Bubbles and warm summer nights...

Ever since Noah was little he just loves bubbles! When we were in Disney-world earlier this year, we bought his this bubble gun and every time we pull it out, he will play with it for a long time. Our last favorite thing to do is to go outside before Noah's bedtime (which is now around 10:30pm)and swing on our swings, watching the airplanes take off or fireflies (Noah is always excited about seeing the fire flies or as he calles them in Polish "swietliki") I even tried to photograph the fireflies one time after we caught some into a jar but it was extremely hard and after a while i gave up :) Maybe next year. I love these nights outside with Noah. They are the best and as special as my little man is to me. I always wish that the time would stop as we swing and laugh together. Anyways, here are some pictures of Noah playing with his bubble machine right before his bedtime. He is one, master bubble maker :)

My little Picasso!

One afternoon with nothing else to do, we decided to try painting again. We pulled out Noah's painting easel and all the paint and the little man was off for painting. Unfortunately the project lasted no more than 15 minutes and we had to go to a next activity of the day. Uff...it's hard to keep up with an energetic toddler, especially one that drinks a veggie juice almost every day :) I told him that if he drinks the veggie juice, he will become as strong as a lion. One evening we were playing with his Imaginext people and Noah was trying to fire a bullet off his dragon warrior, however it's a task that requires a lot of strength so Noah looked at me and said "mommy let's go and drink our juice so i can become stronger" (mommy chodz pic sok, Noah chce byc silny jak tygrys"-he said this in Polish). It was just too hilarious but off we were to a kitchen, drinking our powerful juice :)





And here is a picture of our princess Leah (over 5 months old):



Happy as a clam :)

Whitewaters with Thalia!

Today we went to Whitewater Park with my good friend Eva and her adorable daughter Thalia. Although I was little a resistant at first about taking two kids to a water-park, with Eva's assurance, I jumped right into it :) Noah and Thalia just had a blast! Little Leah had a problem with falling asleep but overall it was a good experience and we ought to do it again, especially that Noah and Thalia are good playmates and they enjoy each other's company (even holding hands while sliding...how cute is this?). Anyways, we had a wonderful time this morning and looking forward to more playdates with Eva and Thalia :)
Here are just a few pictures i took of the kids sliding (with my crappy phone camera but better have crappy pictures than no pictures at all!)

Awwww....

Mid summer Update

I can't believe it's been a year since me and Noah went to Poland last year. Time really flies and i wish we could all go to Poland this year, however the tickets are insanely expensive and we would have to get two now. The good news is that babcia Ewa is moving to the US and we will see her very shortly! She has a ticket for August 8th and is flying to Chicago. I am so excited she is moving and will be closer to us. If i ever need a babysitter she will be there for us at anytime :) There is nothing better than a Polish grandma! I am also hoping that Natalie will be joining us at some point. I would love to have my sister here with me so we could become closer and share our lives together. It's hard to be close when she is a world away from me.

As far as the kids go, they are doing great! Leah is 5 months and a half now and she is the sweetest little baby around. Noah is also getting bigger and taller and he will be turning 3 this coming October (can you believe this?). During the week we stay mostly at home, occasionally running some errands here and there but Leah takes her nap until 12pm so it's hard to leave the house in the morning. We usually go somewhere in the afternoon and most of the time it is WMCA. Our weekends are spent on the boat. We usually just anchor off and swim in the lake or just go to a water park. Noah loves the beach and the water park and we love our boat (especially that it has a shower and air conditioning unit :) We usually just stay on the boat overnight, have breakfast at Crackel Barrel in the morning and just stay in a water all day. Ok- here are some pictures I took recently of my two sweethearts. They are my entire life...and more.

Our girl jumping :)


Here is Noah juicing. We are all over making a vegetable juices lately. What can be better for you that a juice made of carrots, kale, beets and celery? Yummy!


Noah told me that he wanted to cook something so i just told him to make the juice :)

Noah drinking his juice...I am soo proud of you!

Sweet pupka :)

Almost gone :) I told him that if he drinks the juice, he will be as strong as a tiger (actually THE tiger from his recent favorite movie we saw together in the movie theater "The Kung Fu Panda") By the way, I love it too :) We now watch it every day :)

Miss Leah eating on her toy...:)

This is one of the hugs he showers Leah with...ALL the time! Yes- she doesn't have a choice :)

One of Noah's mischievous smiles when he does something he is not supposed to.

Leah's chubby legs...too cute.



Soo precious!

I adore every single, little fold on her body!

Noah today, showing me a dead frog...just being a boy!

I love his facial expression :)

Last Weekend

Our last weekend was great! On Friday, me and Noah went to Radah's birthday party where Noah celebrated along with five girlfriends. He loves these girls but more than the girls he loved their playroom full of Little People :) At one point i had to just go upstairs and check on him because he was so quiet (two hours passed by and he still didn't come out of the room). He was just in Little People's land :) Arya and Gargi have every single little people toy that he ever dreamed of so this is what Noah has been doing while all the girls where downstairs. He eventually joined them for a play but it was just too hilarious to see him so involved in playing by himself for such a long time:) On Saturday, me and Devyani went to a Sathsang while Paul stayed with kids and then on Sunday we went on a boat where me met our good friends Bo and Kay with their girls. They used to live in our neighborhood but they recently moved out to be closer to better schools. Anyways, it was great to see them again. After Bo and Kay left, we drove our boat to the water-park and let Noah play in the water. He had a blast! Here are just a few pictures from yesterday:


Little chubbs :)










Chubbs eating her foot :)





Here is a comparison picture between Noah and Leah (although Noah was about 8 months old at the time)I think they look just alike :)