misc moments

Nate opens a birthday present with a little help from big sister ... (a month ago!  working on blog catch-up...)

Two little monkeys.

Smiles.

Cousins at the zoo peeking at a bunny.

Seals!

More seals!

Walter & Nate take snacking very seriously.

 

eugene!

Belated pics from our great Oregon adventure!  We enjoyed many meals chez Pop Pop, where ice cream dessert is always served with lunch and dinner.  Nate & Abigail's dream come true!

Post-lunch courtyard plant inspection.

This courtyard loop provided endless hours of excitement for A&N.

One of three courtyard benches ... aka "bus stops".

Playing with Aunt Jennifer's old doll, and admiring the amazing doll clothes that Dee Dee sewed ... leopard print and stylish cuts ... Dee Dee has always been hip and ahead of her time!

Red carpet dance.

Hubbard Lane lunch with Pop Pop!

Afternoon sunning on the deck.

Dee Dee & Nate read the truck books from the library (again)!

Cuties.

Photo by Pop Pop.

Three generations.  (We talked to the fourth generation while we were out on the deck .. Grandma & Grandad were in Seattle en route to Alaska!)

Blackberries!

Triumphant blackberry pickers head home, learning new songs from Great-Grandma Dee Dee on the way.

 

back to school

Expert preschooler Abigail - now a Rainbow! - will be a big helper getting Nate settled into his first day of preschool as a Bluebird! Sniff sniff.

cuteness

Just found these on my phone...bouncy cow cuteness (and sharing).

sweeties

At this almost-4 years and almost-18 months point in time they quibble and quabble over just about anything, but there are few things cuter than when they are in sweet mode together.  Like this sunny afternoon snack time on the porch.

Nate suddenly wants to explore.

Abby has a little cold, but still feeling pretty sweet.

Nate says loud and proud: "Yeah, I like my Halloween jammies.  February, Schmebruary."

catching up

Oh faithful blog readers, thanks for sticking with us as posts are few and far between... things have been busy around here!  Mommy went to Oregon last weekend to see Dee Dee and Pop Pop! Grandma and Grandad were there too, and so was Aunt Jennifer, Emily, Adam, Stephanie, and Ben.  Papa held down the fort at home with these two little mischief makers....oh adventures!  
Abigail not only gets dressed by herself now, she also does her own hair. Can you tell?

Nate is not walking yet, but does love to climb things.  Here he dares us to try to take a picture of him where he is not blurry and in motion....

Mommy grabs her little fella for a morning kiss.

Abigail too is always on the move.  Twirling in her new tights.

This double crocs look is sure to catch on.

After dinner activity on the porch during a thunderstorm.  Abigail wears her thunder-proof winter hat and Nate takes a bite out of his favorite book - Meeeeeeow.

sibs

Nate just wants to hang out with Abby, who just wants to make funny faces at herself in the mirror.

It's also fun to make funny faces at each other.  (Hmmm... you may notice a little green crayon artwork on our wall. That's a no-no Abigail....).

Sibling smush.

Sibling snuggle.

Sibling squeeze.

And the fun starts all over again.  (PS Nate, drooling much these days on our furniture??)

matchy matchy

Nate and Abby watch carefully as Mommy tries to cajole smiles out of the matching-shirt bunch. Nate says: "What is she doing?!"

Nate says: "No really, WHAT is she doing?"

Watching crazy mommy while the book falls off of her head.

Hilarious!

Little do these little cherubs know, but their parents snuck out to a movie last night while they were sleeping, thanks (many, many thanks) to a gracious, spontaneous, much appreciated babysitting offer by Auntie Clare!  Yayyyy!