Milo and Watson...

We were in the kids hot tub. Both Milo and Watson taking turns:

Milo/Watson:"What the fu..."

and just before they could finish, the dove under water.

Milo and Watson...

On vacation in California. They are making a ton of noise in the hotel room looking for their towels and for their swimsuits. Racket on the balcony

Watson:"Milo, what the fuck are you doing!"

at this point they just don't care anymore!

Watson said...

Melissa:"Watson, you can't rough house with a toddler like that. She can get hurt."
Watson:"That's just my nature! You can't accuse me for being what I am!!!"

Leila says...

Another few first words:
"Na" - nase, german for nose
"eye"

What Leila says

Time to write down what she says now at 18 months:

"Ka-eh" - Kaffee - was probably her first word. I would get up in the mornings, her in the high chair, make coffee while she has snacks. Show her the coffee cups and hold it to her cheeks and say "Leila, der Papa macht Kaffee." She used to love holding her cheek up but now really doesn't anymore.
"Hoch" - with one arm stretched up. that's the demand for me to throw her up into the air
"Cook" - when she wants to access her cooking utensils or watch cooking.
"Bild" - the painting we have in the living room
"Hi"
"Fee" - german for fairy
"Ladaba" - Lady bug. in her room she has a few ladybug dolls.
"Bad" or "bath" - she loves baths
"ca-eed" - card (gym, debit, whatever) and carkey (same word in her vocab).
"Schas-y" - Watson
"Mila" - Milo
"Mil" - milk
"ei" - german for egg

Watson said...

On the way through Ballard, the kids in the back of the car, going south on 15th Ave NW.

Watson: "Dude, there is a store called 'mid-ass'!"
Milo: "Oh, you mean the car shop 'Midas'"

Berghaus March 2011

OK, this weekend we joined the Yaqoubis at the Berghaus in Snolquamie for some skiing, snowboarding and birthday celebration. Boy, did it make me feel like being back in the alps!
But first, before we left Saturday morning one could see spring is in the air and the cherries and plums are beginning to bloom:

This is the neighbor's tree, but you can see the nice Hexenhaus behind. Thanks hipstamatic for that fantastic vintage shot.
Only 45 minutes of driving, and we were thrown back into a winderwonderland:

Leila was having a great time in the snow! The house is located on the newly opened Hyak lift, right on the slope. In Germany or Austria they would turn this into a lodge with Zittar music and a beergarden and a snowbar. Well, maybe in a few decades they will learn that part here in the US!
The above picture is the view from the balcony.

Some more pics of the slopes as well as the wonderful weather and Milo thanks to the hipstamatic.

Milo did really well skiing, we went down the green slopes, and Milo and I went down the serpentines. It was great fun.
Finally we also brought Watson with us who did very well! He can only really turn right so far, but he was very "tapfer", went all the way down (in spite of being terrified on the lift) and he said he had a great time! Can't wait to go again. 

Thanks Judith and Said for letting us stay and to everyone else for a great time!