Hanging Out

Dining with (little) friends

Self-Portrait

Until now, Gwendolyn's drawings mainly consist of scribbles, occasionally interspersed with lots and lots of semi-straight lines (which she calls "serpentes"). So maybe these snakes are her first representational drawings. The other day, though, she did a chalk drawing that was so different from her other drawings that we had to take a picture. You may have to look at it for a bit to see this - eyes, mouth, crazy hair? "Who is that?" we asked, "It's Wren!" Gwendolyn answered. A Gwendolyn self-portrait!

Silken Pajamas

Beautiful pink silken pajamas from Taisie from Beijing! I'm afraid that, so far at least, I like them better than the Wren does.

Presents

We're still basking in the glow of so many amazing Christmas presents - huge thank yous to all the family and friends who really made this Christmas for us. I'll try to document a few of the presents in action in the next few posts.

Gorgeous colored mixing bowls that Gwendolyn decided would be the perfect containers for her new dolls' naps.

Thomas the Train, already a huge favorite.

A cornucopia of wooden fruits and vegetables.

A beautiful new skirt, and a purple "unicorn" (the inert body below is David, trying for just a little more sleep).

And a huge favorite - a big red car just like the one at Grandpa John and Nana's!

Happy New Year!

Already two weeks into 2011, time flies! We had a pretty social New Years with not one but two parties. About an hour into the first one, Gwendolyn fell asleep under the table on a hard wood floor. We then carried her down the street, where friends had a bonfire and bundles of fireworks ready to go. We lasted until almost 12, but by then the sound of fireworks going off just feet from our ears became too much (amazingly, Gwendolyn continued to sleep through all this in David's arms!). We headed home and watched the full display from our bedroom window. Our street seemed to be the Gamboa center for the masses of amateur firework explosions (no regulation at all here in Panama). The sky seems red in this picture because the air was thick with smoke. Happily (amazingly) there were no injuries at all. Happy 2011 everyone!