Chocolate is my BEST THING ever!

Thanksgiving was fun. It was super nice to have family around. Vanja's sister Petra flew in from State College, PA to Boston on Thursday and spent the long weekend with all of us; Vanja's mom spent October through November with us and left on Sunday. It was fun to have them both around and they enjoyed playing with the girls. Girls LOVED having them around...

Zara continues to be on the roll:

Zara: "Mama, I want chocolate."
Mama: "No. You cannot have any right now. How about a banana?"
Z: "I don't like bananas. I NEED chocolate"
M: "No chocolate. How about yogurt?"
Z: "No. YOU DON'T GIVE ME ANYTHING"
M: "I just gave you a few options. What would you like?"
Z: "Chocolate. CHOCOLATE IS MY BEST THING!!! YOU DON'T GIVE ME ANYTHING!"
M: "Oh, c'mon... don't be a drama queen."
Z: "I'm not a drama queen. I'm a PRINCESS!"

or...
Ivan: "Zara, now... spell -Vanja- ?"
Zara: "M. A. M. A. Done."
I: "And what does it spell?
Z: "Mommy's name"

My life is not going anywhere!

Currently, our lives consist of working and playing with our almost four-year old and eight-month old. It's a constant go go go with sleepless nights and work-in-between.

Zara is currently also known as Zara Ballerina Princess and she loves to dance. Here she is: http://picasaweb.google.com/vanjakle/BalerinaZara?authkey=Ys4BxXrA_14# . So much that she makes her parents be ballerinas and we have to ballet around the house. The other night, she got really tired and wasn't able to fall asleep. Zara came wailing to us: "Mama, Tata, my life is NOT going ANYWHERE! It's jiggling in my head." Poor kid, she doesn't know that it's downhill from her age on...

Last night during Zara's bathtime....
Mama: "Zara, izadji van, smrznut ces se!"
Zara: "K'o govno?"
Mama: "Ha?!?!?!?"
Zara: "Tata kaze da cu se smrznut k'o govno na Velebitu ak se ne (o)bucem!"