Happy Holidays

We got back from Paris 5 days ago. We had a great trip during which Patrick really started talking. Not only does he understand both English and French but he says words in both. I barely recognize him from when we left he has changed so much. Our trip included a four day stay in London. We took the train over which was a lot of fun for all of us. Patrick now has had experience on the Eurostar, the Tube and the French Metro. What a world traveler he is. On the other hand he has been a bit confused since coming back, looking for my parents and calling Louie Prune (I guess all black pugs look alike).
We hope you are well and had a nice Christmas and Bonne Annee.

An engineering in the making?

Patrick's remote to his toy car needed some work so he got the screwdriver and...ok, so got a little help from his father!

Trick or Treat?

Well, definitely treat.
Silly me, I thought that Patrick would not take to this Halloween tradition, you know - too young, not yet understanding what is going on. Well, I was very wrong. After the second house he visited with Dan and Dinan he knew the drill
- knock on the door
- grab a candy
- put it in the basket
- say thank you
- move on to the next house
He was so proud when he came home that he had to show me his bounty. The one good thing is that he did not realize it was something yummy and did not care about what the bounty was.

Dancing, dancing, dancing

Baby Henry

Henry was born in July. He is Flynnie's baby brother and we are very excited he is here.

My, how time flies.

Remember this?

Here is an updated version

Don't the dogs look great among the beautiful leaves? Patrick is doing his best to rake those leaves!

Storytime with Papi

Shortly after we got back (4 days to be exact!) my father came to visit us. We had a nice time with him and next we are expecting my mother's visit.

My fall trip to Paris 2008

We had another great trip to Paris and are also very happy to be home. I have to add one thing, it seems that Patrick's first comprehensible french word is "maman", needless to say, I feel very good about that!

We are off to Paris, au revoir

As you can see, Patrick enjoys the packing phase of the trip much more than his mother does!!!

Beach day

We had a wonderful day at the beach Tuesday with Flynnie, Mimi and Henry. It was a too cold for a swim but we did enjoy throwing balls in the water and seeing them come back to us on a wave or jumping off a piece of driftwood. You will also notice in the last picture that Patrick no longer cares much about the camera, in fact most of the time he tries to grab it instead of posing, so one needs to get him by surprise in order to take a picture of him looking at it.

Football (soccer) start in the making

Let's go Red Sox

Patrick went to his second baseball game with Papa and Grampa today. He had a great time, clapping along with the crowd (even trying to make neighboring fans clap!) and flirting with the girl seated in front.

4th Haircut

This time around it was not as easy. About three minutes into the haircut Patrick started crying a lot. I think he was scared. Yolanda kept reassuring him (and cutting), and Dinan tried to help too, but nothing really worked. She managed nonetheless as well as possible. Now at least we don't need to put a barrette in his hair!

Skillibush 2008, part III (the end)