In the garden (This is our neighbor's house)

Alex

Lilia and Leo eating popcicles

"Funny face!"

Lilia took these pictures of my parents. She asked them to make a funny face.

Orzo Salad

1 package of orzo pasta

1/4 cup olive oil

1/4 cup red wine vinegar

1/2 tsp dried oregano

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp peper

3-4 large handfulls of fresh spinach, roughly chopped

1/2 jar of sundried tomatoes in oil, chopped

4 slices of red onion, diced finely

1 container of feta cheese

1. Cook orzo according to package, rinse and drain well. Put in a large serving bowl.

2. Combine oil, vinegar, oregano, salt & pepper. Set aside.

3. Place chopped spinach, red onion and chopped tomatoes in bowl with orzo. Add oil mixture and stir well. Pour in some of the oil out of the sundried tomato jar just to add a little more flavor. Add all of feta to bowl and mix well again. If needed add more salt.

4. Chill and serve.

Side note: You can do a package and a half of orzo if you are going to a picnic and need to feed a lot of people. Keep all other ingredients the same except do probably whole jar of sundried tomatoes.

If you like Kalamata olives, the recipe calls for them and you would add them pitted and chopped.

*This recipe is from a magazine, I just altered it to make it my own.

Negotiations

"If you let me brush your hair you can have a lolly" -Katie

"What flavor?" -Lilia

"I'll let you pick." -Katie

"Cherry, blue, yellow, red." -Lilia (she said this referring to one lollipop)

Note: I very rarely negotiate with Lilia.

Catch a ride on the Alex train

Lilia hopped on the back of the walker and Alex kept going without missing a beat. Lilia weighs 30lbs and Alex weighs about 17 or 18lbs. He was easily walking around the house. As you can see from Lilia's big smile, she thinks it's super fun!