Grandparents are finally back

And they found that Julia is cute when her diaper is being changed....


... she's cute with avó Gabi....


... and she's cute (but a little confused) with Avô Carlos.

Smiles

Julia is becoming very playful, and she smiles when we make faces at her, which is very often. Here are two from this morning.

Early Morning

Farmer's Market

We went to Coventry's Farmer's Market with Raluca, Sena and Aiyana. They were having a "Harvest Festival" - some animals (goats, a llama, chickens, rabbits, and lots of dogs), some free food, and a musician. (Gabi: the rabbits were for petting, not for eating!) The weather was perfect fall weather: cool, and very sunny.

Julia slept most of the time, other than feeding a little. The other girls ran around and danced to old Beatles tunes.

Roxi, Julia, Aiyana and Sena.


Feeding time.


The Dancing Sisters.


Sena enjoying the live entertainment from her bale of hay.


The Mocanu Girls, on hay.


Home at last and a little rest.

This is Julia

This is not Julia...

Warning to all grandparents, family, friends, etc: these pictures are not of Julia.
(They were taken in the back yard, today)

We apologize for the inconvenience - we'll be sure to post more of Julia soon.

More Foliage & Stuff

Anticipating questions.

Just by the Eagleville Dam (on Rte 275: the one-lane bridge, followed by the one-lane tunnel):




Bakerwood (petting zoo!):

The Big Sneeze!!

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Natchaug

It was a beautiful Saturday here, near the peak of colour for the fall foliage. We did a little walking at Natchaug State Forest, just a little East of here.

Ok, this one was before leaving home:


Some views along the hike:

Us taking a break:

A Day Off Work

Wednesday Ricardo took a (well-deserved) day off at work.
This gave us all a chance to be very productive, do laundry, grocery shopping, etc. We even went for a little hike in Mansfield.

Usual pic of Mansfield hollow:


Mama-baby hiking team:


Barkly got to swim a little.




Where we took a break:


What we did during the break:




And, back at home, after a busy outing:

Weekend Visitors

Busy weekend again.
Tavi & Tanta came down from Montreal, and they brough Magda & Isabel (Roxi's cousin and her youngest daughter, recently on a visit to Montreal).

Amalia's (third) birthday party on Saturday (no camera!) was great.
Aiyana's (first) party was postponed due to really crappy weather on Sunday. She didn't seem too bothered.

Roxi & Magda:


Julia in the capable hands of bunico Octavian:


Octavian now practicing his baby-holding skills with Isabel:


Bunica with her youngest grand-daughter:


Julia's cute little hand:


Octavian is so talented that he can read the National Geographic at the same time:


Julia got pretty comfy after a while:




Over at Raluca & Ed's, Magda helps out with Julia:


Our cute little nieces: