Chess

Luca has been taking chess afterschool once a week for about 2 months now. Tonight he played a game with Daddy after dinner. He has a great understanding of the game, but not so much stamina to play for an extended period of time. So rather than playing until a king is taken, they played until someone captured 7 of the other's pieces. Luca won! Below is a video of Luca setting up the board a few days ago.

Fireside chess

Board setup

(sorry for vertical format)

1st Day of Kindergarten

Power breakfast

Doing what I do best

Watching the U.S. N.Y. Ship pass by - made from
World Trade Center debris, it pulls into town for 9/11 tribute

Two handsome guys ready for a big day

Meeting in the courtyard before entering the school

Coloring a page that will be cover of his "Notes Folder"

Reading the calendar with today's activities

Max 18 Months

Wow, its been months since our last post!

Better view from up here :)

Max is now 18 months.  A few of his latest tricks include shaking his head "no", nodding "yes" (as of yesterday), enjoying cappuccino, climbing to the top bunk of Luca's bed, climbing on the coffee table, trying to jump from the coffee table onto the sofa, moving chair next to counter and climbing up onto counter, turning on bath and then the handshower to flood the bathroom, exfoliating his face with Mommy's expensive face creams, "washing" his hair with diaper cream, wearing socks on his hands, and eating large live beatles off the patio, to name a few.

Remember when we thought unrolling the toilet paper was cute?

Here's a sweet little video of Max eating dinner last night where he makes all his cute faces and nods "yes":

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Max eating dinner