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Sunday, October 26, 2008
Pumpkin Carving Party
Scenes from before and during the Luther Seminary Pumpkin Carving Party:
Panda on a Big Wheel.
Princess Belle and her little faerie friend.
A Panda supplementing it's bamboo-intensive diet.
A Mama Bear and her Cub.
Darth Vader (unmasked), Princess Belle, and a Witch.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Saturday, October 18, 2008
A Walk in the Woods to the Park
Today we took a post-nap walk with friends through the woods to a park.
Falls colors.
On the climbing wall.
A happy boy!
Grace on a tree.
Grace and Holden atop the tree.
Tovah bouncing the ball off the back of Holden's head. Holden laughed every time she hit him with the ball.
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Friday, October 17, 2008
Apple PIcking
Since there was no school the last couple days, Grace got to have fun.
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Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Shopping for Winter Clothes
Last year at this time we were partially settled into our temporary 1-bedroom apartment, waiting for our final apartment to become available. We weren't as well-prepared for winter as we could have been. We were distracted with other conundrums, such as what to do with three pods full of possessions that we couldn't unpack.
This year, we can prepare for winter earlier and better. We took the kids to the Used Children's clothes store and completely outfitted them for winter. They weren't enthusiastic about the clothes shopping - Holden objects outright to trying on multiple outfits - but they did like the ball pit.
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Sunday, October 12, 2008
more LA Cathedral
images of various apparitions of the Virgin.
Ethiopian in LA
My new friends Yemi (from Ethiopia), and Javier and Daniel (from San Francisco, soon to be from NY, NY) at an Ethiopian restaurant in Little Ethiopia.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
Kingston/ Olympic Peninsula
We just got back to Bothell after a couple days in Kingston on the Olympic Peninsula. We stayed with our friends, Mops and Amy, and their kids, Peri and Quinn. The visit was too short.
The Cup and Muffin - Amy and Mops' coffee shop is looking great. They've done a lot of work on it.
The outside water feature at the Cup and Muffin.
Holden with bat and ball.
Grace and Peri digging in the dirt for worms.
Mops and Holden.
Party animal - a prelude to the always hilarious "lampshade on the head" joke.
At the Kitsap County Fair.
Grace attempting to lasso a wooden horse.
Holden with bat and ball.
Grace and Peri digging in the dirt for worms.
Mops and Holden.
Party animal - a prelude to the always hilarious "lampshade on the head" joke.
At the Kitsap County Fair.
Grace attempting to lasso a wooden horse.
Petting a pig.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Seattle
We arrived in Seattle last night shortly before midnight, local time. Which was 2pm, our time. The kids slept on the plane, so it was a relatively painless flight from that perspective. We're in the Pacific Northwest for the next two weeks before we return to St. Paul.
Saturday, August 09, 2008
Boxing
We went to Irish Fair in Saint Paul last night. Grace was fascinated with the soccer game and was even more fascinated with the exhibition boxing. She ran right up to the front where she could get a better view of the two men slugging each other in the ring. She was concerned though: after the match ended, she wanted to know which guy was the bad guy?
1 Year Anniversary
Tomorrow is our 1 year anniversary of our arrival in Saint Paul. What did we do to make the last year pass so fast?
Monday, August 04, 2008
Sunday, August 03, 2008
Learning a New Thing Every Week
Holden figured out sometime in the last week that chairs and step stools are useful tools for getting to various forbidden zones. He also figured out the key quality to the utility: they are movable. The toddling explorer now can reach heretofore inaccessible territory about three feet high (or higher). Unfortunately, heights to not dissuade his curiosity.
Nap Time Indignities
Grace has a fine future ahead of her, performing college pranks on unsuspecting nappers. This is just the warm-up phase:
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