Its the day after labor day and the weather is already starting to cool. Mateo had an amazing summer. He took his first extended trip to Spain and he learned a few phrases. He is not as bilingual as Matilda was at the same age, but his English is better than Matilda’s was. His favorite phrase in Spanish is “no quiero” and in English he likes to say “want it”.

Mateo learned to love the beach and to eat jamon! His favorite playmate was cousin Marina who was the world’s best mother’s helper.

Now we are back and starting lots of new things. Mateo will start going to preschool part-time and will also start taking art and music classes. He is incredibly active, as you can imagine. Our furniture is getting destroyed.

Here is a great end of the summer picture of Mateo eating doughnuts with his sister.

Mateo sometimes falls asleep mid-play

Mateo loves watermelon! Some pictures.

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Friday afternoon we had a little party with a surprise visit from Clive and Julianna, and then Tina, Cory and Dalton came to play.

Saturday, we went to Central Park with some friends to enjoy the beautiful spring weather.

We enjoyed some music.

Lunch at the boathouse

And a nice stroll.

And on Sunday we got a visit from Aunt Margaret and Uncle Rob!

Mateo got a haircut!

Before

After

More pics of Mateo posted today here.

We had these photos of Mateo taken on his birthday. The prints finally arrived!

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Mateo is such a big boy now. He is cutting his 11th tooth, he is super heavy, has started running and is very talkative. He has also started throwing tantrums. Here we go with toddler #2!

Pablo made this awesome animated gif

Mateo’s birthday is in two weeks. My parents are excited to celebrate his dol or first birthday with a Korean celebration.

Here is a pic of Mateo trying on his first Han Bok.

More pic here.

P.S. Mateo is not walking yet. He can stand un-assisted, and has taken a couple of steps.

Mateo should be taking his first steps any day now! He stands up on his own for pretty long stretches and uses his little walker toy pretty well. He also learned how to go down the stairs on his own (he has been going up for more than a month). As of this week, he now has 6 teeth!

Here are some of our latest photos from our trip to the Dominican Republic.