saw goats and sheeps… they were a little tired because they hadn’t had a nap and they had a cold, but a side from that we had a great time.

Farina/Flour

Finian has been trying to get to the flour can for a long time… well… he finally did it!

El Finian ha estat intentant agafar el pot de farina des de fa molt de temps… be… finalment ja ho ha aconseguit!

Birthday picnic party pictures

Yes, it’s been already 2 months but I am uploading them now… It was a fun day, thanks to everyone for coming. Reserve the date for next year!

Note: There are few pictures from Cathy and Anna Marie. Thanks for sharing!

Si, han passat 2 mesos pero no he penjat les fotos fins ara… Va ser un dia genial, moltes gracies a tothom per venir. Guardeu-vos la data per l’any que ve!

090308-F&T BDAY celebration

Sant Jordi!!!

Ahir vam celebrar el dia de Sant Jordi anant a la biblioteca i vam agafar llibres per tothom. Ara comencen a estar bastant interessats en llibres, i de vegades fins i tot ens demanen que els llegim un conte. L’Owen va donar-me no una rosa pero flors del nostre jardi.

Bon dia de Sant Jordi!!!

Yesterday we celebrated Sant Jordi’s day going to the library and getting books for everyone. Now they are starting to show more interest in books and sometimes they ask us to read them a story. Owen didn’t gave a rose (that is the tradition) but gave me beautiful flowers from our garden.

Happy Sant Jordi day!!!

Here is some info from Wikipedia about Sant Jordi day: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_George%27s_Day

Catalonia

Book’s day in Catalonia

Roses stall, with Catalan flag

Sant Jordi’s cake, in Catalonia

La Diada de Sant Jordi, also known as el dia de la rosa (The Day of the Rose) or el dia del llibre (The Day of the Book) is a Catalan holiday celebrated on April 23 similar to St. Valentine’s Day with some unique twists that show the ancient practice of this day. The main event is the exchange of gifts between sweethearts, loved ones and respected ones. Historically, men gave women roses, and women gave men a book to celebrate the occasion—”a rose for love and a book forever.” In modern times, the mutual exchange of books is customary. Roses have been associated with this day since medieval times, but the giving of books is a more recent tradition. In 1923, a bookseller started to promote the holiday as a way to honour the nearly simultaneous deaths of Miguel Cervantes and William Shakespeare on April 23, 1616. Barcelona is the publishing capital in both Catalan and Spanish and this heady one-two punch of love and literacy was quickly adopted.

On Barcelona’s most visited street, La Rambla, and all over Catalonia, thousands of stands of roses and makeshift bookstalls are hastily set up for the occasion. By the end of the day, some four million roses and 800,000 books would have been purchased in the name of love. You will be hard-pressed to find a woman without a rose in hand, and half of the total yearly book sales in Catalonia take place on this occasion.

The sardana, the national dance of Catalonia, will be performed throughout the day in the Plaça Sant Jaume. And many book stores and cafes host readings by noted authors (look out for 24-hour marathon readings of Cervantes’ “Don Quixote“). And there will be a variety of street performers and musicians on hand to add a romantic ambience to nearly every public square and plaza.

Additionally, April 23 is one day of the year when the Palau de la Generalitat, Barcelona’s principal government building, is open to the public. Inside this Gothic architectural masterpiece you’ll see huge displays of roses created to honour Saint George.

Catalonia has exported this tradition of the book and the rose to the rest of the world. In 1995, the UNESCO adopted April 23 as World Book and Copyright Day.

Thanks Moriah!

Moriah gave the boys the best pants, hand made pants! And on top of that the presents came with a catalan note, saying Moltes Felicitats! what a present! Here is a picture of them wearing them this morning.
THANKS MORIAH!!!

La Moriah ha regalat al F i al T els millors pantalons, fets a ma! I a sobre el regal ha vingut amb una nota en catala que hi deia Moltes Feliciats! quin regal! Aqui hi ha una foto d’aquest mati amb els nens i els pantalons.

GRACIES MORIAH!!!

Academy of Sciences

La setmana passada vam anar a l’Academy of Sciences aqui a San FRancisco. La part que els va agradar mes  van ser els peixos i medusses. El mobil que ens van regalar els avis es molt maco, pero veure els peixos en realitat…van al.lucinar. L’oncle de l’Owen, Rob i la Daidie em van ajudar amb el FInian i el Teo carregant-los amunt i avall del museu, moltes gracies!!!

Last week we went to the new Acadamy of Sciences in San Francisco. The boys favorite section was the fishes and jelly fish. The mobile that their grandparents gave them is beatiful, but to see the fishes in reality… that was something! Uncle Rob and Daidie helped me out with Fin and Teo carrying them around the museum, thanks so much!!!

Morning kitchen/Cuina al demati

The boys wake up every morning between 6am and 7am. At that time they are VERY active, oppositte than me, my eyes are trying to stay open after a night of several feedings (yes, still). We usually stay in the kitchen so I can eat my breakfast and clean up a little. They like to “help” me out puting the dishes in the dishwasher and piling up the diapers (cloth). It is definetively fun to watch them playing with it all. Today they opened a can of polenta and it was all over the floor, sandbox in the kitchen!

Els nens es lleven cada mati entre les 6am i les 7am. A aquesta hora estan molt actius, el contrari de mi, el meus ulls intenten estar oberts despres de llevar-me a la nit varies vegades (si, encara…). Normalment ens estem a la cuina i aixi jo puc esmorzar i netejar una mica. Els agrada “ajudar-me” a posar els plats al rentaplats i a apilar els panyals (de roba). Realment es divertit veure’ls jugar. Avui han obert un pot amb polenta que ha anat pel terra, sorral a la cuina!!!

Fotos de les ultimes setmanes

Pictures from the last few weeks. Click here for more pictures

Fotos de les ultimes setmanes. Cliqueu aqui per mes fotos

Finian

Teo

Teo

Finian

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FINIAN & TEO!!! FELICITATS FINIAN I TEO!!!

Ultrasound at 8 weeks-First time we saw the babies. Surprise, it's two!

First week out of the belly

First year out into the world!

a year ago…ara fa un any..

A year from now, Owen and I took this pictures at home to keep track how the belly was growing. Little we knew that 2 hours later my waters would broke…

Ara fa un any l’Owen i jo vam fer aquestes fotos a casa per tenir un record de com la panxa anava creixent. Que poc que sabiem que dues hores mes tard trencaria aigues…

33 weeks

33 weeks

33 weeks

These are a few pictures from the last stage of pregnancy…

Aquestes son algunes fotos del final de l’embaras…

29weeks

27 weeks

26 weeks

Yoga Fin

El Finian de vegades fa coses rares… encara no camina, pero fa una cosa intermitja entre gatejar i caminar… i de tant en tant el veiem fent postures de yoga o capoeira, deu ser que ha vist el seu pare fent exercicis per casa.

Finian is a little weird…he is not walking yet, but he does something between crawling and walking… and sometimes we see him doing some yoga/capoeira/eric fenn style postures, it might be that he has seen his father stretching around the house.

Frankie weekend-SF

Today we have been at the Frankie weekend here in SF. It’s been really fun, and the boys have been really good! Daidie, has been taking care of them while we were teaching and they’ve had tons of attention, everyone has been playing with them. Lucky them (and us), they’ve had the priviledge to have a picture taken with the one and only Frankie Manning!

Avui hem anat al “Frankie weekend” aqui a SF. Ha estat molt be, els nens s’han portat molt be! La Daidie els ha entretingut mentres nosaltres donavem les classes i han tingut moltissimes atencions per part de tothom, que volien jugar amb ells. Han tingut la sort ( i nosaltres tambe) de poder fer-se una foto amb el Frankie Manning!

zzzzzzzz

M’he adonat que no he posat cap foto del Fin i el Teo dormint, i estan maquissims quan dormen…

I realized I hadn’t put any picture of Fin and Teo sleeping, and they look adorable when they sleep…

Swing/Gronxador

He penjat un video del Teo i el Finian al gronxador. Els encanta…

I have posted a video of Teo and Fin at the swing. They love it…

Jaquetes

El David i la Marta ens van regalar entre d’altres coses unes jaquetes que ens van de conya i son maquissimes. Ens han demanat que fem fotos dels nens amb la roba, pero no els agrada que els posem i treiem roba, aixi que ho farem per parts. Aqui hi ha les jaquetes.

Josh’s visit

Yes, we had the incredible privilege to have Josh Bers visited the boys a few months ago for a couple of hours. At the time I couldn’t post any pictures, so I am posting them now. The boys loved the presents, a little lion and a little dog. Josh showed off his ability of holding and passing around babies, you can tell he is a father of 3… Sorry Josh for posting this pictures so late, now everyone can see your “ugly mug” (as you describe it

Maya Lin exhibit

Yesterday we went to the de Young Museum to see the Maya Lin exhibit. Really nice… Check out her website… beautiful… http://www.mayalin.com/

Afterwards we went to the park, so here are some pictures.

Ahir vam anar al “de Young Museum” a veure una exposicio de la Maya Lin. Molt maco… Mireu la seva pagina web…maquissima http://www.mayalin.com/

Despres vam anar a passejar pel parc, aqui hi ha algunes fotos.

The Shark

Here is the one actually responsible for the bites on Teo’s legs… Before we had the babies, before we even were expecting babies, Julie gave us this awsome shark that now turns out to be biting Teo’s legs…so… Julie Solomon IS the one responsible for the marks!!!

Bubbles with Noni

Yesterday we went with Noni to the park (Golden Gate) and made some soap bubbles for the first time with F&T. They were looking at them pretty stranged, they seemed to enjoy it.

Ahir vam anar al parc (golden Gate) amb la Noni i vam fer bombolles de sabo per primera vegada amb el F i T. Sembla que els va agradar, encara que s’ho miraven amb una mica de cara estranya.

Milestone: Ens posem drets/Standing up

Ultimament no he pogut escriure gens perque els nens no ens deixen dormir a la nit i durant el dia anem com zombies…Pero la ultima novetat es que el F i el T es poden posar drets tot solets agafats a una cadira o caixa!

Lately I haven’t been able to write because the boys haven’t been sleeping at night and we are like zombies during the day… But tha latest news are that F & T can stand up by themselves grabing onto a chair or box!

Finian

Teo

Attack!

F&T are fascinated by the rumba. Until now they have been looking at it while it’s working, but now that they are more mobile, they follow it! It is really fun to look at them try it to figure it all out You will see in the video the first “real” crawling” of Finian.

El F i el T estan fascinats amb la rumba. Fins ara nomes l’han estan mirant com treballa i neteja, pero ara que ja es poden moure, la segueixen in es super divertit veure’ls intentant entrendre-ho tot Tambe veureu en el video el Finian fent els primers gatejos “de veritat” fins ara.

8 months

Pictures of their 8 month birthday here. This is a list of what they are doing right now:

They both can go from belly to sit position

They both can do commando crawling

They both have the 2 upper teeth

they love zippers and straps, my grandfather would be proud

they love to look at tags and labels, my father will be proud

they seem to start to respond to their names, sometimes

they eat bananas, rice cereal and yems, avocados makes them a rash

they go to bed between 5.30 and 7.30pm and wake up between 4.30am and 7am. sleep no longer than 3 hours…yes, pretty bad…

they start to bang toys on the floor or table…

they seem to have a good time together, for a few minutes, they smile at each other

Teo weighs 16lbs 12 oz and Finian 17lbs 5 oz

Fotos del seu 8 mesos aniversari aqui. Aixo es una llista del que fan ara:

Tots dos poden asseure’s des de panxa terra.

Els dos poden gatejar estil “commando”

Els dos tenen les dues dents de sobre (i sota)

Els encanten les cremealles is tires de motxilles, el meu avi n’estaria orgullos

Els encanta mirar i “llegir” etiquetes, el seu avi n’estara orgullos

De vegades responen quan els cridem pel seu nom

Mengen platan, arros de cereal, moniatos, i son al.lergics a l’alvocat

Se’n van a dormir entre les 17.20 i els 19.30 i s’aixequen entre les 4.30am i 7am. No dormen mes de 3 hores seguides…si, bastant malament…

Han apres a fer soroll picant joguines contra el terra…

Sembla que els agrada estar junts, una estona, riuen i es criden l’un a l’altre

El Teo pesa 7,6 Kg i el Finian 7,8 Kg

Noe Valley Harvest Festival

A few blocks from our house there was the Harvest Festival Noe Valley. It was cute, with lots of little tents with clothes, food, art and shops from the neighborhood. I ate a really good wrap from Lucey jucy. mmmm!!!

Molt a prop de casa nostra vam anar al festival de Noe Valley. Molt mono, amb paradetes de roba, menjar, art i botigues del barri. Vaig menjar un wrap bonissim, mmmm…!!!

Leila in SF!

Leila came all the way from New Zeland to see the boys (…sort of). She brought for them a really nice animals book and 2 little cute stuffed monkeys. Thanks Leila! We are excited that you, Jeff and the boys are coming back soon!

Stephanie’s visit

Stephanie came to visit the boys last weekend and she brought them this two little cute hats. Owen took a lot of pictures and they are so good that I created a folder for you to see them all (probably only my parents and Daidie will have the patience to see them all…) Here is a link to the album.

La Stephanie va venir a veure’ns el cap de setmana passat i va regalar aquests dos barrets al T i F que son una monada. L’Owen va fer moltes fotos i m’agraden tant que he creat un album (probablement nomes els meus pares i la Daidie tindran la paciencia de mirar-les totes). Aqui hi ha l’enllac a l’album.

Ergo carriers

This is a carrier that we have been using that we love. It is really good for my back, it looks great, and you can put the baby in the front, back or side, at different ages. The babies can look around when we go for walks, and we can carry them while we prepare food or do other things. They are so comfy in it that it is our best tool to put them to sleep. Highly recommended!

Aquest es un “carrier”que hem estat utilitzant ultimament que ens encanta. Va molt be per la meva esquena i pots posar els nens a davant, darrera o al costat, a diferents edats. Els nens poden mirar al voltant quan anem a fer caminades i els podem portar a sobre mentre preparem menjar o fem altres coses. Ells hi estan molt comodes, es la millor manera de posar-los a dormir. Molt recomanat!

http://www.ergobabycarrier.com/

Sean & Heather

Ok, after a lot of complaints from Sean and Heather about the picture I posted of them, here are a few more where they don’t look as scary.

Teo eating little toes

Ja us havia dit que ara es mengen els dits dels peus, pero no en tenia fotos. Aqui en teniu del Teo.

I had told you that they are chewing their toes, but I didn’t had any pictures. Here are a few of Teo.

Teo in jumper

No havia posat fotos del Teo al “saltador”. Aqui les teniu!

I hadn’t put any pictures of Teo in the jumper. Here they are!