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July 1st, 2013 by sara

Phoebe Visits!

And she’s old enough to really play now. So much fun and cuteness!

The kids had fun playing in their rooms – building train tracks, playing with dolls, and just being silly. It was great to watch Phoebe ask Nora to play and have Nora go off down the hall with her, and they would just figure out stuff to do together.

There were also a few rounds of popsicles, since it was basically in the 90s for most of the visit.

We went to the park to ride bikes, but Phoebe was suddenly not interested in biking. No worry, Jonah, Uncle Jonathan will race you!

There was a lot of sndbox playing as well. Phoebe helped with a bunch of scooping and stirring for Nora’s ‘recipe’ and Nora baked it up on her legs. Nice job, Nora…

Jonah and Phoebe worked together to make “the biggest mountain ever.”

And of course, the obligatory cousin photo shoot which mostly ended in pretty hilarious combinations of expressions.

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December 29th, 2012 by seans

Uncle Larry!

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December 14th, 2012 by sara

Decorating the Tree

Last weekend, we went out to get our Christmas tree. The kids are so excited about all the holiday preparations – lights, ornaments, decorations. They like to go for evening walks to see lights in our neighborhood and always want me to drive home a different way from wherever we go so they can see what new things they can spot. It has been a lot of fun for all of us.

The tree when it first came in the house

Ornament time!

Lots of ‘clumping’

All done!!

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December 1st, 2012 by sara

September Recap

Getting back on track with pictures… here are some from back in September.

The weather was still great. Lots of time outside.

Jonah learned to pump the swings all by himself.

And they both use the swingset to ‘stretch’ before their big baseball games.

We rode bikes on some closed streets downtown. The kids loved following the yellow lines.

We found Saturn on the scale model solar system along the bike trail!

Ate corn on the cob.

Jonah started his kindergarten year of school. What a big kid!

Here we are at school, dropping him off for his first day. He’s having a great year.

He’s really into word games these days, especially scrabble-type ones. Hooray!

And he loves maps, too. Just like his Uncle David.

And still reads all the time. Even when he’s sleeping.

While Jonah was in school, Nora did some long (2 mile!!) bike rides on her balance bike!

She was sooo proud!!

She made it to the sun!

She got some new shoes, which she loved because “they have a red stripe like the Phillies are red!”

And she’s joining the boys of the family with strumming and singing.

She learns songs very quickly.

Finally, I had another birthday. My family got me my very own Phillies shirt. Awwww…. :)

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November 24th, 2012 by sara

Summer of Parks

At the beginning of the summer, the kids and I made a goal to visit every park in Eugene. We made a checklist and discovered that this would be 58 parks!! It was fun for me to see many different neighborhoods that we’d never been to and learn my way around town. Jonah became really interested in maps this summer, too, so he enjoyed plotting paths to and from new areas. Best of all, the kids had a blast climbing and swinging and learning how to get around all sorts of structures that they hadn’t seen before. We had lots of picnics and many weeks of warm sunny days to enjoy our town at its most beautiful.

So here are a ton of photos of our fun. You can click on them to see them larger. Enjoy!