Snow Days Jan 07

Finally, seven years west of the Mississippi and at last a snow day. In fact, a whole week; the school decisionmakers went ahead and canceled exam WEEK. Amazing. Here are a few photos of PDX fun in the snow.

J builds a snowman, with edible facial features, of course.
J and J swoosh down the 26th Ave sledding course, a panning shot.

Santa's lap

 

Halloween

A bunch of bananas and a monkey.

Going door to door.

Spooky yard decorations along the route. 

Pumpkin Carving Before and After

Four little pumpkins sitting in a line, the second one said, "a face would suit me fine."
 

More beach photos

Sherpa Daddy pulls the train.


The top of the dune.


The girls, to add to the panorama I took of the boys this spring.

Beach Weekend

We couldn't have picked a better weekend to go to the beach. Unbelievable weather for late October at the Oregon coast! J and J had a fabulous time playing with each other. They liked climbing on the bunk beds as much as they liked playing on the beach. Daddy had plenty of time to surf and we even managed to drag the kids up the sand dune. J, remembering his adventure race days, dragged J and J to the top with a rope. He also carried H. I had the easy job. I just took pictures.


 

We went to the pumpkin patch this week to get a family of pumpkins--one for each member of the household. We rolled a wagon out into the field and J selected each of our pumpkins. He picked a 20lber for himself, a tall skinny one for his Daddy and little one for H. Afterward we had a snack of their freshly made kettle corn.




H's first trip to the pumpkin patch. She looks thrilled.
Yum! Lots of kettle corn for me! 

H Rolls Over, J Decorates for Halloween

Here are a few pictures from yesterday's afternoon festivities. No one took a nap, but H worked on her roll while playing on her exercise mat, and J made some Halloween decorations, including the antennae on the pumpkin.

 

H shows off some clothes.

H hangs out on the bench in the diningroom wearing the shirt Grandmommy made for her. Daddy calls her his little red-headed girl. We're not sure about her hair, but in this light it looks red.

Daddy loves his little red-headed girl

Daddy and H get to spend every morning together. They get J ready for school; then they walk him to school and home again. Daddy picks out H's outfits and impresses Mommy with his fashion sense.

H learns to read.

H had her four month Dr's visit with shots and weigh in yesterday. She's 65% height, 25% weight. She's following about the same trajectory as her big brudder. We're not worried this time. We just seem to have spitty babies.

HooDeeHoo

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