fathers' day '13

here are a couple clips from after dinner....

dinner time!

mmm - chocolate!

opening cards...

having fun playing mommy's old plastic recorder

too cute...

sleepy s

we went to canby for a brunch celebrating m's graduation from her residency in family medicine. s fell asleep on the way home.

ASLEEP!

congratulations, dr. jeffers!

aunt m, being lauded by one of her advisors at her family medicine residency graduation.

we were invited to a dinner to celebrate m's graduation from her family medicine residency. it was an evening full of toasts, speeches, and good food. we were honored to be there. at the end, two members of the next graduation class put on a musical skit. two sang, one played the guitar, pretending to be paul simon and art garfunkel. they made up their own lyrics, dedicating a song to each of the six graduates. this is m's song.

kissing

this little lady is so cute! she just started walking, making kissing noises one day.

big shoes

during the second week of z's safety town, i was doing teacher training at george fox university for suzuki book 1. i had to leave at 6:45 each morning to drop off the kids at my parents' house before continuing on to newberg. it was 28 hours of lecture, 17 hours of observation when it was all finished. here is a picture of z one morning, when we were practicing before getting into the car. he is wearing my shoes! you can see the practice candle lit, on the counter. he is standing on his foot chart.

safety town

the week after school ended, z attended safety town camp. it lasted two weeks, with two hours each morning. he learned all about mr. yuk, stop drop and roll, and stranger danger. i'm glad he's not easily scared because i think other kids would freak out after learning about all these dangers in the world. he had two camp counselors whom he grew to like, and they sent a list of all the counselor's names and phone numbers home with z to use as baby sitters.

gales creek camping

daddy & s by gales creek

just had to be done...

two little campers

eating breakfast

we spent two nights at the gales creek campground. we had fun, but we determined we don't want to go camping again without other kids camping with us.

gales creek camping

is anybody in there?

night picture...

napping

napping

s'mores

oh - there she is!



the formatting for this is driving me crazy! i added some pictures, and i can't get them where i want them to go. oh well. i don't have time to mess with it.

last day of school '13

on the last day of school, we all went out for ice cream! yay! 

i learned to not let z order a dipped ice cream cone at the dairy queen- too messy.

we left for camping later this day.

e.t.

for some reason, this picture reminds me of e.t.

mystery park

 we went to magnolia park one morning to play.

 the kids call it the mystery park, because the first time i took them to it, i didn't tell them where we were going. i just said, "it's a mystery!" clearly, the name stuck. 

 it's not too far from where daddy works, so he came and met us for an early lunch! 

a pensive look from s on a cloudy day. we ended up leaving soon after eating because it began to rain.

strbx

s and i visited starbucks one morning. she looked so sweet, sitting there eating her mini vanilla scone. she loves sitting in chairs at the table - what a big girl! several people commented on how cute she is.

new house bbq

uncle c's bbq at the NEW house!

 several friends have purchased and moved into new houses this summer - so exciting!

love the faux tuxedo bike top

playing

for whatever reason, the kids were both doing this "dance" one morning.

 

mommy built this excellent fort!!!

s loves playing with her big brother

mr. roly poly.

rocking the rocker.

byebye butterflies!

all the butterflies finally hatched - four in all. z releases one in this video.

vacuuming and butterflies

z vacuuming his room on cleaning day

almost finished, fella!

the butterflies have hatched!!!!

family walks

 for awhile, the weather was absolutely spectacular, so we began taking family walks around the neighborhood after dinner. 

on one of the walks, s began walking backward down the hill. it was the cutest thing!

nyc trip 2013

view of lincoln center plaza

same view, with more sky scrapers

view to the right of the window (west?)

this was my first trip away from the kids for more than one night, whereas j has had several. i was really nervous about all aspects of it, but everything went smoothly, and it was all worth the stress. it was difficult leaving nyc, where i was free to do whatever i wanted whenever, but this was really nice to come home to. i missed my family a lot, but it really helped to do facetime with them pretty much every night. i saw this message written on the floor of the garage when i returned home. so sweet!

nyc trip 2013

i managed to make it out to j's neighborhood for a quick dinner, and i finally got to meet her husband, i (and see baby a again)! a is the easiest, best baby ever!

baby a, j, & i

my friend, s, whom i met first at c.i.m. we were roommates at a music festival in israel! she was doing the starling-delay symposium, too, but she actually lives in nyc.

friend, a, whom i also know from c.i.m. he's a cellist on faculty at oberlin college. on our walk out to this thai restaurant, i ran into slick again, and got to see his very pregnant (due in july) wife s, as they were out on one of their last dates before adding another bundle of joy to their lives (they already have a daughter).

quick lunch with s, n, & k (whom had just given a rocking lecture on bach!), before taking off for the airport. n was so kind to ride with me to my last train to be sure i didn't get confused.

nyc trip 2013

i had a manhattan in manhattan!

dinner with j. his girlfriend was busy that night, but he convinced me to travel out to brooklyn to see her after a long walk in central park.

i saw so many friends, squeezed into coffee time, lunch, and quick dinners. unfortunately i forgot to get pictures with schlaave, j's girlfriend k, my old student c, and slick. :(

nyc trip 2013

the juilliard school, behind the lawn sculpture park thing

 on tuesday, i was free in the morning, so i met up with friends n & j for a late brunch in central park. unfortunately it started raining, but we didn't melt.

mama j, with baby a

i totally got my baby fix, holding little a. what a cutie!!!

my view from the dorm room at night.