It's All Over Now, Baby Blog

Friday, September 18, 2009

Sweet New Year

Happy Rosh Ha'shanah! Many good wishes for a sweet year, from two sweet sisters.

Monday, September 14, 2009

First Day of School

Sadie started Montessori school today. She is in Pre-K and has been so excited about starting school for the past few weeks.

In the car, ready and eager to go:

Running towards the building:

Quick pause for a photo:

So eager to get inside her new school:

Ms. Wanda and Ms. Brendita's Class:

Sadie reported she had a great day and Ms. Wanda confirmed it. We are so proud of our girl. Love you, Miss Sadie!

Saturday, September 12, 2009

The girls had a fun time at the CCBA playground on Friday. This is a good playground for them because there is equipment that both girls can enjoy. Many of the playgrounds that Sadie likes don't have anything low for Helena and the littler playgrounds with baby equipment don't hold Sadie's interest. This playground has a little slide and a long twisty slide, plus lots for both girls to climb on.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Riverview Farm

Other Labor Day weekend activity was visiting Riverview Farm where we picked raspberries...

Sadie picked blueberries...

We lost and then Sadie found Helena's hat...

We posed in funny faces...

And we walked in the corn maze...

We had a lot of fun!
(Since Dan had Helena on his back in the backpack and he was carrying the camera, we don't have any pics of them...next time for sure!)

Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Sunflowers

giant sunflowers
Originally uploaded by Dan and Ann

Sadie wanted to plant sunflowers in our garden and chose a package of seeds labelled "Giant Champion Sunflowers". They certainly are very, very tall and they are beautiful. Dan and I were both surprised how big these are.

She was so patient watching them and waiting and waiting and waiting for them to bloom. Now, we are all enjoying the flowers.

Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Labor Day Hike

mountain kids
Originally uploaded by Dan and Ann

Our Labor Day activity was a family hike up Mount Kearsarge, following delicious breakfast at the Foothills Diner. This is an ideal hike for kids because you drive almost the whole way up the mountain and the hike to the top is only half a mile. It's a fairly rocky climb up and Sadie had a great time pretending she was a mountain goat....lots of goat sound-effects as she climbed! Helena had a great time riding up in the backpack and then walking around at the summit.

The "bocanbulary"* words of the day were Summit, Vista and Cairn.

*Sadie can say vocabulary, but she likes to say bocanbulary because it's funnier.

Monday, August 31, 2009

Congratulations Kara and Kyle!

Congratulations to Kara and Kyle and welcome to the family, Uncle Kyle. We love you both. We know your marriage will be filled with happiness and so much love.

We had a wonderful time at your beautiful wedding. The bride was gorgeous, the groom handsome and so in love. Every detail was so carefully thought out, you made everyone feel so welcome and happy. Thank you for everything and have a fabulous honeymoon!

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Happy Birthday, Bob-Bob!

Lake in the evening
Originally uploaded by Dan and Ann

Happy (one day belated) birthday to Bob-Bob! We love you a lot. We are looking forward to celebrating the big day with you when we see you tomorrow.
Love,
Sadie and Nellie

3 more days until the big wedding...so excited!

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Peekaboo!

Peekaboo
Originally uploaded by Dan and Ann

Helena learned to play peekaboo when we were in Maine. Here, she's watching Sadie play.

I love this picture because it captures how much Helena loves to watch Sadie and how happy Sadie makes her. Her big sister is definitely her favorite!

Monday, August 24, 2009

Congratulations Jenny and Andy!

So happy
Originally uploaded by Dan and Ann

Jenny and Andy are engaged!
We're so happy for you two...we know you have so much happiness ahead of you.
Love,
Ann, Dan, Sadie and Helena

Lots of Maine pics up on Flickr and I'll post some this week. We had a great time.

Friday, August 14, 2009

Last Year in Maine

Showing Helena the Flowers
Originally uploaded by Dan and Ann

Sadie and especially Nellie are A LOT bigger now and we're all looking forward to a great time this year in Maine. We're going to relax and swim and go on "nature walks" and eat yummy food. When we get home, it'll be almost time for Kara and Kyle's wedding...

Lots of fun is on the way!

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Getting a ride

"Where to, Helena?"
Originally uploaded by redjar

At a recent birthday party for her friends Georgia and Zachary, Nellie climbed into Georgia's birthday present and waited patiently for someone to push her around. Her friend Oliver was happy to oblige.

(Thanks for the pic!, Corin)

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

One Year Photo Session

Poor second child. When Sadie was a baby, I brought her to Target for lots of photo sessions. I did 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and one year. Little Nellie had a newborn photo shoot and school pictures at 10 months. No store portraits at all.

The marketing geniuses at Target caught me yesterday though. As I was walking through the door with Helena in the cart, a girl from the Photo Studio complimented her and said there was no wait for portraits. I was an easy sell, especially because I had been feeling guilty that I hadn't taken Nellie for portraits. So, we went right over and did one year portraits.

They came out very cute and now Target posts the pics online so I can share some here. As usual, they have a lot of collage and special effect ones that I don't like, but the plain portraits are very good. Let me know if you'd like to see the full set and I will send you the link and password.