Cleo in Summer

July 28, 2008 on 8:02 pm | In Leda and Cleo | 1 Comment | Written by Jenn

You wouldn’t know it from her smile, but Cleo’s cut six new teeth in the last week, with two more about to break through.  This gives her a spot of bother in the evening hours, but during the day she is sunny, playful, and still head-over-heels in love with her big sister.  She’s also fond of some other family members:

Recent photos of both Cleo and Leda, and all the fun they’ve had during recent visits with Grandma and Papa AND Grandma Jeanette, are in the July 2008 album.


Bella Piccolas + Gelato = Great times in Sicily

July 3, 2008 on 8:34 pm | In Travel | No Comments | Written by Jenn

Sicily, it turns out, has seen everything. Everything and everyone, from the ancient Greeks and Romans to the Islamic so-called “Moors” to the Normans. Everybody left their mark, architecturally at least, so in two weeks we saw a bit of everything. There’s a cathedral in Palermo that has literally seen it all — it was built as a mosque and has been added onto, remodeled, and “improved” by everybody since. The ancient sites at Segesta, Selinunte, Agrigento, and Villa Casales pretty much knocked our socks off.

Yep, we did the traveling with kids thing again, once again aided tremendously by our partners in crime, Lynn and George. They were more than willing to take a gelato break whenever we needed to recharge the girls between temples. Leda picked up enough conversational Italian to order her own snacks, and corrected Papa’s pronunciation. Cleo became even steadier on her feet, perfecting the gait necessary to cruise down the beach to leap into the onrushing surf Our homes were both well-appointed and well-situated for our explorations of the island, and we even managed to see Mount Etna!

Photos are in the two Sicily albums — start with Part I to see it all in chronological order.