Star Wars

Lili is a giant Star Wars fan.

As of late, she collects Star Wars cards to trade at school, though mostly just enjoys laying them out and drooling over them with Oliver, and watches the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series (You should watch this. It is good and on Cartoon Network.).

We've also checked out Star Wars: La Guía Definitiva from the library, which has led to her in-depth knowledge of characters, both major and minor. 

One day while discussing Anakin's change to Darth Vader she asked Oli, 'Wait. Did Shmee know?' (Shmee is Anakin's mother, seen in Episodes I and II.) 

Oli asked, 'Do you mean, did she know that he was turning bad?' 

'Yes,' She clarified.

'Well, she was dead then,' Oli replied.

Now, from time to time, in reference to other things one of us will say, 'Wait. Does Shmee know?' 

Here is a recent sketch Lili did of Obi-wan and Anakin from the Clone Wars series. I especially like that Anakin's face scar is depicted.

Compare to:

Josie & Lily wrestle.

Lily's friends

Lily made some new friends during our stay in Altafulla.

family photo

we're going to appear in the school magazine as an example of the perfect family. This is our rather hastily taken photo.

Radio silence, and then, a fat baby.

Inevitably, I have disappeared from the Internet now that I'm back at work.

A quick post to say, after a few exposures to rice cereal, Josie thinks she likes the stuff. Ate two bowls full yesterday morning. 

In other news, she is fat.

Oh, I am quite full. And fat.

Wooo. Being fat is fun.

Hm. Let's see what happens when I do this.

Ah! Sorry!

(Have you understood that my baby is fat? And I like it?)

Meltdown avoidance

Proud of self. Avoided usual pitfall of 'getting things done at all costs'.

Oli was out late teaching, so tonight we were going to eat after the kids went to bed. At 7:30 pm, home alone with children, feeding a tired Josie and trying to prepare Lili's dinner while she was in the bath. When Lili emerged and food was still not ready, instead of forging ahead with dinner, took a breath and a step back. With a tired baby hanging off my boob, dinner was not going to happen just then, was it?

A cookie for Lili, an old board book from when she was little and some reading practice on the sofa all snuggled up. Josie fell asleep, Lili had fun because we were being 'naughty'.

Dinner eventually happened and Lili enjoyed it extra because she ate it in the kitchen at a little table she set while I attempted to clear our evil countertop of dishes. I was sort of quiet at the beginning, coming down off the 'get dinner on the table' high, and Lili filled the silence with gossip about classmates.

Good to know that I am capable of learning from previous mistakes. It just took about 30 years.

Lili's 6th birthday, take 2 - The snowstorm that never was

My parents were here the week of Lili's birthday and Oli's parents came out for the day of (Just for the day! A morning flight from London and night flight back from Barcelona.)

The day before her b-day we made a massive yellow cake with chocolate frosting.

On her birthday Lili went to school to celebrate with her friends and the adults all went out to lunch. At 2.20pm I got a call on my cell from Lili's teacher telling me that the Education Dept. had ordered all schools to send children home at 3pm because of the possibility of snow.

So we all finished our coffees, ran to the train station, garbage picked a cool green bamboo chair, caught the train and got the girl just in time.

It never snowed, but we had an extra hour and a half for presents.

Carnaval 2012

Carnaval time!

The theme for the year at Lili's school is 'Get out in your neighborhood. Do things for your neighborhood." (It sounds better in Catalan - Mou-te al barri. Mou-te pel barri.) Thus, the suggested costume choice for carnaval was People in the Neighborhood.

Lili was a pastry chef.

We had ordered a super cute pink polka-dot hat and apron...but 2 days before carnaval, the company sent me an email saying they were out of stock and waiting for it to come. A shame since we were going to make Lil into a super sweet pinkalicious pastry lady. Alas, we came up with this at the last minute and were still pleased.

And as ever, her class participated in the neighborhood carnaval parade :)