Computer time

Dinosaurs

Dinosaurs by Natasaurus.

Balloon animals

Nat's got a gig at a party for 4-year-old kiddos, today. She'll be making balloon animals. Here are some samples.

 

Look how little our friends were 3.9 years ago. http://thekcompanyblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/babies.html

No-no

No-no loves Tia's carseat. It is so funny how each kitty likes different things. He says this seat is purrrrrfect for me.

Baby!!

There's a sweet little one at the place where the girls are taking horse back riding lessons. He's six months old. How cute is he???

Snuggles

Nat snuggles with a new kitty who needs to learn not to be so scared. Poor kitty!

Sliding

Kira slides at the festival at her school last week. Fun! Not bad pictures from the little iPhone!

Monday morning treat

It rained early Monday and this is what the girls and I saw driving in to school / work. The photo was shot out the window while I pulled over. It was raining so I tried to do it quickly and without getting the camera wet. I was mildly successful at being quick and dry, but the picture is, well, a little um, poorly framed.

 

As taken by the iPhone. 

Enhanced a little with a brightener effect on the iPhone.

Guess who?

 

One hint, she's the tallest.  

Brothers

This was sent to me today.  I love the picture!  Thanks, brothers!  

They are watching their favorite basketball team practice. 

Coale

 

Coale on the stairs.  

Monster-y goodness

Kira, another Mom, Kira's teacher, 23 of Kira's friends, and I made a monster.  The kiddos worked for about 3-5 hours (over the last 3 weeks) planning and making all the parts.  Today, we put it together.  Making the monster is part of The Monster Project.  It's super fun and we learn a lot.  This is my 4th monster and Kira's second.  I've done one with each of the girls.  Since Nat was in first grade, Nat's done 2 and Tia's made 1 (last year).  We love monsters.

At the end of the lesson....

Exciting!

 

No, it's not factorial, she's just REALLY EXCITED about her math. 

Live long and prosper

I forgot to post this one... It's still a good one!

 

Our anniversary...

On our anniversary, Nick and I went to a park where the girls like to fly this plane. We thought we'd see if it was fun.

 

 
 

 

 

Yup.  The girls were a little sad we didn't take them to the park.  Guess we'll need to go there again sometime soon!

Sweeping.

 

A friend of ours has cats who love to be brushed with the broom.

 

 

Silly kitty! 

 

Heh.

 

He really likes this.

Scratch my head....

 

Nice....

Hay, why'd she stop petting me? (Note the horse joke at the beginning of the sentence.)

Happy Anniversary!

 

Nick and Gerard looking so handsome!

 

One of my favorite memories, while walking around with my new handsome husband at the reception, is hanging a spoon on my nose. (Yes, he knew what he was in for when he married me.  I think I did some other silly things in the first two years we knew each other.)  The man in a light (khaki maybe?) shirt with a spoon hanging from his nose is Mark, my supervisor for 10 years.  (Larry, Patti's husband (now) is on the left.)

 

Then, I walked around the reception with a spoon in my hand.

Heh!

(Here you can see what 14 years later looks like.)

(P.S. These are photos taken from regular cameras or disposable camera.   Then, a picture of the picture was taken by the iPhone. #nothighquality)

Hard at work on her first book report

 

Here's Tia hard at work on her first book report, ever.  It's second grade!  We do a lot of book reports.

Pancakes

Vegan pancakes by Dad! Yum.

First field trip

Here's Kira on her first third-grade field trip! We went on a creek walk and learned a lot about the environment, the critters in the water, and trees in our area. (A couple of weeks ago. We already had the second field trip, too. Third grade field trips are super fun!)

Sweet kitty

I look so innocent, don't I?  It's the good lighting.  

Reading while eating

We like to read around here. Kira looks a little like Nick in this photo, but it might be because she's surrounded by reading material while eating.

Nick in Seattle