Friday, July 11, 2008

Summer for the Knights

All the girls together at Gabe & Sadie's new appartment
Patrick and Gilbert; Gil's new favorite playmate!
Uncle Alex the chef
Grandpa Larry and Grandma Gigi at dinner
Gilbert longing to play that guitar!

Here are some recent family photos taken at Gabe and Sadie's new appartment in NW Portland. The Knights have been doing well, enjoying the summer and trying to get outside as much as possible.
Gilbert is now 20 months old and is starting to talk quite a bit. Especially to his big sister. The cutest thing he's saying is "thank you mama." It is so unexpected to hear such a complete "sentence" and such manners from a baby. It makes me laugh. He is totally into construction vehicles and can spot one anywhere. One of his first words was "digger" and to this day he still cries out "digger, digger, digger..." until you recognize that Yes there is one somewhere in the vicinity!
Evelyne is 4 and is still so into crafts, we do at least one per day, sometimes more and she's getting pretty good at understanding mixing colors, counting, and recognizing all the letters in the alphabet. She knows how to spell her name, but can't quite write it yet. She has trouble with the "y's". She's been doing summer camps at her school which is fun for her to see all of her school chums, and gives mom time to spend with just Gilbert.
We've booked a Disneyland vacation for the fall, so no trips this summer, just hanging out at home which has been nice.