Me and me

Me May 2009
Me-Fall 1971 (6-9 months?)


One of the blogger dads-Ken- who's blog I read is having a contest, to show a picture of me when I was a baby and now. check out Blogzilly.

Alex just ordered a photo scanner. We haven't had one that works in a while. This is the only baby pic I could find. I'll have to upload some from the '80's

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Lori

Rain Rain Go Away

Nora's school photo. We did retakes on Wed. They weren't much better.








It has been pouring for days. Not much to say so I posted some pictures.

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Lori

Halloween

We went to a costume party last weekend. Alex and I were the local burger joint- burger flippers. Emma was Hermione Granger and Nora was a grumpy witch. She refused to wear a hat and the dress kept riding up. We are hoping to have her be Old MacDonald/farmer on Sat. She has a farmer hat she'll wear and I ordered some overalls and got her a checked shirt. Hopefully the overalls will show up today. If not, she'll just be in orange and black. She could care less about a costume.

I went on a field trip with Emma's class yesterday to another pumpkin patch. Nora has a costume parade at school tomorrow and Emma's class is having a Halloween party. Sat. Emma has ballet then the local businesses have a trick or treat during the day. Then out to the neighborhood Sat. night. Busy busy busy. Never ending Halloween.


Hope everyone has a candyrific holiday!

Lori

Pumpkin Patch

Yesterday we went to the pumpkin patch with Mim, Grandfather, Lucas, Daddy, Mommy, Emma and Nora. Everyone had fun tromping through the mud, getting lost in the corn maze, feeding the alpacas and petting chickens. Nora gets a bit wild when there are no set boundaries so she was running wild through the maze and we'd have to bushwack to go get her. And the mud made for some fun slipping. We got some good pumpkins to carve today. It was a fun day.

We have had a busy week with Mim and Grandfather. Pumpkin patch, Pacific Science Center, mass at Holy Rosary, Farmers market, Alki beach, Magnusen Park, haircuts, EEU ice cream social, saw orcas swimming in the sound off Alki, and lots of eating! They go back to NY tomorrow. I am sure they will be glad to get a rest! These girls keep them on their toes! Thanks for coming Mim and Grandfaddy. We love you!!!

Lori

no more naps

Emma and an oatmeal chocolate chip cookie

Farmer Nora?


Nora has always taken a 2 hour nap but lately she wasn't going to bed until 9:30-10 PM or waking up at 5:30 am. So I have decided it is time to do away with naps. Kinda freaks me out. Those were 2 very nice peaceful hours to myself. But now she goes to bed 7:30 and wakes up 6:30 or 7 AM. Much better all around. And now we can do some fun things together in the afternoon and I am not tied to the house.

Mim and Grandfather are coming in 2 days. Very exciting stuff. It should be a fun filled week. Hopefully the rain will stay away.

Nora has been tolerating wearing a hat so maybe she'll be Old MacDonald for Halloween. Or a cowgirl. Or just wear orange and black. She's a tricky one and doesn't like to wear costumes. Emma is going to be Hermione Granger from Harry Potter. I need to find a yellow/maroon scarf for her somewhere. Wish I knew how to knit.

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Busy busy busy

We have been very busy lately. Emma has been doing cross country and has had meets every Sunday. We have pics but not sure where. Last weekend we went to U of Wash. to support our good friend Luke and his family in the Autism Walk. We had to leave early so Emma could go to ballet. I am of course not in the picture because I always TAKE the pictures.

Nora has been going to school. Emma has been going to school. I have been volunteering, doing recess duty, co-chairing the parent council at the EEU, getting my car fixed, making dinner and other exciting stuff like that. Wish I had more news.

In one week, Mim and Grandfather will be visiting. I am sure we'll have plenty of excitement then so stay tuned...

Lori

school and other random stuff

Emma likes to wear matching pj's with Nora.


The first week of school has gone quite smoothly for Nora. Nora's bus driver is great. He is super nice and really helpful. The bus is supposed to be at our house 20 minutes earlier but due to his other bus route, he doesn't get to our house until 8:15 which is the exact time I am supposed to be dropping Emma off at school. Hopefully next week he'll be able to come a bit earlier. He is trying to change the route. And he gave me his cell number in case I need to get in touch with him. How nice is that?

Nora's first day in class was hectic. The class was a tad rambunctious. there were a lot of new faces. Nora was in the afternoon class last year and now is in the morning. I went in and observed M & F. She did great. She looks like such a big girl. I am glad she is back with the same teacher. There are about 5 or 6 adults in the classroom with 16 kids. There are usually a few aides (teaching students from UW), an OT or SLP and the teacher and assistant teacher. The ratio is 8 typical to 8 special needs kids. I am so happy school is back in session!!!

It's been a long week. Alex has been gone all week. He is in Asia for work and gets back Sun. I am taking a girls night away tonight so Grandma is staying with the girls. Yahoo!! Emma has a cross country meet on Sun. She is on the team for school. I asked her how she likes it and she said "I like everything but the running part". I guess she won't be on the Olympic team for running. Oh well.

I have no pictures from school. I forgot to bring my camera. And I have been trying to get Nora on video playing with her doll house but she stops when she sees the camera. I have to try to be stealthy.

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Lori