Bella a Week Post 20

After a hiatus of about a month, Bella a Week returns with a long, mostly unedited Bellapalooza.

Bella a Week Post 19

In this installment, we get a glimpse of Bella in her Halloween costume (she was a flower and the alphabet).

Then, Bella draws.

Bella a Week Post 18

In this video, Isabella:

1) Opens a box of toys from Mima, stuff we couldn't carry back on the plane;
2) Stays home sick from school and discusses it;
3) Hangs out with Daddy;
4) Visits the pumpkin patch with her class.

Bella a Week Post 17

I know, I know... no video in September. But here we are in October, and the rains have come, which means more time inside at the computer, making videos.

In this video:
1. Bella and her friend chase each other around a leaf pile.
2. We visit a pumpkin patch with Fin, Jessie, and Anouk and take a hay ride.
3. Bella asks the musical question, "Where's red?" and we talk about her sleeping habits.
4. Bella spins.
5. A post-prandial talk with Bella (she can see herself in the camera screen, so she's mugging). WARNING: This last clip is long, only for the truly dedicated, but it ends with Bella getting scared, and then being cute and pouty.

Bella a Week Post 16

In this video:

1. The alphabet, or part of it.
2. A reading session. In this case, Bella reads to us. We can understand isolated words, is all.
3. We head out to Mt. Tabor for the 2007 Soapbox Derby

Bella a Week Post 15

In this video, the three of us go to Pickathon, a roots music festival on a farm just outside of Portland. We had a great time. Bella dances, gets her face painted, dances, plays frisbee, dances, and dances.

Bella a Week Post 14

Once again, the title of this blog is betrayed after a hiatus of a few weeks. We, the management, do feel almost constant guilt, it should be noted, when the eighth day comes and we have not posted a video. There will be two this week, which should assuage our guilt.

In this video, Bella (1) draws a face, (2) dances at an outdoor concert near our house, and (3) paints inside while Daddy attempts (successfully, turns out) to make ice cream, and (4) paints outside in our front yard.

Bella a Week Post 13

We, the management, are sorry for the lapse in videos, but by popular demand, we are back. In this video:

1. The ABCD song (as B calls it)
2. Bella does the Rhino and Cat Dances
3. Daddy does the Horse dance
4. and more...

Bella a Week Post 12

In this week's episode, Bella attempts to sing the fruit song; she says hello to (almost) everybody; then she and Momma go on a water slide at a friggin awesome public pool just minutes away from our house.

Bella a Week Post 11

In this video, our friends Pascal, Agathe, Edgar, 3, and Margot, 1, visit. Here you will see:
1. Bella trying to kiss Edgar, to no avail
2. We camp, and the kiss happens
3. A hug happens, too
4. A walk to the beach
5. Frolicking on the beach
6. We hike
7. Agathe reads to the kids
8. The kids play on the porch swing
9. Finally, the kids eat watermelon

Bella a Week Post 10

The Week with Bubbie and Papi. In this video, Bella spends a wonderful week with her grandparents. There is playing and dancing and planting of trees.

Bella a Week Post 9

In this entry, Bella:
- Eats breakfast
- Runs around with Raffi at the schoolyard
- Swings
- Rides in her wagon
- Reads with Daddy and plays with Momma
- Plays with Raffi

Bella a Week Post 8

1. Bella running on the sidewalk
2. Bella dancing to Marley
3. Bella in a wading pool at a local kid's birthday party
4. Bella playing hide and seek with paci and Bunny
5. Bella disco dancing with Daddy and Raffi
6. Bella upset because Daddy isn't dancing anymore because he's cooking dinner
7. Daddy comes back and dances with Bella
8. Daddy exhausted

Bella a Week Post 7

We finally got some videotapes after having to rely on ourselves to create memories for a few weeks.

In this one, Bella gets ready for bed, or rather refuses to. Then there's a Bella-less interlude in which Scott and Raffi (our temporarily adopted dog) recline together. And then Bella in the kitchen monologues. Watch to the end. It's worth it.

Bella a Week Post 6

In this video, which uses up the backlog of footage from the beginning of April, Bella, Mama, and Daddy take a walk in our neighborhood, which was starting to blossom.

Then we have a family birthday party, after which Bella plays with her new toys.

Bella a Week Post 5

In this week's video (the most recent footage here is from April 1), Bella bakes cookies with Mama and then eats one. Later, she sings some songs in the kitchen and dances the Hokey Pokey.

Bella a Week Post 4

In this video, taken March 17 (I know, I know, I'm behind), Isabella counts. We were trying to figure out a way to best rinse her hair in the bath, so we tried to parlay her love of counting into a love of counting with her eyes closed. That will explain a lot. Also notice the way 8 follows 11.

Next, Bella gives a dissertation about her coming birthday party.

At the end, Bella steals a piece of bread off Talie's plate.

Bella a Week Post 3

Over breakfast, Bella talks about the harrowing incident a few weeks ago when Daddy slipped on the front steps trying to take Bella to daycare and the cat to the vet (as she says, "Bella OK"); about Happy Feet, the movie she just saw; and about anything that comes to her mind (if you listen carefully you can hear Mima, Mindy, Bubby, Papi, and Reese name-dropped in there).

The Obligatory Sunglass Shot

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