Summer 2011: Pennsylvania, DE, MA, Cancun...

Sonja and Michael enjoyed playing at Nikolas's school playground during the end of school celebration:
Cancun
In June, mommy got to go to Cancun for a few days on her own (first trip without kids!).
Here is (pra)deko with his daughters:
Twins' words
Mikica has been learning words quickly.
At the start of the summer he began with maca, cuka, pica (ptica), pita, meko (mlijeko), 'necu meka', 'uuum meka' (I want milk, where 'I want' is replaced by 'uuum'), auto...
He progressed to: 'ocu meka' (hocu mlijeka), kevet (krevet)--he yells 'kevet' (bed!) to Sonja to tell he to go to bed as if he is not going at the same time.
Kisa pada/nema kisa pada (it's raining/not raining).
Oblak, grom (cloud, thunder).
Mama, uuum te volim (mama, ja te volim). I Sonju, I tatu, i baku, i deku... (Mommy, I love you).
Come here, go away, my turn, 'to you' (this means 'birthday cake', because of the 'Happy Birthday To You' song)

Sonja is still not putting sentences together, but she communicates better than before, and she still uses English words a lot.

Nikolas's swim lessons
This year he is doing better than last. Although he still complains that he is sleepy or hungry as we drive to the pool, he doesn't cry for me while he is at the pool. Of all organized sports that we tried, this is where he fusses least.

Pennsylvania and Delaware (June)
We visited Scot and Michelle in Pittsburgh. Here are Nikolas and Szilvia in the tram from which we got a good view of the city:
Sonja and Szilvia at a restaurant:
Szilvia and our kids at a neighborhood park:
Here is baka with Nikolas at Longwood Gardens in Delaware:
Miscellaneous
Sonja is not a fan of going to bed, so she winds up falling asleep in all corners of the room, including floor, Mikica's bed, half-way up her bed (like in the picture here)....
Sonja is a very meticulous writer, and I never even had to show her how to hold a pencil:
Building
Nikolas has been in his building mode all summer. This is one of his less extravagant creations:
At a kiddy birthday party:
July 4th
Mikica was the only brave one to hold a firecracker!
Sunglasses are IN this summer :)
Park activities
Nikolas keeps his eyes out for frogs and lizards every time we go to a park. He and Mikica would collect the animals and play with them and try to take them home in a bucket.
Sonja prefers climbing the playground structures.
Yes, that's some kind of animal in his hands:Holding a frog (above) and lizard (below):
Nikolas and Audrey (AJ) (picture says it all):
At a farm:
Petting a 5-day-old baby rabbit:Boston: Grandparents' 50th wedding anniversary
Grandpa and Grandpa celebrated their 50 wedding anniversary and we flew to Boston to attend the huge family reunion:
First bus ride for the twins, to get to the party location:
Grandsons:
Granddaughters:
Grandma and grandpa's opening dance: