Tivoli

The balloon, fountains and making Thneeds....






















Well, yet another month has almost slipped by. We celebrated Carnival, (another use for Miki's Halloween costume) the Chinese New Year- Miki liked the dragon that rode through the center of town, although the highlight of the day was his dolphin balloon which I accidentally let go. Luckily he was sleeping by then and tells me the balloon went to play with the dragon. Fine with us. Lili turned 3 months old and I turned 34. I think the former was the more momentous occasion by far, but we did have an outing on my birthday, to Villa D'Este in Tivoli. It is famous for its beautiful fountain filled gardens. Miki had a lot of fun, he ran around with sticks making thneeds the whole time. (He has been really into the Lorax, although clearly not getting the point yet.)

What happened to January?

I am not sure. I am still home with Lili and I honestly don't know where the day goes. Not that we are not having fun. She is smiling at everyone (just not the camera) and you can have little baby talk conversations with her. Miki is still somewhat on the fence although he always asks about her if she is not around (looks for her if she is in a different room). Yesterday he was trying to drag her and her entire bouncy chair ( scary, I know) into the kitchen where we were because Lili was crying and Miki wanted Dada to watch her. Otherwise he is doing well, we went to a little Carnival party this weekend and they will be in costume tomorrow at school (he is getting good use out of the dragon outfit- or rather Susu a sarkany for those in the know).
Rome winter is just lots and lots of rain- I have yet to wear a pair of gloves but I honestly don't miss it. Yeah, nothing to exciting on this end of things so I might as well just try to post some pictures and get back to my endless task of 'organizing'. I think I must be very bad at this because I am always doing it but I feel like you can never tell...