Thursday, July 18, 2013

(Soon to be) Big Sisters


Well, it's definitely summer in Seattle.  With the beautiful 80 degree weather outside, these photos I took after dinner tonight are one of the few times they've been inside and not asleep!  Erin offered to play "horsey" for Nora, who shrieked and squealed.  






We had a great vacation in Minnesota for two weeks at the end of June, thanks Grandma, Grandpa, and Laura!  Last weekend we did the annual camping trip with Fran's family at Memaloose along the Columbia River gorge.  Erin and Nora ran, swam, and played with their cousins for a couple days straight.  Both kids did well sleeping in a tent.  Not to be outdone, Fran and our 31 week old baby-to-be also curled up on the ground and (mostly) slept too.  Everything was going perfectly until I swallowed a bee during a bike ride with Muggy on Saturday, got stung in my mouth, and watched one half of my face swell up to grotesque proportions.  OK, maybe not that bad, but I'm finally getting back to normal now.  Time to start biking with my mouth closed! 
 

Fran has started working at Seattle Children's, which seems like a very big place compared to the community hospitals she's used been at.  Erin has started Zoom summer camp, and is thrilled (of all things...) with packing a lunch to take to school with her.  Hoping kindergarten will be a breeze, plus it's in English!  Nora seems to be getting excited to be a big sister, although we may not realize our goal of having her out of diapers before the new baby comes mid-September. 

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