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I know we have been lagging on our blog. We have been going through a lot and we have been quite stressed, mainly in regard to our construction project, and we are still not seeing the light at the end of the tunnel (-: But we will defer this discussion to another post.

We wanted at least post a few pictures of our little man, who has been quite busy lately. he has become more and more social, and he is enjoying playdates and hanging out with his friends, or other kids in general immensely. This is good for us too, as well, as we enjoy the company of other parents-friends.

We had a few birthday parties: I guess late winter is birthday season, and it seems that there was a new birthday celebration almost every week at school. We had three parties back to back. The cool thing about them was that they were held in indoor playgrounds, so the kids really had the chance to run free and play. And with the really bad, rainy weather we had it was a perfect way for the little ones to unleash some energy.

We started with Jada’s party: Keegan loved the place, and immediately run off to jump in the ball piut or down the slides, without looking back.

We were happily surprised to see that, considering how shy he had been, and we enjoyed some adult chat with our neighbors. There was of course plenty of jummy food and cake, and Keegan managed to sit right next to the birthday girl (and her cake).

The following week, it was Elliott’s party, a friend from school. It was held in a smaller place, and a lot of keegan’s classmates were there, including Kenzie: that made for a fun experience. Unfortunately we did not have a camera,but we will try to get some pictures.

Next up, it was Rozelin’s party, another friend from school. Rozelin is also Yadira’s daughter, and you may remember that Yadira was one of Keegan’s teacher, and I have to say, one of his favorite: Yadira was the first three syllabus word he learn, and one of his first words in general. Agian, the party was held in a great playground, and Keegan had fun with another friend from school, Clhoe.

Again there was yummy cakes and food, and here they all are in a group photo. Yadira and her Husband are on the right, while Ms. Marlena, another one of his school’s teachers is on the left holding Ivan, the son of Ms Isella (another of keegan’s teachers), who is in Keegan’s class. By the way, Elliott is the last kid on the right. So, are you confused yet?

All these birthday celebrations made Keegan even more eager of getting to his own birthday again, to blow candles on a cake, and even more importantly, to get “lots of presents”. He does know that his birthday is in December, after Torin’s, Mila’s and Hanna’s, but of course he really not sure what December is.

His language skills are really improving by the day: in the last couple of weeks he said his first, complex sentence: “No kick the ball in hallway, because (emphasis on because) it’s all closed”. He can distinguish between Italian and English, and often repeats the same thing in both languages, back to back. He also started singing a lot more, mainly the usual suspects, but also songs we have no idea what they are. He likes to “read” books, remembering what words go on what page but he still loves hearing stories from us. he has a little more patience, and would sit for the whole story, if it is interesting enough. He is also a typical boy. We were reading the awesome,The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig a book that flips the classic tale of the three little pigs on its head, when we got to a page where the bad pig uses dynamite to blow up the concrete home of the three little wolves. There is a big explosion…and guess what? Now this is the only page he wants to see, over and over again, repeating loud BOOOOM sounds.

I see action movies in his future…

Fortunately, he also has more delicate moments: he has recently learned to say I Love You and Ti Voglio Bene ( he has been using the I love you sign for the longest time), so now he likes to express his affection, and comes over to mom and dad, gives big hugs and kisses, and he says it with conviction. How sweet. He has also learned that mommie is happy when he gives her a kiss, so he would often come over expressing his love after he has gotten in trouble, or made us a little mad. And it usually works (-: Not stupid, eh?

He has been showing his likes and dislikes with his friends too: he has a new good friend a school, Kelson, a friendship defined by all teachers as a ‘love-hate” relationship: they can’t stay apart from each other but they fight and steal toys from each other all the time too.

He is still really good friends with Torin, Kenzie, Jada, Mila and of course Hannah. We try to see them as often as we can, since he is enjoying their company so much. We will post a video of Keegan and Torin dancing to the Beatles music, that is just adorable.

We have a couple of adorable pictures of Keegan and Hannah, though. We went to a small Engineering fair (no, dad was not trying to push him, we just happened to be there to get a haircut), where “he” made a cute aluminum foil boat and let it sail in the fountain.

And then, hand in hand, we took our little guys to lunch. Aren’t they adorable? they are obviously enjoying it as well.

So, as you can see Keegan is really becoming his own person, and we are enjoying this process…well, we could do without whining, but it comes with the territory.

Hopefully we will have soon some good, or at least definitive news on the home front to update you with. In the meantime wish us luck.

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