this was was really high! look at her in relation to Jen. Also note that she’s apparently conducting a wall climbing clinic during her ascent (she’s explaining how one climbs a wall as she climbs). Best part: as she crests the top and stands up she says, “kinda slippy” with her adorable little substitution of /l/ with [w].
Last weekend we took Nora to a nearby spray park (a normal park, no admission, with giant metal sculptures that spray water on you — you’ll see). I’m going to put up a massive post with tons of pictures later today but for now I hope you’ll enjoy this video we shot of Nora realizing why it was, exactly, that she was wearing her bathing suit.
Nora came to Northside school Tuesday night to help us vote and then to help us play on the playground. Respect for the integrity of the voting process prevented photography of the countless hordes inside the gym (there were 4 of us who weren’t working there if you count Nora), but here are some photos of the celebratory afterplaying.
what’s that they say about never appearing with animals or children? Jen’s got the right idea. :)
I LOVE when she imitates my confused/surprised face at 1:51. If you watch nothing else (a) skip to that point and (b) why did you come here? Did you expect free cheese or something?
Nora’s Aunt Colleen, cousin Beth, Nora, and I went to the zoo last Friday and had a blast. She particularly enjoyed the penguins and the train, was freaked out by the size of the tigers, and spent the entire day successfully dry in big girl pants.
Our friends Susan and Jordan came over Thursday night for dinner and some very important musical improvisation time. “It’s like STOMP! without having to stand up”, raves one reviewer (me).
I had a terrible, terrible run in (literally) with a box fan when I was a young child. The scars have mostly healed from my stomach but I’ll never forget how frightening it was or how much it hurt. To that end, we took Nora to the doggie grocery store with us today and purchased the quietest fan they had that her fingers couldn’t fit in to. She, as you’ll see, absolutely loves the fan. Unfortunately, the finger test has given her some rather unfortunate ideas about how one interacts with fans. This trickin’, as me Granny would say, will end in cryin’.
Here are a pair of videos shot outside Papa & Baba’s house in Livonia. Video one is entitled, “Biking is hard” and shows our hero in the denial and bargaining stages of cycling. Video two is entitled, “successful cyclist”. It seems the hard part of biking, for Nora, is remembering only ever to push with one leg at a time. Figuring this out and helping her alternate with her legs has made all the difference. Do please note the understated and, to my ears, very sweet, “my did it!” 14 seconds in to video 2.
Next up: scooting along on 2 wheels with no pedals. Prep the band-aids and neosporin; this one’s going to sting a little.
It would be a fair criticism to say that this is lit a little like the most recent Star Trek film. But that film didn’t feature any stunts as fantastic as this one.