rummikub

After dinner game.

nye

Bye 2020 👋

sun at st edwards

Found some sun at St Edwards on Monday! Now gearing up for many days of rain....

quaran-cut

Nate got his first non-mom haircut yesterday since March. Hair cutter who comes to our house and cuts outside! Snuck a pic from inside. ✂️

cat trap

Mixing bowl cat trap worked like a charm. These guys are ready for humans to be done working/schooling for a while and play with them!

solstice snow

Solstice snow last night (and accompanying power outage from about 2:30pm-9:30pm). Glad to be warm and cozy this morning!

gingerbread

 Belated post with pics from last weekend .... gingerbread houses with Gramma Lynn!  Abby and Nate did some design work out of cardboard, we sent the templates to Lynn and she worked her magic and baked them up.  We cranked open the windows, put on our masks, and got to work decorating.  What a treat!

long kitty

Look how long Blizzard is!

four amigos

 Get together with buddies, 2020 style.  Biking, walking, talking, and laughing with Kea & Niko and their parents.  😍💖🚵

truffles

Abby made truffles at cooking club!

morning snuggles

Just a few family members catching some snuggles before school on Friday morning. In case anyone is wondering, yes, the kittens love to climb the Christmas tree. 🎄 There is some urban myth circulating about putting orange peels under the tree and that the smell will keep cats away. Not Babka and Blizzard!

sunset

Photo by Abby

meadowdale

Meadowdale Beach Park hike today with friends who we normally would have spent Thanksgiving with! Was so nice to see Bob, Ben, Laurie, Ellie & Anna ... the rain stopped and we saw some blue sky and people fishing for salmon.  Onward to the #covidwinter ...!

couch

New couch (and rug, coffee table, poufs, etc)! Abby, Nate and I managed to get the old white couch all the way up our steep narrow steps to Abby's old room - now rebranded as the "Lego room".

thanksgiving

 A different Thanksgiving than usual (#2020) but it was fun to have Dee Dee, Grandma, and Grandad "at the table" via iPad!

6 months

Guess who just turned 6 months old (yesterday)? Blizzard and Babka say "hey". 🥳 🎂 😸 🎉😺

st edwards

Some November sunshine

art 🦋

Art by Abby.

mosaic

Abby finished her mosaic art project... 💥

avocado

Babka was pretty patient with the 🥑 costume that Abby made!

zipper

Unzipping Abby's face to see the universe!

steve!

Minecraft!

🎃

It's pumpkin time....

kittens

 

Snuggle season with kittens ... in a blanket or in your shirt, they are cozy bundles.

pumpkins

Caught a sunny spell and got some pumpkins and enjoyed a pumpkin spice shake at a fire pit.    So fall today.

babka

Babka goes on an adventure! New perspectives.

october

Three people just trying to make it through another month of work and school at home. Appreciating the ☀️!

waves

Whitecap day on Lake Washington yesterday! 🌊 🌊 🌊

stories

I love finding the beginnings to uplifting stories by Abby... 😬💕😆

mood

Rainy day mood

desk

New built-in desk upstairs in Abby's old room ... now the "zoom room"?

🚲

After dinner bike ride. 🚲 🚲

self portrait

Abby's self portrait from the second day of Design Studio in 7th grade!

yale

Grandad & Aunt Jen - the Yale sweatshirt is back in action.