Nora is 19 months

Wordless Wednesday

Labor Day fun

Maya has been begging to take Derek to the local kiddy amusement park. We finally did.

Maya starts school school (preschool) and her first haircut

9/2

Maya and I went to a meet and greet at her preschool today. She wrote Mrs. K a letter that said I will bring my smile and drew a picture of her with her crazy hair on the back in response to a postcard Mrs. K sent to her. I wish I had taken a photo of it before Maya sealed it. She was so excited to give it to her today and to play with all the new toys. I think Maya is going to love school. While we were at school, Nora and Derek went to gym. Afterwards, we dropped Derek off at work and Maya asked to go get her hair trimmed. So we did. I was a little concerned when the lady combed out all the curls and then started chopping. Next time I may look for someone who has more experience with curly hair. But it's still long and curly but easier to manage. In the afternoon, we went to the park to cool off. Nora loves her big sister. She may be lost when Maya is in preschool.

after her haircut

9/4
Today was Maya's first day of school. It's a coop preschool so I get to be in the classroom today and about every other week. I was lucky and was a volunteer today. It helped Maya and I ease into it.

Summer fun

We spent most of July out of town so we have been trying to squeeze in a lot of summer fun before Maya starts school.

8/7 Water table fun

8/11 Amusement park with friends

8/12 Children's museum with preschool friends 

8/15 Derek and the girls brought home flowers from the farmers market

8/16 Fun in the pool

8/18 Water play (aka mopping then later swimming with friends)

8/26 Picnic at the park

8/28 More fun in the pool

8/31 Treats from the "i eam" truck

9/1 Sprinkler fun

18 months and 4.5

Nora turned 18 months on the 20th and Maya turned 4.5 on the 22nd. Nora had her well baby check on the 21st. She is 33 inches (I think this is a generous measurement which I think is common when they measure them lying down). She was 21 lbs and 9 oz. That's up only about 5 oz in the last three months. We are now on operation fatten Nora up but this is kind of tricky when she doesn't really want to eat. Nora is really talking these days. Her favorite thing to say is "no want to" (I imagine this is the favorite phrase of all toddlers). She seems to be more shy than Maya was at this age. I guess that's not terribly surprising because Maya is... well Maya. Maya is as exuberant as ever. She starts preschool in a couple of weeks and is supper excited.

I made Nora pass the bear to Maya for a few shots.

 Nora was not impressed

And she quickly reclaimed the bear

Nora is 14 months

4/20

Playing catch up: the middle of April

4/11
Nora discovered that she could use the little chairs to get stuff of the counters. She kept stealing my utensils and butter. She was quite proud.

4/13
Nora discovered she can climb into Maya's tall chair.

4/15

The library had a meet and greet with the police and fire fighters after story time today. It was the highlight of her day. Even better than going to Panera for lunch.

5/17
We went to the zoo with some friends today.

5/18
Maya had soccer this morning. Then we worked in the garden. Well some of us worked, some just made dirt angels.

Nora's 15 months