mug shot of my babies



This is Joanna Cutri (Chris's sister). She has been a great tour guide.





Corn nice and toasty--the way they do it in Iran too. The best. Followed by a dinner at the best sea food restaurant I have ever been to. You pick your own fish (some are living and some are already cooked) and they just grill it up right there. Best prawns and sea bass I have ever tasted. Yum.

That's it for now. It takes forever to upload pictures, but we will keep you updated.

Cool Temple

A really beautiful temple--one of the oldest in Bali (I forgot the name). We went after it had rained and there was no one there. It was beautiful. We had to take our shoes off and wear sarongs and sashes to walk on some of the ancient parts. Cyra didn't like to walk barefoot--the moss was "grossy"--her favorite word these days--I think we have Kian to blame for this.

Rice.

With the haircut, Cyra looks a lot more like her hero, Dora.











So pensive: "I wonder if I should have gotten the strawberry one instead."

The above two are a typical home in Bali--bedrooms on one side and then a huge pool and then an open kitchen. I would just get up everyday and swim to the kitchen for breakfast instead of showering.



Lucia is clearly enjoying her time in Bali. Totally relaxing.



Where we are staying.

The terribly short hair. I think Lucia's hair is longer than mine.

Family hair cuts

We all got haircuts. Short. I gave the lady (who came highly recommended) a picture from my magazine of a chin-length haircut and she cut my hair SUPER SHORT. Way too short. Whatever. We are on vacation and I am hoping I can compensate for the short hair with a nice tan? Anyway, it's super hot here so maybe it's OK that I have boy hair? Cyra has a super cute cut though.

Bali, Indonesia

We are in Bali for the month and it has been amazing. Yoga every morning, walks on the beach, amazing food, cool temples and markets to visit. We have a housekeeper and a cook that came with the house we rented and it's been great because they are really cool ladies and they are great with the kids. Unfortunately, poor Lucia has missed a lot of action because she is much happier at home in her vibrating chair. Cyra has loved it here. She loves riding the scooter everywhere, but she keeps saying we are in California. (Every time we get on airplane she thinks we are going to California.) The poor girl has gotten eaten alive with mosquitos though. We have to spray her with repellent every hour. Apparently, she has yummy blood. We have been a little sad to miss the LOST premier and all the primary election action in the states, but Jeff has done a great job of keeping us updated. For the first week we were here, I had dreams all the time that you all had had the election and Obama lost and I was so sad and I would have to go to the internet to make sure that hadn't happened. Now, I think about it a lot less. Traveling with two babies is definitely not super easy, but it's been great here because we have so much help.

I am going to try to upload some pictures. Hopefully, it works. (By the way, I am doing this at this amazing little restaurant near the beach while they prepare my mango banana juice.)

Cyra and Kian waiting for their second round of Christmas presents from my parents. This time they knew what to expect and were really excited.



Lucia looks like my little Guido here. ("Yo Vinnie, get me some milk!")