Saturday, October 23, 2010

Judy's visit and more!

Judy came for a visit last week and here are the pictures to prove it! My mom and dad stayed on a few days longer and we were able to enjoy some fun times all together.
Last Saturday, we all drove north to Tallulah Gorge State Park. It's a really pretty waterfall worth the trip. Here is everyone enjoying the view below.
Here's a view if you take the 600+ steps down into the gorge.
More lovely views from below.
Ditto.
A few of the 600+ steps.
Mom and Judy on the steps.
We also celebrated dad's birthday with various treats! Happy birthday, dad!
Note to future me reading this: don't give Helen loads of sugar before bedtime.
A new park opened up this summer not too far from us and we are absolutely crazy about it - it feels like we're going on vacation whenever we go. Here, H, mom and J are having fun in the lake. There are weeks when we go every single day - it's so wonderful.
H and J walking on the fake, but very pleasant, grass.
Loads of swings - yeah!
Cool tunnels to climb! Yeah!
Weird, cool spider web thing (Helen now calls this the "rope park", to make sure I don't mistake her request to go to the park for any other).
Pretty lake the park overlooks.

We had so much fun with you mom, dad and Judy! We crafted (bejewelled several kleenex boxes, painted on the porch, made things out of pipe cleaners [bracelets, spiders]), droided and app'd (dad), envied dad's new droid and apps (Mary), ate at Mimi's a lot, and other things!. Wish everyone else could have been here too! XO!

P.S. H has cut 2 of her last set of molars the past couple of weeks. Oi, has that been fun! Seems like we're getting a reprieve while the other two wait to make their debut. I hate to post pics of my 2+ year old with a binkie in her mouth, but I love them and I don't care - they work when the words of reasoning parent do not. And when words do work, then there will be no bink! :-)

Monday, October 11, 2010

Grandma and Grandpa Palooza, Fall 2010

"Happy me" in the bath. "Dan ma" and "Danp pa" are here!
Clowning around with grandma in the bedroom.
Playing a super fun game of pretend night-night (ripping off covers is fun!)
Our budding Renoir.

We went to the botanical gardens and had a great time!
G&G by the pretty fountain.
Here, Helen is distraught that she threw the ball in the fountain, never to return. :-(
Grandma and Helen enjoying the new waterfall and a snack.
"Danp pa" waking up with puppy to Helen's delight (she can't let ANYONE in the house sleep in!).

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Xanadu

We had a great weekend - our first without sweating our butts off in many moons! We've had a whole week of gorgeous weather with more to come for the forecastable future - yeah! Today we went to an organic food festival which was really fun and tasty.
Helen picked out this super-80's hairband that she likes to wear across her forehead. And she really likes to wear mardi gras beads too. Love it.
We fed some geese.
Rode around on the tricycle.
And ate some yummy ice cream (she picked out the "boo one" herself). Mmm.