Chez Mui Richard

The kids on one of their daily walks. I love that they hold hands and always want to be together, it’s so sweet (I know, it’s not going to last…)

Here’s a video from Grandpa of Chloe dancing and Sebastien wanting to join in on the fun… and Chloe aggressively telling him to sit down and poop… I tell you, I don’t know where she gets it from…

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Christmas present from the grandparents – can you tell they love it?

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Christmas present from Daddy – it might be too early for piano lessons but never too early to get them interested in making music!

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During his visits to the Brooklyn Public Library, Sebastien took great interest in these wooden peg puzzles that they had.  So we picked up a few for the house – he’s absorbed – at least until the Mui temper kicks in…

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Don’t ask me why Sebastien’s wearing a hat – because he wants to – but he won’t stop talking to himself in this video – I don’t know what he’s saying but I did catch “Ma” at the end!

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Sebastien showing off his fancy Christmas outfit with a twirl… in both directions…

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Christmas present from Uncle Savio and a singing demonstration!

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Christmas present from Mommy – and no we will NOT be picking up all those balls!

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It was a wonderful weekend of family and good (albeit not perfect) food. So blessed for a healthy and happy family.

I took more videos than pictures while the kids were opening presents. It took me forever to just get these photos out so stay tuned, I’ll edit the videos hopefully tomorrow and get them posted. But our main gift that we got the kids was this tent and tunnel combination and we threw about 200 plastic balls in there.  If was awesome and they LOVED it.  And it didn’t bug me that they threw half the balls downstairs… yet…but they better go pick them up!

And Sebastien is just too cute for words. I know, I’m his mom and all moms say that about their kids. But really, I can’t. He’s too much. Here’s the pictures of him in his bowtie (thanks Auntie Queenie):

And here’s the video version of him because I just couldn’t get enough!

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And because it’s almost playoff time, a picture to commemorate the start of a new generation of New York Giants fans…

After dinner, and after the kids have picked up all their toys and put them away, and if there’s enough time before bath time, we watch a few music clips from the Sound of Music. Check out Chloe, she’s a pro now, and Sebastien is not far behind her once his vocabulary catches up!

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In this video, she’s got about every other word,  I think… and she’s not even 3 years old yet!

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And this video just makes me laugh… I caught my kids imitating the Von Trapp children marching… the tradition conditions!

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I think Sebastien had a growth spurt and none of us noticed – check out the picture on the left, my little man is not so little anymore – he’s so tall! And I don’t think he’s realized how long his legs have gotten either because this is how I found him asleep one night, with his legs up to his knees sticking out through the slits in the crib!
More time inside means breaking out more toys to keep the kids engaged. By far their favorite activities are reading books and playing with puzzles.
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And sometimes the kids sit together quietly and play and sometimes they don’t. Case and point. I used to say that Sebastien was younger and didn’t know that he was hitting Chloe; I take that back – Sebastien is an instigator and equally as much a troublemaker if not more when it comes to fights with Chloe.
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And then of course, five seconds later, all is forgotten and they are laughing again. These kids I tell you…
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There’s lots of love even with all the sibling bickering.
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Check out Chloe’s awesome somersault (and yes, she’s in panties, no pants or sock in Mommy’s bed)
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And poor Chloe has to endure Grandpa’s mean teasing. She’s all prepped and ready for bed and Grandpa just leaves her hanging out on top of the sink, I felt so bad for her. Good thing there’s a big smile at the end. She’s a good sport.
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So we put the Christmas tree up when the kids were visiting the grandparents. I asked Laurent to film their reaction when they returned home and saw the tree.

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We also bought a train to put around the bottom of the Christmas tree but it wasn’t exactly flat down there so now the train is on the dining table. Ha ha.

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And what do we do with all the boxes we get in the mail from holiday orders? Brilliant Daddy makes them into little houses for the kids!

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Despite the chilly temperatures, Daddy always takes the kids outside for a walk every morning to get some fresh air and stretch their legs. The kids are great sports – one weekend I GPS-ed our round-trip walk to a park and it was 1.4 miles!

And every time they walk by the school, the kids linger because they want to go too! Soon enough!

Grandma also joins for walks when she is visiting.

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