Saturday, February 26, 2005

Why didn't you tell me before how great cheese fries are??
A quiet moment during a diaper change with Froggy.
Playing with her new Chinese/English speaking doll with Nai-Nai.
Nuzzling her good friend, Froggy, while sitting on Aunt Margie's mailing box, a favorite seat now.
A happy reunion - Laurie and Kaeli, with Laurie's parents, "Uncle" Bob and "Aunt" Barbara.
"Aunt" Marie and "Uncle" Tom with Kaeli (Laurie's aunt and uncle).
Checking Mama's pack job for the first day of school.
Practicing her "you're kidding" look.
Pondering the menu choices at Chester County Book Store Magnolia Grill restaurant.
A future Wegman's Grocery Store bag girl in training.
Ready to roll, with a smile on her face!

Monday, February 14, 2005

Happy Valentine's Day, Everyone!!!

It's been a busy couple of weeks, getting settled back into work and trying to dig out and sort and eliminate more of the boxes stacked and tucked all over the apartment!

Ye Ye joined us on the 9th, flying in from Oregon to join Nai Nai (and especially Kaeli!). Kaeli remembered him and greeted him with a huge smile and pats on his hands and face. She has spent a lot of time in his arms and on his lap since he arrived.

This past weekend we went into Philly and had breakfast with John and Tom and Rita at Reading Terminal Market. Kaeli loved looking at (and waving at!) all the people and all the things to see - fish and kids and lights and all sorts of wonderful things. Then we spent some time at the Italian market - Kaeli enjoyed riding in her hip hammock worn by Mama, and did quite well as long as we kept moving and changing the scenery and looking at new things. Standing still in one place can get boring!

We had lunch at Pat's & Geno's - Nai Nai and Ye Ye had cheesesteaks from Geno's, and Mama and Kaeli shared cheese fries from Pat's. Kaeli is a REAL fan of cheese fries, and probably ate more of them than Mama! We also spent some time at Book Fair, a favorite place of Kaeli's with all sorts of books and toys for kids. She and Ye Ye played with the wonderful train sets while Mama and Nai Nai looked at books.

Ye Ye put together Kaeli's Leapfrog music table, which was a gift from Nancy Dock, and Kaeli has been rocking and rolling ever since. She especially likes hitting all the keys and buttons while giggling and squealing and going in circles sideways as fast as she can around the table, which is quite funny to watch!

This coming week Nai Nai and Ye Ye and Kaeli will continue to enjoy days together while Mama is at work. They hope to visit Longwood Gardens, and will take the QVC tour and have lunch with Mama at work. Ye Ye and Nai Nai head back to Oregon on the 21st, and will be sorely missed!!!
Mama's cubicle at work, decorated for her home-coming (work-coming??) by her wonderful staff. They printed pictures from the blog and mounted them on pink paper and hung them all over Mama's cubicle.
Kaeli in her red jumper knitted by Mama, examining a fireman in the nursery room at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in West Chester, while visiting the knitting group.
Kool Kat Kaeli in her sunglasses, resting against the bag of paper to be recycled.