Caitlyn Portraits

Can't believe these pictures of Caitlyn are six months old at this point but we thought they were still worth putting up on the blog. The family shot was our Christmas pic from last year. It's amazing we were able to get a decent shot -- Jaety had recently broken his leg/ankle and Caitlyn was well....being 2. We're thankful for some strategic photographing and airbrushing. These were our favorite Caitlyn pics from the photo shoot.

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Kid City

Only twenty minutes away from Glastonbury is Kid City Children's Museum. It is an AMAZING place with 3 huge floors to explore. Caitlyn spent nearly 2 hours at Kid City and could have stayed for longer. We didn't even venture into every room that was there. My favorite room was the Toddler Sea Cave -- located on the bottom floor of Kid City, it is completely reserved for children under 4. It was fun, bright, colorful and completely safe for Caitlyn to romp around.

Possibilities are endless at this place -- if memory serves me correct, there was a space age room (with cars galore and glow in the dark pens/markers/crystals). Other interactive exhibits included a fishery, farm and cornfields. We can't wait to go back!

Kid City - November '09

Slowly but surely...

we're going to take a stab at catching up on months and MONTHS of pictures. Shortly after our last post (gasp November '09), we went up to Glastonbury, CT, to spend a long Thanksgiving weekend with Aunt Jackie, Uncle Matt and Beatty. We went children's museum exploring up in the Hartford area and the first one we encountered was called Lutz Children's Museum in Manchester, CT. As the pics will show, points of interest there included a Long Island Sound exhibit, Live Animals (which unfortunately included snakes and an amazingly huge rabbit, not in the same cage thankfully) and a Farmer Room.

Lutz Children's Museum Nov '09

We'll continue to try and play catch up with more pics from the subsequent holidays/special events in our lives. Stay tuned.

Happy Halloween

For months now, Caitlyn's been pulling her panda costume out of the drawer it lives in and begging Mommy to help her put it on. We weren't so sure though that she'd really like the trick or treating. Would she be scared? Turns out we didn't need to worry. We teamed up with some neighbors, and as soon as Caitlyn saw the older kids come back from the first door with candy in their hands, it was all over. She'd run up to each door. (well as long as Mom was with her), and then run back down the driveways to show Dad what she got. She even remembered to say "Happy Alloween" at least sometimes.

Halloween 2009

It's funny that with all the candy she brought home, she was initially most excited by the pretzels. That didn't last too long though after we let her try a 3 Musketeers. Looks like we're raising a serious chocoholic.

Caitlyn Khoo is Two!

Last month, Caitlyn had a small but sweet birthday party with immediate family. All month long, we've been asking her if she wanted chocolate or vanilla cupcakes and she was consistent (and insistent) in her answers -- chocolate was the hands down winner. So chocolate it was -- I made a rich chocolate cupcake and topped it off with a chocolate frosting.

Jaety and I were singing Happy Birthday to her for a couple weeks prior just so she wouldn't be surprised (and freaked out) by the chorus of Happy Birthdays on the actual day. She seemed to enjoy being sung to and she still actually sings the Happy Birthday song to this day. (She hasn't fully understood that everyday isn't her birthday.) To top it off, when we ask her "how old are you" she'll proudly answer TWO! (Though, at times, she'll also answer with the word "panda" since we were also practicing "What are you going to be for Halloween?")

Caitlyn's 2nd Birthday

Play-Doh Rintoo

Not to brag or anything, but Jaety and I are awfully proud of our play-doh work of art. For those of you who don't know this rambunctious 5-year old tiger, his name is Rintoo and he's a character in one of Caitlyn's favorite programs. On the left, is our version (ignore the body). It's pretty close to his actual likeness, right?
Too bad, Play-doh Rintoo only lasted for a couple of minutes before Caitlyn tore into him. Literally.

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Nature Center -- Sept '09

These pictures are a few months old but as the saying goes, "better late than never." We took advantage of a warm day in September and decided to take a walk at the New Canaan Nature Center. There was a new chicken coop/house there which is why Caitlyn was particularly curious by the new inhabitants.

Nature Center - Fall '09