Paul And Ann
The online home of Paul Canavese and Ann Naffziger 
(plus Madeleine and Rachel!)
  • Home
  • Paul
  • Ann
  • Wedding
  • Chickens
  • Bees
  • Blog

End-Of-Year Update

1/28/2011

0 Comments

 
Now that the holidays are over, it's time to update some of our photo collection from the busy last few months. By the end of the year Rachel had hit 20 months of age and her early speech has begun. She says more words than we can count, but her repetitive favorites are Mommy, Daddy, 'Is (for "Sis"), 'Lilah (for her friend Delilah), Papa (Paul's father), cat, dog, baby (refers to any child she sees under the age of two) bubble, wa-wa (water), more, and robot to name a few. The vast majority of her conversations include one or more of the above. To our chagrin, she learned how to climb out of her crib in November and to this day still has not mastered the art of consistently taking long -- or even medium length -- naps. She is sweet and funny at times, happy and playful, or stubborn and mischievous.

Madeleine loves the holiday season as she is quite the liturgically-minded child. She asked if we could celebrate Hanukkah again (we did, with dreidel play every day), and Advent was another hit. She loves the ritual of the nightly Advent candles. This year’s Advent had the added excitement of preparation for her inaugural appearance with the children's choir at St. Columba's Christmas Eve mass. She was the youngest and the shyest during rehearsals, either refusing to open her mouth or just mouthing the words silently, but she surprised us by singing out proudly and confidently on Christmas Eve. Although we had never practiced it with her, she even sang along when the 12 year old soloist sang her "solo" verses during one song.  She just turned 4 1/2 and insisted for the second year in a row on a mini-celebration complete with a cake and 4.5 candles. January brought longer preschool hours for her: from 9:00-3:00 on M,W,F. Both she and Ann are thrilled at the addition. The new schedule enables the two of them to make the 1.25 mile commute home by bike, sometimes with the trail-a-bike, sometimes with Madeleine on her own two wheels pumping furiously while Ann pedals slowly behind her.

In other news, we do indeed have six new hens now, bought as day-old chicks in October. After much deliberation in the naming process we've settled on: Goldilocks, Fuzzy, Blackie, Roughpowder (a long story behind that one), Leafy-Leaf, and Buster Posey. We hope the last doesn’t turn out to be a rooster, but we just had to name one in honor of the World Series champs since they were hatched during the post-season that Ann and Paul so enjoyed watching with neighbors this year.
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Categories

    All
    Ann
    Bats
    Bees
    Biking
    Birthing
    Chickens
    Garden
    Living Green
    Madeleine
    Paul
    Photo Galleries
    Rachel
    Rain Barrels

    Archives

    January 2014
    October 2013
    August 2013
    April 2013
    May 2012
    November 2011
    July 2011
    January 2011
    September 2010
    August 2010
    July 2010
    June 2010
    May 2010
    April 2010
    March 2010
    February 2010
    September 2009
    July 2009
    May 2009
    April 2009
    February 2009
    January 2009
    December 2008
    September 2008
    August 2008
    July 2008
    April 2008
    March 2008
    February 2008
    January 2008
    November 2007
    October 2007
    September 2007
    July 2007
    June 2007
    May 2007
    April 2007
    March 2007
    February 2007
    January 2007
    November 2006
    October 2006
    September 2006
    August 2006
    July 2006
    June 2006
    February 2006
    December 2005
    March 2005
    February 2005
    January 2005
    May 2004

    RSS Feed

All site content © 2004-2013 Paul Canavese and Ann Naffziger.