Chicos

Mommy:  Jesus, thank you for our friends today.  Thank you for Junior and Leandre to play with.  Thank you for our friends at Shayla's house today.  Thank you for Dodo and...


Lily: AND thank you that Shayla gave me Chicos.  (Haitian version of Cheetos chips)


Mommy:  Yes, and thank you for the Chicos.  And please help us be nice to...


Lily: AND Jesus?  Thank you, Please bring me Chicos again tomorrow. 


Mommy: Yes, and please help us be nice when...


Lily:  LOTS of Chicos, so I can eat them all day.  1-2-3-4-5-6-7.  Thank you.  AMEN.

our valentines

I might kill our bandwidth, but here's a bunch of pictures of my two favorite girls...

We finally found some great kid "microphones" for Lily, and she is LOVING sitting and listening to the CDs that came with her Bible.  She will listen for like 10 minutes without turning a page, and then say, "MOM!  Where's Jonah?"  Of course, she won't take them off so I can hear and help her follow along, because "my microphones are just for kids.  It's a secret.  For kids."

 Both girls had a blast playing house today...they are starting to have more and more fun together.

 ah, Lily looks SO OLD here!

 Valentine fun and a dozen hilarious Lily faces

 Sofie is standing up on everything, and now will pop up and down so you can make her laugh with "peek-a-boos."

While we were finishing dinner, Lily very sweetly shared one of her valentine stickers with Sofie, and made extra sure to rub it in really well so it wouldn't fall off.  

that was fun

Are everyone's kids this fun?  Are all parents so hopelessly biased about how wonderful their kids are?  Does everyone think they got the best kids in the world?

  

Probably.  We can agree to disagree :)

lapli

you say "la plee".

it means "rain".

there's a lot of it.

it makes two little girls

very happy.

 These are Lily's "Baby Mango Family", complete with Grandpa Mango, Mommy Mango, Aunt Lisa Mango, Uncle Casey Mango, Lily Mango and Sofie Mango (in front.)

our girl

This photo is to prove that there are times when Lily is wearing an entire outfit.

She loved watching the "prince and princess" get married today!

Playing with "pink mud" (cornstarch :)

"doin' dishes", one of her very favorite things to do...drowning my kitchen.

found this picture the other day from a few months ago and just love it.

best friend's birthday

getting bigger

"Mom, LOOK!" Lily exuded when I came home from work today, clinging to her ear lobe.  She had noticed a small freckle on her ear for the first time.

"I'm getting bigger!  See?  Soon I can wear earrings!"

She is totally convinced that one of the highlights of growing bigger is that your ears naturally get holes for earrings :)  It was so cute!

Meanwhile, Sofie is sporting her "bel ti-chinet" (beautiful little tooth-gap) ...a cultural beauty mark, along with her now SIX teeth.  We've been told that people with gaps between their front two teeth are at a high level of beauty, and that Haitians with money have even been known to have their front teeth filed away to create this gap!  So, as long as Sofie has it, we'll be staying in Haiti :)

beach bums

The girls continue to adore the beach!

Sofie sat in this thing forever, singing to her barbie and actually falling asleep at one point, totally content (which if you know Sofie, is a rarity)

We quickly decided that Sofie's 1 inch swim skirt was not enough coverage for these thunder thighs :) 

 Sofie ate lots of sand...

and Lily ate all the seafood she could :)

So thankful for my little family, for good friends, and for a few days away!