Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Looks can be deceiving...





























So sure, you can look at my two little munchkins and say, "oh they look so much alike" but when I look at them I see two entirely different babies. Kyra looks so different to me from Arseny and I assumed it was Matt's side of the family. Of course everyone sees something different. I went to visit my mom recently and she took one look at the two baby H's and laughed. "your kids look so much like Matthew" she said. So as I was going through and organizing some old family photos I came across a couple of baby pictures that displayed a familiar face! I was surprised to find that my little Kyra looks a whole heck of a lot like her Grandpa (My dad). The black and white photos you see here are pictures of my dad almost 60yrs ago... (Sorry dad, I think I just revealed your age :) but the COLORED PHOTO IS KYRA and below is Kyra and her Grandpa at Christmas.







Thursday, February 21, 2008

Hey...those are my pajamas



Same PJ's different baby! Arseny got a cute pair of old navy pj's for a baby gift when he was born and they just happened to be pink! Regardless of the color once he got big enough he sported them proudly and they quickly became a favorite. I saved them and guess who's got them on now. The first picture is Arseny almost 5 months old and the second is Kyra 3 and half months.

Dad's Day Off






It's so nice for Matt to have a job working for the State! All of those great "banker's holidays" also tend to apply to State employees. Needless to say, Matt's had some great three day weekends like this last one--President's Day. So we decided to make a fun day out of it. First we went to the Children's Museum and then out to lunch. After a much needed nap time we headed up the trail toward Bennington Lake in the double jogger. This is a really nice long paved path that runs along the river. It was a glorious afternoon and we had a lot of fun trekking up and back. Here a few pictures.

Saturday, February 16, 2008

Star Wars Fan

Babe pushing babe!

Valentines Day Pictures





...were a total disaster! Ok, I thought it would be cute to put them in red and prop them up and snap a few pictures, but as you can see they weren't buying it! Arseny has decided he doesn't like his picture taken. Kyra is wearing her first barrette which Arseny likes to yank out so then she cries. All in all it was just a bad picture day--But I'm posting them anyway!

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Tell a story in 6 words

I was listening to NPR today (yes, I listen to public radio...as a matter of fact I LOVE public radio). So their guests were authors who had collected 6 word stories from people all over. Apparently Ernest Hemingway was once prodded to compose a complete story in six words. He wrote "For sale: baby shoes, never used." Anyway, people used all sorts of different themes. Some gave accounts of their lives, many were spiritual, others were just funny. So I thought I'd write one for each of my babes and here's what I came up with:

For Arseny I wrote two:

"Nose scrunched, eyes squenched, best smile!"
wait...is squenched a word? is now I guess. Arseny is really good at making the funniest smiles--especially cheesy camera ones. ok. and the other is...

"Born intense, still intense...turning two." No explanation needed here :)

For Kyra:

"Eyes open, focus...smile, smile, smile."
I can't tell you how much of a difference it makes when you wake up to this. The first thing Kyra does is smile at you...not just any smile but the biggest gummy grin you've ever seen. It melts my heart.

Ok here's one from me:
"Life is amazing new every morning."

Have some fun and make up your own. you'll get on a roll and won't be able to stop...such fun!

Monday, February 4, 2008