Dahrius & Baba in the garden
We were given a fantastic gift of live caterpillars and a butterfly "house" by Megan's aunt Cathy. We watched the caterpillars grow every day, then form chrysalises and finally hatch into butterflies!!!! It was very cool and we were all excited to watch the process. Here's Dahrius with a butterfly that we were releasing.
Manda came to visit last weekend and cooked up loads of tasty Persian food. She was a big hit with both boys, and now Dahrius is counting well to 10 in Farsi.
We have been trying to get out and about when the weather is good (frequent). here we are at the Berkeley marina on a clear, lovely day. Dahrius is getting some extra exercise pedaling his trike against the wind.
Here is little D gently holding one of our "Painted Lady" butterflies before releasing. He was pretty into it!
No doubt Manda is talking silly baby talk in Farsi--Ranier was eating it up (and the napkin)!!
Ranier LOVES riding in the swing. IT's very cute to see him kicking his legs with glee each time he is pushed in the swing. He kept kicking his socks off, so I put them on his hands...which of course wound up in his mouth.
With the playoffs in baseball, we were inspired to get some early training in with little D. Here's Baba working on Dahrius' swing with the whiffle ball. It was very cute grandfather-grandson time. Despite Baba's patient efforts, Dahrius did not hit or catch too many (any?) balls. However, fun was had by all and we'll be out there again soon
Here we are right before going out for an anniversary lunch! We had Dorsy babysit the kids and Ahrash and Megan had a fantastic time with some actual uninterrupted conversation--lovely!
Ranier being happy with most of his clothes off...preparing for some toe sucking.
Dahrius was playing train conductor here. It could be a future Halloween costume, but this year will be a lion. Halloween's next week, so check out photo updates!
Ranier does an airplane impression with both arms flapping and occasional stuffing of something into his mouth.
Ranier is now sitting up! He needs some spotting, but is doing better each day.
Dahrius LOVES jumping. Here he is wearing mom's slippers and jumping out of them. He's really caught some air!
