I know, I know I've been neglecting the blog. I have alot to update on. First, the bean and I are doing better and (s)he's being less hard on me - it's been rough. I'm still very ill with a few good days thrown in to remind me that this is not forever. And, we're frantically looking for a house and found two that we loved but, for reasons I won't go into, couldn't get either of them.
The girls are growing and thriving and becoming their own little people everyday. Here's what they've been up to (see, I know why you really come here):
Athena surprizes us and speaks like a little adult sometimes. She is Zoe's little Mommy and always correcting her and telling her the rules of the house ("
You can't leave the table until you finish your dinner!"). If we're talking and not paying attention to Athena, she'll often say "Mommy, Daddy, listen to my
words!" so emphatically it makes us crack up. Her new favorite word is "tricky."
Zoe has a growing fondness for accessorizing. It is rare that I can get her out of the house unless she has her bag, glasses, hat and sometimes a necklace. She doesn't coordinate well yet, but we're working on that.
Athena says she has a mouse name "Cogi" that lives in her belly. When asked what he does there she says "sniffs around and plays with my heart." We use this to get her to eat her meals (always a struggle) as Cogi gets hungry and needs food sent to him. Mommy has a baby in her belly, so why can't Athena have a friendly little mouse?
Zoe is a real talker and will repeat anything you say. In fact, just the other day I pulled my new tortoise shell sunglass from my bag and found the arm had snapped off. Like any New Yorker, I said
it, you know the word that begins with "F" and rhymes with "duck", but I didn't say it very loud. No matter, Zoe happily yelled "
Fak! Fak! Fak!" all the way home but luckily hasn't added it to her permanent vocabulary.
Athena's becoming extremely independent. She often likes to make her bed (!) in the morning and dress herself. In fact, she'll go through three or four outfits a day because the fun is in the actual dressing. In the afternoons, she likes to don one of her "wedding dresses" for dress up and pretend she is a princess.
Zoe's the sweetest thing in the entire world and sometimes gives me full body hugs and says "I love Mommy alot" for no reason at all. Sniff.
We have quite a bit going on in the next few weeks. We leave for Greece in just five days. I believe there is wireless internet already set up in the Greek house and I should be able to upload photos from there. Keep checking in.
Our hellish 38 hour journey was almost forgotten the second the boat's doors opened and we caught a whiff of that mixture of sea air, thyme, jasmine and pine that is the scent Paros. The moment we stood on the sea wall and looked at the dark sea, we knew the destination was well worth any sanity lost on the trip.
Zoe is not yet a fan of sand and water and prefers to "sunbathe."
Athena making castles in the sand.
Zoe getting the lay of the land.
Athena just hanging out.
Zoe hanging out.
Zoe studying her Greek phrase book.
Athena becoming Greek (wearing Baba's Greek fisherman's cap).
Zoe becoming Greek
And the quickest way to become Greek...hang out with old Greek geezers.
