Get This Duck Away From Me!

Pjaceta Film Festival

July 22nd, 2010 at 2:39 am by Auntie (Generally being cute)

The last few days have been so full of new that I completely lost trace and can’t even remember any more at which point in time I find myself. And space is getting iffy too. Chris came, and we managed to convince my mother to join us too. Both to the infinite pleasure of Trevor. And Owen was so excited he grew a new tooth. Yesterday. Or maybe the day before? Now I am no longer so much seeked for, everything is “where is jaaasnaaaa?” accompanied by a sad and disappointed face when the forementioned is not readily available. So I make up for my jealousy with gifts and bribes – I make sure I feed Owen solids at least once in the day, and Trevor got a lighthouse and a ride in the kayak. I got kisses and smiles for both . Of course Jaaasnaaa happened to be walking Trevor next to the firebrigade house exactly when they were happy to invite little boys to sit in the truck and were giving out coloring books. But hey, you can’t have it all.

Trevor is using more and more words in Croatian, which, while it makes me happy, makes my concentration requirements during conversation even higher. But amusing, like a guessing game. And he’s constructing and inventing words more than I heard him do before. Owen is getting more mobile and thinking that if one sits him in one place on the floor, in half an hour he will still be within belly radius, one is direly mistaken. While he was a pretty tough and active little baby when he came, what was then seems floppy in comparison.

Two nights ago, our neighbors made an open air projection of an old Croatian childrens’ movie on our little square and called it “The Pjaceta Film Festival”. This was made for fun and for all the neighbors and friends young and young at heart, and since Irka, who was the main organizer, is one of Trevor’s favorite people on Cres, she called him the guest star. He lived up to his name by intensively watching the film for about an hour and then getting up from the fist row and demonstratively going to bed. Totally cute. I use this space to applaud our neighbor’s efforts and energy, because such an event is exactly what the kids here need. The comments during the movie gave me back hope about the innocence of childhood, which I recently have come to suspect was slowly vanishing from the face of the world. With this positive tone, good night to you all