North Shore

 

The Naks had an amazing MEA trip to the North Shore.  We loved hiking, seeing the sites, looking for rocks, watching the sunrise, and listening to the waves.

Canal Park

Ericson Park

Lax Lake

Tettegouche lakefront

Tettegouche high falls

 

Split Rock Lighthouse   ----   Friday sunrise

From the top    -----    From the bottom

Gooseberry State Park

 

Saturday Sunrise

Fall

It's been a very warm fall and we've been trying to take advantage.  Pip still insists on riding her bike as much as possible, while Nina has been into soccer, baseball, kickball, and other games she probably learned at school.  Whatever we're doing, it seems that the girls fall a lot.  Sometimes it's on purpose, sometimes it's inevitable with whatever they're doing, and sometimes it shocks them, but they typically find it funny.  While we probably have only caught 10% of these falls, we've got enough for a whole video:

HD Link

 

Nina still loves school, while Pip is still making adjustments.  Pip is typically sad before school but seems to have fun once she's there.  Nina has also started taking an art class once a week and is enjoying a chance to try new designs.  Pip, unfortunately, had her dance class cancelled for the season, but Nina got to take part in a one-day clinic.  She worked hard and had fun and repeated her performance at Como during our late night bike ride.  Pip's funniest quote of the week is when she was reading Halloween books and kept talking about that big guy: Frank Stein.

 

Como at night (sadly it wasn't that late)

Happy Birthday, Kara!

Fall is upon us and time is going quickly.  Kara is having a good birthday and the girls have been cute and supportive.  90% of the way through opening her presents, Pip stopped and said, "Oh Mom, I almost forgot, happy birthday."  Nina made Kara a card and lost another tooth as a bonus gift.  The girls have gotten their own gifts of new beds.  Nina is already sleeping much better.

Otherwise we have been busy with school.  The girls often have new songs, stories, and projects to show.  It is fun to listen to them share information in the car after a school day and chat about what in their day was similar.  Nina likes playing soccer and baseball when we get home.  Pip prefers to ride bikes and go to the parks or zoo, but they've been compromising fairly well.

We were all very excited for the girls to have a sleepover at Maggie's house.  They got to play games, make crafts, watch movies, and even had a trip to the Arboretum.  Annie takes darn good photos and we're lucky to benefit from her talents.  Thank you, Annie!

Movie night popcorn  --  Charlie's not as happy about being blanket twins