visiting Corvallis

elijah james

time for a steamer

First soccer game

Results? A bit too overwhelming. Lena spent most of the game crying on the sidelines. When she finally did go in, she played for literally 10 seconds and took a ball to the face. WHAT ARE THE CHANCES!?!?! Poor girl. We're giving it one more go this weekend... I think she must be related to me ;)

Watching...


Getting a serious pep talk from dad.

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Bug-E

Big Miss

But I think she's still a daddy's girl.


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Six of one, half dozen of the other...

In this series...

Elijah's pouty face (we're seeing this more and more.)
Stella holding court with the big boys on the playground.
Lots of big smiles!

Push!

Out and about

Stella's first big girl haircut

I told her to smile. This is what I got...love it. She was stunned by the whole ordeal - but now has a very cute bob!

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Kindergarten music peformance

Lena had her first official school performance this month. It was very sweet...but very crowded with parents and grandparents, oy!

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stomp!

well, eli stomps. and stella just looks like a cool cat. they love picking up lena at school every day and visiting the play ground.

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Eli quotes

Me: Eli, can you count to twelve?

Elijah: Three, four, CANDY!

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Fiddler under our roof

Lena had her first fiddle lesson tonight - the lessons are a present from her New Mexico grandparents who like to jam to a little bluegrass.

She did great! Afterwards she said, "I can't can't can't wait to go back again next week."

(Doesn't she look grown up? I have to stop saying that, but I can hardly stand it.)

Stella

I just love this photo of Stella, the way it shows her sweet little face.



In this one, she has put "patches" (stickers) on her bear's eyes. (She has to wear an eye patch for a bit each day to correct her strabismus.)