Blizzard of Aught Nine

Southern MD hasn't had this much snow since I moved down here in 1997; even the Blizzard of '96 was apparently mostly ice down here.

I love snow, but the twins seem to have mixed feelings about it. Izzie did not like it at all, but Zoe seemed OK with it.

I'll post more pictures of the yard etc. soon...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanksgiving

As promised, here are photos taken over Thanksgiving weekend. Sorry for the large amount of photos; I actually pared down from the flickr photo set.

Cousin Ross hangs out with Zoe

Babusia holds Zoe in her lap.

Zoe had a lot of fun crawling around...

...as did Izzie.

Driko hangs out with his girls. :-)

Vuyko Marko has his hands full.

Didyo works on Zoe's shoes.

The twins had a lot of fun being chased around by Vuyko Marko.

Cousin Michael helps Zoe play the piano.

Ulana shows Izzie how to play with the bells, which included a lesson on how not to put the entire bell in her mouth.

Cousin Alex and Teta Ivanochka hang with Zoe.

Alex and Michael pose with Zoe.

Zoe searches a drum for a ball she was playing with.

The twins really enjoyed playing the piano. Zoe seemed especially entranced with it.

A longish exposure of Zoe playing on the piano shows her technique. ;-)

She looks so serious here...

Aunt Miryam holds Zoe in her lap.

A somewhat hesitant Spencer acquaints himself with Zoe.

Uncle Toby poses with Zoe.

Aunt Shelley shows Zoe how Spencer's computer works.

Uncle Toby holds a sober discourse on prohibition. Or something. ;-p

Matt teaches Zoe about "green bottle" beer. Actually, this batch of Heineken was decent... ;-)

If Zoe weren't horribly under age (and, like, a baby), this could be quite the ad for Heineken... ;-)

Toby reads Zoe a cool book about airplanes.

A nice group shot with Anastasia (a fellow Oakland Mills High School alum), Uncle Toby, Ulana, Aunt Miryam, and the twins.

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Tremendous November Update!

Can you believe it; we're only a couple of weeks behind now! :-)

Thanksgiving photos are already on Flickr and will be coming to the blog soon...

 

More smothered lovin's? :-)

 

 

Zoe shows off her (6!) teeth. :-)

 

Zoe loves Glow Worm. Thanks, Mr. and Mrs. English! :-)

 

Zoe munches on the hole in the "O" from her Baby Jail play mat.

 

Zoe offers Driko a taste.

 

 

Zoe has some nice Bed Head... :-)

Sweet Slumber

The twins look so cute when they're asleep...

 

 

 

 

Mmm... Mango?

Ulana let Izzie and Zoe try a mango popsicle. Their reaction was very hard to gauge, as they appeared to hate it, yet they kept asking for more...