Monday, July 14, 2008

Famous words out of a child's mouth

So as much as we love that Massimo is talking much better - since he's been in speech therapy - and mind you when I ask him what we are doing tomorrow, it's always, see Janice? No, we are not seeing Janice (he's very fond of his speech therapist-whew!)...BUT...there's a downside to the talking...uh-oh...mommy said a bad word...lots of bad words...put those ear phones on and listen to your movie in the car (that's where mommy swears the most). Massimo loves to ask "What are you doing?" "Where are we going?","What happened?" and the infamous question that I am learning how to to deal with is "WHY?". Unfortunately Abrianna doesn't seem to be lacking in the vocal department, I guess I better get my tongue under control and quick! Abrianna says bye, hi, dada, baba (which is what she says when we ask her to say mama), dis (when she points to something we think she is trying to say "this"), she seems to be able to say "all done"- well, her version of it at least but she will repeat it, and she is clapping, blowing kisses, waves her hand, dances to any music, and her all time favorite thing to do is blow raspberries...but it's more like a sassy spitting at you and unfortunately Massimo loves to copy this and have raspberry wars at the table with her. Dante says dada, some babbling, not too many words out of him yet. He is just starting to wave, claps his hands, rocks to the music and he too has been doing the annoying raspberries and I think he is doing it quite purposefully lately just like Abrianna. Dante has a ton of energy and loves to scream when he gets excited, especially when he chases a ball, sees Massimo running around or racing his truck around, or just when he's having a lot of fun! We've got three very high energy kids around here which is taking it all out of me! I look forward to 8pm every night when everyone is in bed (and asleep - hopefully)!

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Our Trip to the SF Aquarium by the Bay

Fun at the SF Aquarium by the Bay

We took a trip to the SF Aquarium by the Bay today to satisfy Massimo's constant wish to "see the ocean and fishies". At the end of the day we asked Massimo if he had fun (yes, of course he says) and his most favorite thing was the...scuba diver! Yes, that's all he talked about when we asked him what he saw. Of course when we jogged his memory and talked about the fish and what we did he enjoyed "finding Nemo" (one of his favorite movies - and where the fascination of scuba divers all started...don't be surprised if that's what he ends up being for Halloween!) and touching the Stingray and sharks...and outside of the aquarium he got to see trains (Bart), trolleys, buses, and of course the ocean! It was all very exciting for him to be in a big city like that with so much variety around him...so many things to see. The twins loved it, too. Abrianna got to interact a lot more since she is walking and more able, it was a little hard to let Dante crawl so he got to snack and check it all out from stroller view. He did get out at the end in the toddler area and got to touch the sea urchins and he loved that so much! He got really excited watching all the fish swim by. It was a fun day (and tiring chasing after at least 2 and sometimes 3).