Fall

Our little naturalist's roadside collection:
serene avocados:
standing up!
blissful sister moment:

Eating potting soil.
7 months!
eek.




our "swimming pool"

Helpful:

reading.
this "aperachute" kept buzzing our house to fill up at the reservoir to put out a fire down the road
preschool!
Craft show!
We harvested our taro!
Rosie's people art-- they are faces in profile, with mouths cut out with scissors and "akeup" lipstick.


Happy b-day miss M!

How was your summer vacation?

Huh. Where did the summer go?
Well we went to the mainland and did this stuff:

chewed gum for hours on the plane:
Hefted things:

visited nostalgic landmarks:
admired the bounty of the utah harvest:
said oink:
drove:
met grandma L:
chillaxed:
stuffed our little faces:
cooked:
bonded over ice cream
fiddlesticked. fiddlestuck!
slept in new and interesting situations:
entertained ourselves:
learned to sit up:
bonded with Grandma BJPD:
met the chicken:

Shriners and Showers

Hi!
We went to a parade. And we saw this guy!
And this cool float. It was titled: "Remembering our Obaachan and Ojiichan"
Rosie got her face painted and needed a nap.
How not to safely sleep your baby!

Rosie got herself all gussied up for...
A baby shower!
It was all about the food.




And Maile is big enough to bounce around in this thing now!
crusty.



And yes, she's 5 months now. Unbelievable!