Here we find Nora in a surprisingly delicate position. She’s recently learned where babies come from and has taken to carrying poor Yellow Baby (or Brown Baby, as convenient) under her shirt. Surprising how immediate/natural some of the arm placements are.
Back on January 26th Nora turned 3 years and 2 months old and we had occasion to take her to visit our beloved Dr. Kristen Krieger. I took some pictures. Some of them are pretty good (if I do say so myself). It doesn’t hurt that my subject matter is beautiful (if I do say so myself).
The moment *after* I turned off the camera Nora informed us that Jen is the pig’s father. Congrats, Jen!
This is how Nora felt about Christmas this year. I hope your solstice-proximal holiday celebrations contained this much joy and excitement for you.
It is increasingly the case that downloading pictures from our camera comes with some exciting and unexpected shots taken by Nora herself. Here are two selections from her recent series of portraits.
On Friday we had our first significant snowfall of the year and were so excited we took pictures. Today we’re buried in snow (enough that Ann Arbor closed schools) but can’t go play in it because of the bone-jarring cold.
The day after Museumfest 2010 was, as so often happens, Sunday. I know it was Sunday because Nora told everyone who would (or wouldn’t) listen, “Today is Sunday because mommy is coming home today!”
We began the morning with a video chat with Salomé (not shown) which consisted almost entirely of two three year old girls whipping their heads back and forth and consoling crying dolls. It takes a while for Nora to get into the swing of a video chat but S is a dedicated conversation partner and this ended up being another remarkably successful chat session. Start watching the skies for Marty and his DeLorean because we totally live in the future.
After the chat we headed off to Livonia for lunch with Granny and the Baumgartners and then, after a long nap, off to the airport! Below is a ready-for-nap girl cuddling with Aunt Colleen and the happiest Nora ever tickling with Mommy and (a well consoled) Yellow Baby before a delightful dinner with Papa and Baba. I think Nora and I needed a weekend after our weekend.
Here is a pair of lost videos from Greenfield Village of Nora riding on things. The first is a very short video of Nora, mommy and grandma on the carousel. The second video is much, much longer and shows Nora being happy about riding on the old steam locomotive.
Way back on September 23rd when Nora was only2 and was but a mere toddler, her grandparents took us all to Henry Ford’s Greenfield Village in Dearborn, MI. Somewhat ironically, the task of recording this trip for posterity fell through the cracks and the photos and video taken that day have gone unseen… until now!!! [as always, click for larger image and captions.]
Not only did we enjoy the company of great friends and a Great Lake in Evanston but Nora’s Great Aunts came up from Indiana to spend the evening with us on Halloween. We had a lovely stroll, an enjoyable dinner, and then the playful acrobatic performance of one Nora E. McGowan to warm us on what was otherwise a somewhat chilly evening. Thanks for joining us, Marge and Ginny, and we’ll see you this weekend for Thanksgiving. :)
