Alex and Genevieve

Alex and Genevieve get along very well. This may be due, in part, to Genevieve not talking and not being able to sit up on her own. Whatever Alex says pretty much goes, but don't expect that to last.



Here is a cute video of the kids together

Lately Genevieve has been getting lots of "tummy time" practice. Alex likes to join in too.

Genevieve only puts up with about 30 seconds of tummy time, and then she demands that she be turned over onto her back. Once she's on her back, she delights in flailing her arms and legs around and making adorable cooing noises. Me and Alex thought it looked like fun and we should try it too


Fall Leaves

Last week, Alex helped Dana with raking up the fall leaves in the back yard.


But that was taking forever. There had to be a better way...

Then it came to him... A TRUCK!

Trucks make every job better!

San Diego

Recently we realized that we're running out of time to travel. Once both kids are over 2, it will be cost prohibitive to do much air travel, and long car trips will be a challenge. So we took advantage of Dana's 15th high school reunion to go visit San Diego. Susan and Herb have completely fallen for Genevieve and Alex. They really seemed to hit it off! It was a delight to watch them. We have some old fashioned film photos which we have not developed yet. I will post those here shortly.

Dana catches up with Jenny after many years apart

Leslie and Shimshon get some valuable "practice" time with Genevieve, in preparation for Ruthie's baby coming early next year!

Despite Jeff and Veronica being sick and being forced to miss our planned trip to the Wild Animal Park, we still managed to catch up with Martha for brunch and a relaxing afternoon outing.

Cooking with Mommy

Alex loves to cook with Dana. She has been teaching him how to bake cookies and cupcakes. I think he has also been getting lessons from Ryanne.


Here is a cute video of the two chefs at work:

Not to be outdone by her older brother, Genevieve wanted to show that she too can cook

Last week we received a beautiful hand-made blanket from my Aunt Joan. Genevieve really likes the soft fabric.


In other news, Auntoh Ali and Uncle Eric will be here next weekend to help us celebrate Halloween. We will become a family of spiders. Even Genevieve! Here is a sneak preview:

The weekend after that Alex and I will be flying to Olympia to visit my Grandma, his Great Grandma.

And the weekend after that, Michael, Moira, and Michael will be visiting. This is shaping up to be a busy Fall!