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| Maria had a visit with the dentist. She loves Dr. Iyer who has an office full of toys and fun distractions including a TV playing Frozen right above the dental chair. It is actually hard to get Maria to leave her office! |
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| When Enzo is unavailable Maria rides her "baby horsey." |
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| Wednesdays are a bit crazy for Gio as he has 1.5 hours of tennis at school and then comes home to race off to Woodhill's courts for another hour. The funny thing is that all of the kids in the second group are also from AISJ. The two children to the right of Gio in this photo are twins who have just joined the 1st grade which is great fun since they are also neighbors! |
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| Maria's ears are finally feeling better so we are back on our school morning routine which includes making a smoothie for the car ride to school. |
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| Maria loves to supervise but finds the blender noise a bit much! We love our Vitamix and make many smoothies together. Another favorite treat is to make frozen yogurt mix-ins. Gio's current favorite is made with peanut butter and frozen blueberries. |
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| Maria falls more and more in love with Nomsa every day. So do I. She is truly a gift to our family. |
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| Tickle time. |
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| Maria and Gio have swim lessons every Friday afternoon. Maria has missed a few weeks thanks to her ear trouble but today she was ready to go. |
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| Here they are side by side. Gio's teacher is really pushing him and he is improving so much. He is ready and eager to join the AISJ swim team next year. Maria's teacher is perfect for her- gentle and playful. They have a great time together. Maria went underwater for the first time during this lesson. She came up with her eyes wide. I thought she would start crying but she actually was bursting with pride! |
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| Post swim we joined a few families for a fun night at Toni's Pizzeria. This place has a huge outdoor deck with two play areas which meant this was the only photo I ever got of Maria sitting down (thank you, ice cream). Gio never even made it to the table. |
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| Yup. Bruno sleeps with Gio every night. |
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| How did I not make the connection that Gio's beloved Big Tom is a Bassett Hound?! How perfect is it that Gio's most beloved stuffed animal has come to life in the form of his very own dog? |
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| This morning we woke to the sound of chainsaws as the two dead trees in our front yard were being taken down. Sad. |
Once we said goodbye to the trees and Gio was finished with his golf lesson we headed to Gio's school for "Water Day."
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| The campus was full of inflatables, a dunk tank, giant pool toys and a foam pit. Here Gio is in a pool bubble! |
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| Foam fun! |
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| Giant slides. Maria did the one on the left twice. She is fearless! |
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| This slip and slide inflatable was Maria's favorite. The water got muddier and muddier as the hours passed. The children could have cared less. |
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| Gio did every activity offered but was too scared of the dunk tank. Toward the end he decided to brave it.... |
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| ...and loved it!! How I wished I could have thrown the ball but too many kids were eager to dunk him themselves. Hmmmm. Next time I will get in line! |
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| Hour 4. I finally extracted them. Both are fast asleep now so I am getting a rare afternoon break. Not complaining!
More news from Pretoria soon. For all of my US friends- Enjoy the Superbowl (or the ads!). Paolo is excited to actually be in the USA for the game. I had to ask him who was playing....
xoxo. Clara
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