Hammock time, flashback time

Siri and Helen in the hammock today...

... and back in February.

Big spider, New teeth, Fun expressions

When it rains, spiders seek refuge indoors. This one chose to seek refuge in our kitchen, I scared it into hiding by taking too many pictures. I was going to leave it alone and hope it would find a few cockroaches to eat before going back outdoors but my wife did not think that was an acceptable option. One little squirt of Raid into it's hiding hole sure did the trick, Siri was quite impressed to see how quickly a spider in it's death throes can move around the kitchen floor.

Look closely... two bottom teeth.

Helen is exited.

Siri is reluctantly posing.

And not so reluctantly.

Siri mad.

Helen is still excited.

Kim's Baby Shower

One of our neighbors is pregnant with her first child who is due November 11th, just a few days after Siriana will turn 3. Our other neighbor Cheryl hosted a wonderful baby shower with an abundance of food and fun games. Siriana had a great time playing with the kids and all of the fabulous toys that Cheryl has. Siri's favorite toy was the little toy kitchen set with plastic food. She played there for at least an hour. She must take after her Dad.

In other news about Siriana, she LOVES to read and go to the library. She sleeps with her books at night and throws a fit if she doesn't have one in bed. Every night she asks us to go to the library and we have to calmly explain that it is already closed and we will have to wait until Saturday morning.

Once again her vocabulary is growing exponentially. We are constantly surprised at how much she knows. Sometimes we throw her when we say something in Samoan. She will look at us like "Wow, how do you know that?" Then she will smile and repeat what we just said. She loves to say Faamolemole which is a very formal way of saying please.

She is also very good with Helen. They LOVE to take baths together and play. Helen is Siri's absolute favorite 'thing' to play with. The two of them will just laugh and laugh with each other.

Helen has her first tooth coming in. It one of her bottom front teeth and it is about a quarter of the way up. She smiles and smiles all day. She rarely cries.

When Helen starts to get tired at about 7:30 she won't let you hold her, she just wiggles and wiggles until you put her in her crib at which point she rolls over, gives a few cries, then passes out while sucking her thumb and doesn't get up until about 7 am.

And saving the best for last, Erick and I recently found out that we are expecting another new addition to our South Pacific Simonsen Clan. A possible due date in March but more certain numbers will be forthcoming. We are extremely excited and hoping for a little boy this time, but three girls will be a joy as well.