kisses.

brunch.

to celebrate the holidays (really just an excuse to get together) we had a quick brunch with the maxon's before leaving town. the girls, as always, were totally excited to be together. they took their daddy's for the longest 3 block walk ever according to nick, but still had energy to crawl around the benches and play in the dirt.

one.

our sweet friend sinai turned one last month. he was in israel for his actual birthday so we had a little celebration earlier this month. siena and him are starting to play and be into one another which is a treat to witness.

celebrate!

siena's school had a festive holiday party last weekend. it was raining so the place was packed, but still so much fun. yummy food, great music, a fairy princess who did magic, singing, dancing. it was totally fun and made me even more excited that siena goes to such a great place to learn and grow. the second photo is marina singing, who is one of siena's teachers and the bottom photo is roxana getting down who is the head teacher.

dinner with friends.

a couple of weeks ago we had a nice dinner and gabe and sammy's place. muluk, sinai, julius and siena had a great time playing with one another. even though they are all different ages they were totally interested in each other. i hope to have another friend dinner in january.

winslow.

last week winslow came over to play. winslow is about a week older than siena and the son of my friend ben from mills. it was such a joy to see them both. last time we saw each other was over a year ago when we ran into one another in the mission. winslow and siena took to each other very quickly. winslow has a lot of things to say and such a good attitude about things. when siena would get bothered by him touching something he would just repeat her protest and smile while giving her space. i think he's a good influence on my feisty little one, hopefully we visit more often in the new year.

dot.

last weekend (or maybe the one before) we headed out to the city to spend a morning with mara, chuck and dottie (dot is what siena calls her). we had a nice breakfast at their house and then went to hear some kids music at their local community center. dottie goes to hear enzo play music often, but this was siena's first time. i think the girls enjoyed themselves very much. we also ran into a friend named lula that siena hasn't seen in many months. it was a nice way to spend a saturday morning.