Social graces

(Click on the image for a bigger view. In case the image isn't clear, this is what it says: Call Thaylo's parents for a playdate at home. Say: George would like to invite you to come over, after school or on a weekend; whatever works.)

Around the house

What's been going on around here? Well, we set up the waterway system, which amused George for half an hour and Charlotte for two days:

Charlotte brought Bitsy the spider (puppet) home from school for a glorious weekend visit. Here she reads to Bitsy in the house she & George built:

(Mom & Dad, this is the fort set you gave them for Christmas a couple of years ago.)


She brought something else home from school, too, and spent a couple of days on the couch recovering:


The nights are getting cooler, and she is loving her giraffe pajamas (really just a pair of sweatpants & sweatshirt that I batiked)

Here she is signing "giraffe":




And here she shows me her giraffe posture (note elongated neck):



She's also pretty taken with her new fall jacket:


But wait! Someone is conspicuously missing from this blog:



Well, he's busier than ever this fall, but here's one quiet moment:

For Leah

... since you asked. There aren't many photos of me from way back then, but this blurry one is one of my favorites (and also the only one I can find):