Emma's new toys / Emmine nove igracke

Here's a collection of Emma's new toys.

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Evo kolekcije Emminih novih igracki.

Emma's new toys

Our little swimmer / Nasa mala plivacica

Bathtime

Newsletter / Skolski List

There are two classrooms in our school for babies 6 weeks to 1 year. Each classroom can have 8 babies at one time. One classroom is called Snugglies and the other one is called Cuddlies. Our Cuddlies classroom has issued a Newsletter so we all know how our babies are doing. Please see below for Emma and her classmates. Some of you have asked us to post photos of our school. We will soon, we promise!

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U nasoj skolici postoje dva razreda za bebe od 6 tjedana do 1 godine. Svaki razred moze imati najvise 8 beba u isto vrijeme. Jedan razred se zove Grlice, a drugi Mazice. Nase su Mazice izdale skolski list tako da svi znamo kako nase bebe napreduju. Skenirali smo originalni list, evo prilozeen slike. Za vas koje ne znate Engleski za Emmu pise ovako:

“Emma se stalno smije.
Ona voli lezati na trbuhu, na njenom jastuku za dojenje.
Ona voli biti u hodalici, koja je sada njena najdraza aktivnost.”

U medjuvremenu, hodalica im se pokvarila i sad je Emma jako zalosna. Ali nova je na putu I trebali bi je dobit do kraja tjedna.

Od ostalih novosti teta Isabel pise:
“Sijecanj ja bio jako uzbudljiv. Primili smo nove bebe u razdred Mazica: Alfreda i Alice. Teti Ony, teti Kaissan i meni je bilo jako lijepo brinuti se o bebama, te ih podrzavati u njihovom drustvenom, emocionalnom, fizickom i intelektualnom razvoju.
Jako nam je drago da je Veljaca stigla. Ovom prilikom bi htjeli pozdravit nase nove bebe Lilu i Thomasa. Sretne smo sto cemo postati dijelom njihovim malih zivota. Tematska boja ovog mjeseca je crvena. Nasi likovni projekti ce se bazirati na otiscima stopala i ruku, te srcima.”

Mnogi su nas pitali da stavimo slike jaslica na blog. Hocemo, uskoro, obecajemo!

Love is in the Air!

Thanks Mom and Dad! Emma loves her new friend. Happy Valentines Day!

2009 - Valentines Day

My Speedy Turtle / Moja brza kornjaca

This is Emma's favourite book. / Ovo je Emmina najdraza knjiga.





Emma likes to read in the evening. / Emma voli citati u predvece.







Sometimes she likes to eat her book too. / Ponekad voli i gricnuti svoju knjigu.





And than she falls asleep. / I onda zaspe.

Emma and the bottle of milk / Emma i boca mlijeka

Well, our little Emma... holding her own bottle!

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Evo ovako, nasa mala Emma... sama drzi svoju bocicu!

Connecticut

Connecticut - January

Emma eats solids! / Emma jede cvstu hranu!

Last Friday we started Emma on solids. Her first meal was rice cereal. Emma went through all kinds of emotions: sad, teary, content, and finally happy that she finished her first meal.

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Prosli Petak smo poceli hranit Emmu cvrstom hranom. Njen prvi obrok je bio rizolino za bebe. Emma je prosla kroz cijeli niz emocija, bila je: tuzna, uplakana, zadovoljna napokon sretna sto je pojela prvi pravi obrok.

Emma's first meal

Emma & Darcy

Several weeks ago we met a new friend Darcy for breakfast at our uncle Will's place. Darcy is few months older than Emma and her mom is friends with Van. The meeting went like this: the two new friends exchanged a couple of handshakes; Darcy tried hugging Emma but Emma had none of it; Darcy than pulled Emma's ear and Emma gave her an angry look; a minute later they forgot what happened and smiled at each other.

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Pred nekoliko tjedana, kod ujaka Willa upoznali smo novu prijeteljicu Darcy. Darcy je par mjeseci starija od Emme i njezina mama je Vanina prijateljica. Susret je proso ovako nekako: dvije nove prijateljice su pruzile ruku jedna drugoj; Darcy je pokusala zagrlit Emmu; Emmi se to nije svidjalo; Darcy je onda potegla Emmi uho pa ju je Emma ruzno pogledala; minutu kasnije zaboravile su sto se desilo te se smijale jedna s drugom.

Emma and Darcy

Shadows / Sjene

This post is a continuation of the last one. It was very cold at Liberty Park, but we couldn't resist playing with our own shadows.

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Ovaj post je nastavak prethodnoga. Bilo nam je jako hladno u Liberty Parku, ali nismo mogli odoljeti igranju sa sjenama.

Shadows

Cold Liberty Park / Hladan Liberty Park

Cold Liberty Park

What can Emma do?

Here's a series of videos of little Emma. We haven't posted videos in a while and she has developed and grown so much!
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Evo nekoliko videa male Emme. Nismo vec dugo stavili video na blog, a ona se toliko razvila i narasla.


Emma can bounce (Don't forget to check out her sneakers)/ Emma moze skakutati ( Ne zaboravite pogledati njene tenisice)



Emma can roll / Emma se moze valjati



Emma can swim / Emma moze plivati



Emma can walk / Emma moze hodati



Emma can dance / Emma moze plesati

Intrepid: Sea - Air - Space Museum

Intrepid

Christmas in New York / Bozic u New Yorku

On Christmas day we took Brendan's parents to see Macy's window decorations, always lit Times Square and other busy streets of New York. It was really cold, but in few hours we managed to see quite a bit.

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Na Bozic smo sa Brendanovim roditeljima posjetili dekorirane izloge velike robne kuce Macy, uvijek osvijetljen Time Square i ostale uzurbane ulice New Yorka. Bilo je jako hladno, ali u par sati smo uspjeli vidit dosta toga.

NYC Christmas

Santa came to town! / Djed Bozicnjak je doso u grad!

Marry Christmas to all!

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Sretan Bozic Svima!

Christmas

Christmas Eve / Badnjak

We spent Christmas Eve at our house in company of Brandan's parents, brother Willis and his girlfriend Vanvien. The two Chefs Bren and Iva created the following menu:
APPETIZERS: cod on White, smoked Gouda, Edam, Kalamata olives and bread
MAIN MEAL: baked cod with bread crums, rice pilaf, french salad, "Vino de Espana" - Chardonnay
DESSERT: Pumpkin pie and "Breskvice" (Peaches - they are called peaches but are actually made out of biscuit and walnut filling, colored in red and yellow, and rolled in sugar)

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Badnju vece smo proveli u nasoj kuci u drustvu Brendanovih roditelja, brata Willa i njegove cure Vanvien. Dva kuhara, Bren i Iva su se odlucili za slijedeci meni:
PREDJELO: bakalar na bijelo, dimljena gauda, edam, Kalamata masline i kruh
GLAVNO JELO: peceni bakalar s krusnim mrvicama, riza, francuska salata, spanjolsko vino, Chardonnay vrste
DESERT: pita od tikvica i breksvice

Crhistmas Eve

HAPPY HOLIDAYS! / SRETNI BLAGDANI!

Santa

Week in review / Pregled tjedna

SUNDAY: we were decorating our Christmas tree.
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NEDJELJA: kitimo bor.








MONDAY: Emma did #2.
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UTORAK: Emma je napravila br. 2






TUESDAY: Iva and Brendan went to Iva's Office Christmas Party. Uncle Will and Van babysat for the evening. Emma apparently enjoyed her evening.
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UTORAK: Iva i Brendan su isli na Bozicnu zabavu koju je pripreio Ivin ured. Stric Will i Van su cuvali Emmu tu vecer. Emma se ocito jako dobro zabavila.








WEDNESDAY: We are tickling.
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SRIJEDA: Skakljemo se.





THURSDAY: Emma fell asleep playing.
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CETVRTAK: Emma je zaspala u igri.





FRIDAY: We have no photos :(
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PETAK: Nemamo slika :(

St. Nicholas came! / Sv. Nikola je doso!

For those of you who didn't know, in Croatia we celebrate St. Nicholas day on December 6th. St. Nick is a Saint known for secret gift-giving and is commonly identified with Santa Clause. He's a patron saint of sailors, merchants, children and students. On the night of December 5th, we clean up our slippers and leave them by the main door of the house.





In the morning of December 6th...





...a small present is awaiting.





Emma received "the hare set", a sweater and a pair of mittens!

Emma's 3rd month birthday

Yesterday we celebrated Emma's 3rd month birthday. Big Girl! She was in exceptionally good mood and thought taking pictures was funny. Actually, the flash was funny, and she kept laughing and laughing and laughing at it...

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Jucer smo slavili Emmin 3. mjesec. Velika cura! Bila je iznimno raspolozena, te je mislila da je slikanje smijesno. Zapravo, blic je bio taj koji je bio smijesan, te se ona smijala i smijala i smijala...















For her birthday, dad made dinner, a double baked potato filled with meat and vegetables. Emma had milk.

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Za rodjendan, tata je napravio veceru, duplo speceni krompir punjen sa mesom i povrcem, Emma je pila mlijeko.





And dessert...mmmm... well, the story goes something like this: dad wanted to suprise Emma and mom with chocolate and vanilla cupcakes, and mom wanted to surprise Emma and dad with cranbery / walnut cake... so we had 2 desserts!

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Za desert...mmm... pa ovako ide prica: tata je htio iznenadit Emmu i mamu sa torticama od cokolade i vanilije, a mama je imala je imala na umu iznenadit Emmu i tatu sa tortom od brusnica i oraha... na kraju smo pojeli 2 deserta.







At the end, the birthday girl fell asleep before the party ended.

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I na kraju, rodendanka je zaspala prije kraja zabave.