22 paddlers, 1 drummer, a dragon boat and 1/10 of a second. The race was too close to call, the photo finish camera was needed to show that the stonedragons won by a dragon nostril or to put it in layman's terms... Michael Phelps fingertips.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
The stonedragons win again!
22 paddlers, 1 drummer, a dragon boat and 1/10 of a second. The race was too close to call, the photo finish camera was needed to show that the stonedragons won by a dragon nostril or to put it in layman's terms... Michael Phelps fingertips.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
swimming with our cousins
We spent a couple of days with our cousins Hanna & Maggie. One day the lake was calm and warm and so we swam all day. Even Fia got in the water to swim. I loved making the long train boats with the inner tubes. We called it a train boat because we couldn't decide if it was a boat or a train.
surfing the net
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For about a year now, Lussi has been obsessed with two children's websites. I am amazed at how she surfs around to find stories & games that interest her. The most amazing thing to me is that she learned how to print and she will come running from the computer with some project she just printed off yelling " mama help me!" She learns all kinds of skills from identifying letters to math to art and the other day I walked in to check on her and she had her left hand placed on the computer in the way you would learn to type. She was playing a game that she found that teaches her the proper way to type. I was shocked... thinking back on my childhood, I learned to type in 10th grade! She is of a different generation, that is for sure.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
Tuesday, August 12, 2008
New friends
Mama's friends from the Olympic team came to visit. I had lots of fun with Antija and Henrik. Henrik and I liked playing pirate and princess. I set up the tea parties while he practiced his sword fighting. We also biked around on the sidewalks and ran around the house.
Friday, August 01, 2008
I'm walking... sort of
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Well I have taken after my big sister Lussi and have spent the last month knee walking. My Mama and Dada think it is caused by some quirky gene combination of the two of them because no Grandparents recall anyone else ever doing it. I never saw Lussi do it but it gets me to where I want to go. I do however walk like the rest of my household occassionally when I feel like it.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
rockin & a rollin
Untitled from karasalmela on Vimeo. I love music and this is just an example of how I act when I hear it.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Sand, Sun & Fun
This was Sofia's first time at the beach. She has been in enough sand boxes to be over eating dry sand but the wet sand was a whole new experience and she began by shoveling it in by the fistful... yuck! By the end sand eating took second seat to crawling head first in to the waves. (Talk about a relaxing time at the beach... don't forget your toddler!)
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
For Silo (part 1)
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Watching the super cute Silo singing videos reminded us that we made one for you a while ago and forgot to post it for you so here it is super boy!
Thursday, July 03, 2008
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I came across this video recently. I remember what a challenge last summer was with the fragile baby in the house and a sometimes "rough" three year old. However, the girls are so comfortable with each other then and now.
Wednesday, July 02, 2008
Monday, June 16, 2008
Sunday, June 15, 2008
For Kai & Tia
I know, I know, I know... I have been completely delinquent in blog land. We've been having computer problems blah-blah blah. Anyway here is little Ms Personality. Her hair just keeps getting curlier and her eyes are turning greenish. She is saying lots of "OOOO" words... Oops, Oh-oh, Ouwie and lots of high pitched squeals as well as raspy baby babble. Her personality lights up and she becomes this babbling bubbly baby when she sees DOGS... she spots them on TV, on the street & in books. Our future as a dogless family looks impossible when you experience this love for dogs. Sofia also loves really soft things which Lussi has her own word for "Sovey" rhymes with lovey. Lussi started calling her fleece jacket "Sovey" and I said "what did you say?" She said "Sovey?" I said that's not a word. She said I know, I made it up. So anyway, Sofia squeals with delight and then lays on her stomach over anything "Sovey" She especially likes our sheepskin rugs.
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