Tonight we placed the boys on the play mat for some tummy time and Leo started rolling over from his tummy to his back. He must have liked it because he did it five or six times in a row, much to our delight.
The boys now really enjoy it when someone plays with them. They smile and they coo and it's a lot of fun to interact with them. Nora feels that too. In the beginning she needed some encouragement to talk to them, but yesterday over dinner when Leo was on my lap and I was talking with Sasha, I noticed that Nora was talking to Leo.
Earlier, when I was holding Adrian to practice sitting up, the boys were facing each other and they started cooing to each other. They definitely notice each other now, which is very cute.
This is the fifth book I read in preparation for the 2016 Presidential Elections.
Hillary Clinton's book is much more upbeat, much more hopeful than Mike Huckabee's, Rand Paul's and even Marco Rubio's. At times it feels like the Democratic Party is the party of the future, while the Republican Party wants to go back to an earlier time (in particular after reading Huckabee and Paul).
Of course I'm biased. If the purpose of reading these books was to truly change my mind the exercise failed -- but I never really expected that. Nevertheless reading the various types of conservative views has given me more respect for the Republican candidates. I would not vote for them, and think voting for a republican president would make America worse off but I understand better what their values, concerns and solutions are.
Mrs. Clinton's book makes a powerful statement. She doesn't boost but clearly shows what an incredible experience she has and how many tough choices she has made. The book implicitly makes a strong case for Hillary as President. It was also interesting to read again about America's most recent foreign policy crises and events.
Today we took out a big part of the ivy in our front yard. It was creeping towards the neighbors and it's always encroaching on our lawn so we decided to remove a good chunk of it.
Bruce came out when I started and he loaned me some of his tools, including a big pickaxe which was very helpful.
Nora started swimming lessons last week. Sasha is taking her four times per week to the YMCA across 13th Street. 
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Tonight we placed the boys on the play mat for some tummy time and Leo started rolling over from his tummy to his back. He must have liked it because he did it five or six times in a row, much to our delight.
Leo and Adrian will be 100 days old tomorrow! As I'm writing this they are sitting in their bouncy chairs, smiling at me. They will nap soon.
The boys now really enjoy it when someone plays with them. They smile and they coo and it's a lot of fun to interact with them. Nora feels that too. In the beginning she needed some encouragement to talk to them, but yesterday over dinner when Leo was on my lap and I was talking with Sasha, I noticed that Nora was talking to Leo.
Today we took out a big part of the ivy in our front yard. It was creeping towards the neighbors and it's always encroaching on our lawn so we decided to remove a good chunk of it. 
We have six cute bunnies in the backyard. The proud mother made a nest behind the A/C unit and they're hanging out in our yard.
