Wrapping It Up

The kids are enjoying Sesame Street, and I wonder how long it will be until they see another episode. Today, finally, is the day we move to London, a day we've been anticipating and waiting for for a long time even though we've enjoyed every step (mostly) along the way, appreciating times with friends and enjoying this great New England vacation at my parents.

We still need to record our kids talking because soon their speech will turn British. Maybe, we can record them doing the acting game that we love to do where you say anything, something like "I'm so sad that you're leaving" from many different emotional perspectives. It'll be fun to hear them in British.

You might want to know where the kids are developmentally now. Luci is constantly playing baby--I get to be the baby sleeping on the couch (I love this game) that goes "Wah!Wah!" and then my mommy (Lulu) comes in to give me a pacifier, blanket, or foot rub at my suggestion. We have discovered that Luci is allergic to grapes or the sulfur pesticide that is on them. We hardly ever have grapes at home but have had them a lot here and she has had repeated diarrhea and vomiting for 2 weeks, it sounds bad but she has been enjoying life here, just having bad nights. Jesse likes to shoot on a regular basis and I allow this--I just want it to be outside and not usually in Luci's face since she often doesn't like it. My cousin's husband, J, over-indulged Jesse a week ago by doing incredible death scenes, staggering and gurgling to his death. He was an incredible actor, and even though it was grotesque, I think we were all impressed. Jesse stepped on the scale today and weighed in at 43 pounds and to which he said scrunch faced, "I'm a super-hero!"

Both Luci and Jesse have enjoyed the relatives and friends here, like Uncle Ken (I was meaning to do a blog entry on his fabulousness alone) and Aunt Sarah who have endless patience and energy to give our kids.