Find Eggs!

I went to my first official Easter Egg hunt today! The families in my neighborhood organize an egg hunt for the neighborhood kids at a park next to a local lake (Lake Temescal). All of the kids were bigger than me--the next youngest was 4-1/2, so I was the slowest, but mommy helped me.

It was fun, but a bit mysterious. We were supposed to look for bright plastic eggs in the grass and ivy. I saw some, but then wasn't sure what I was supposed to do. Mom told me to pick them up and put them in my Easter basket, so I did. Then the fun part was opening the eggs and finding the candy and toys inside! I wanted to keep hunting all afternoon and kept running to the hunt area and saying 'Find eggs! Otro eggs!', but the big people told me that there were none left. Not sure what changed.

Out to lunch with Mommy

My mommy and I went out to lunch the other day. We had french fries and a chicken sandwich. Yum, yum, yum!

Dandelions with Oliver

Here's some dandelion blowing with Oliver and his mom...

We were liking the dandelions...

Here's me walking around the garden...

And blowing out dandelions!

Mom and me on the zoo train!

Emu walking next to the train--very cool!

Here's me trying to see the alligators (there's one in the corner).

Here's a video of me petting the goats ('kozel' in Bulgarian).

We had a great time at the zoo! I love going there. We saw the monkeys, the alligators, the bears, the bunnies, the turtles and the goats! I even got to pet the goats. The zoo is probably my favorite place these days. We get to go more now that the weather is better!

Dimond Park with Owen!

Here we are checking out the pool.

And driving the fire truck (a little tough without a steering wheel).

I also played in a pick up basketball game.

I went to the park with Owen and his mom, Rachel, yesterday. We had SOOO much fun. We played on the slide and the fire truck and ran around like crazy babies chasing each other. It was great. The weather is finally warmer and it is light later, which is great. Feels like pre-summer.

Language!

I thought I should post about some new developments in talking! These days I'm learning English, Spanish and Bulgarian. It is a lot to keep straight! Usually I can say each thing in one language, for instance, I say 'cat' in Spanish: 'gato'; 'water' in Spanish: 'agua'; 'apple' in Bulgarian: 'jablka'; and 'bicycle' in English.

Lately my Bulgarian grandparents have been visiting and I hear A LOT of Bulgarian these days. I am starting to talk more in Bulgarian, too!

When I put words together, I have been using all three languages a lot of the time. I have been saying things like: 'njama otro bebuk' ('there is no' (Bulgarian), 'other' (Spanish), 'bug' (English)) and 'otro zelen bebuk' ('zelen' means 'green' in Bulgarian). All pretty exciting. Fortunately my parents are usually able to keep up with what I say!

Who's this little guy?

Here's some old pics of me!

Hanging out with Mina

Here's me chasing after the train!

Mina and I had a good time looking out the window.

Here we are sitting on some chairs.

I had a fun time with my new friend Mina over the weekend. We went with our parents to the steam trains in Tilden Park and then we went out and had hamburgers and fries at Barney's Burgers. We both were very good at ordering the fries (we spontaneously told the waitress we wanted 'fries'). Mina is very fun!

On a walk with Mommy

Hanging around

Hanging around in the kitchen in an awesome sweatsuit Mimi bought me! (wow my hair was long!)