Cabin Trip with Friends & SNOW

We went up near Mt. Hood and stayed in a cabin with a group of friends and their babies/toddlers. It was a little chaotic, but worked out well. Everyone played nicely... in fact Lorenzo (3.5 years old) and Violet had a really great time together. they read lots of books, played playdough, played on the hockey table, played guitar and sang songs, and ran around nakeed.
One of the days we were up there we drove about 20 minutes, until we got to some snow, and stopped to play.

 

 

 

 

The snow was hard as a rock, dirty, and scarce in some places.
Susan and Henry (1 year old) tried to sled. It was comical.

 

Eloise. :)

Zoolights

We went to Zoolights this year with Granny (Joy) and our friends Danya & Amy and their little boy, Eli.
Here are some pics from the evening...

 

 

 

 

 

October 2011 - Halloween

This is the first year we took Violet trick-or-treating. She has been practicing (see earlier video).

ZigZag is ready to hand out candy with Oscar &Nana & Papa.

I really didn't think V would actually say anything when the doors opened because she is usually really shy at first, but she said "Trick-or_tweat" at every door. She also said "thank you" after getting the candy. I was really proud of her!

Libby, Jason, & Caspar (dressed as Dumbo) came along.

She VERY much enjoyed her spoils.

October 2011 - Halloween Music Class & After

Every year Violet's music class has a dress up party the week before Halloween.
As you can see from previous posts, V had two costumes this year. A lion and Elmo. She wore Elmo to this class.
It was a good choice because she was a kid rock-star. When she walked in several kids yelled "ELMO!!!" and ran over. I am pretty sre one little boy actually though she was Elmo.

After class we always hang out with Stacey and Violet's best friend, She wanted to continue wearing her Elmo costume. They decided on the way back from lunch that they would roll around in someone's yard.

October 2011 - Pumpkin Patch

Our Playgroup went to the pumpkin patch again this year with our babes dressed in costumes.

 

 

Ilsa &Sean (twins) in the wagon on the left. Claire, Violet, and Tyler in the wagon on the right.

 

There was a farm where the kids got to see a bunch of animals... cows...

 

donkeys...

 

They climbed on a hay bale pyramid.

 

and played with a water feature to make ducks

 

ate snacks...

 

then went on a hayride...

Best Friends.

September 2011 - Random Pics

Here are a variety of pics from events in September.

 

Our outdoor movie night. Mat, Jill, Ania, & Felix came over.

 

Movie #1 was for the kids. We showed Snow White. They loved watching a movie outside...

 

Playgroup at Shannon's House.

 

Scarlett and Violet

 

Violet and Tyler

 

August 2011 - Camping Trip

We went camping with Brian, Susan, Henry, Keegan, Mat, Jill, Ania, and baby Felix in August.

 

We brought our canoe because we were originally supposed to go to a lake, but ended up having to search for ANYPLACE to go. Henry enjoyed the canoe on dry ground though.

 

We spent a lot of time down at the river (Hood River). It was VERY VERY cold, but we did eventually go swimming.

 

 

 

V had fun playing in the sand with Henry.

 

And had the most fun back at camp playing in the tent with Ania. They jumped on the bed, read books, and laughed a lot.





Here is a video I took of them on the sly.

 

Brian and Wind went to buy more beer and brought back some ice cream for us... we were all hot and appreciated it very much.

 

August 2011 - Soapbox Derby

This year's Portland Adult Soapbox Derby was very different the the ones we had done in the past. This year we all had kids!
We built a 10 foot oragami crane out of plywood and foam core board. It was fun to build and held up very well. We even won BEST ART CAR! It was the first time we won an award and our third year participating.

 

V and I at the derby.

 

Nana and V watching the marching band at "half-time".

 

V examining her Dad's safety gear. :)

 

Our driver.

 

Here is the video montage I made of the derby races with some clips of Violet mixed in.
Every time cars would race by she would say, "Mama, more cars".

July 2011 - Sequoia's Wedding

The VERY beginning of July we went to a very-good-friend-of-mine-from-high-school's wedding... Sequoia. It was out at a retreat/camp facility in the woods outside of Eugene. Nana & Papa came too which was especially nice because Wind had to leave right after the ceremony to go to a Man Weekend with his friends. Violet's grandparents put her to bed in their teardrop while I got to hang out with friends.

 

Aaron serenading Sequoia in the ceremony

My fake mustache

 

Violet and her Papa exploring

 

V and Oscar at the ceremony, waiting patiently

 

Celebration flag for the parade