Giving Thanks

I am thankful for these two little turkeys.

Happy Thanksgiving

Love Lori, Alex, Emma and Nora

Still here

We are still here. Not much going on. Alex is traveling, I am busy with the girls' schools, ballet, parent council, volunteering, playdates, speech, dentists, etc. etc. etc. Oh, and let me tell you Nora does NOT like people messing with her teeth. I was holding her in a full body restraint and the dentist still couldn't get in there.

Nora has a cold so isn't really sleeping well. I haven't gotten the girls flu shots yet. Vaccines freak me out so I am still undecided. There aren't any H1N1 vaccines around anyway, unless we stand in line for 3 hours. And Nora is super good about waiting in lines, NOT.

I am actually wondering lately if she has an attention issue. She doesn't sit still for longer than a few minutes. Having her sit and eat is crazy. She bounces around from one thing to the next all day long. It's exhausting. For me anyway. I still have concerns about her being on the autism spectrum. If she is, she would get WAY more services than she gets now. We go see her neuro in Dec. so we'll discuss these things then I guess.

Same old stuff going on here.
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Lori

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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