What is a quarter note?

Here is a picture of Mina warming up for piano class. At home she practices on a keyboard that was given to us by her great, great Aunt. It is a keyboard that i played when visiting my Aunt's house.

And playing afterwards. The weather has been awesome lately!

Oxbow Farms

After a summer of gardening and worm-hunting together, Seattle Tilth instructor Sarah Cassidy invited our family to her farm's fall party. Sarah is a truly shining and inspiring person. She and her husband own and farm Oxbow Farms. Today was the farm party. It was awesome.

Miles could have stayed all day...

Picking out our pumpkin

the pumpkin patch and beyond

they had a pumpkin taxi to the parking lot. miles thought that was great. at bedtime, he mentioned that this was his favourite part of the day.

the pig roast. local and organic.

The field of dinosaur kale. I love this stuff! They planted this batch back in the spring.

Fresh cider...sssssssssssssssooooooooooooooooooooooooo good!

Sorry about the lack of posting lately. Life is brimming with joy and activity - this includes playing in the mud with Miles. I'm hoping for a quiet night of blogging and tea soon...

October Already?!

Halloween art and scary faces!

Flowers from the market... Once again, we have enjoyed getting familiar with some of the local farmers, cheesemakers, breadmakers and the gelato stand! I'm going to be really sad when the season of farmer's markets come to an end.

40 & 6

My oldest brother Scott

My cutie nephew Ethan

Happy birthday boys! We enjoyed being there to celebrate with each of you!

Teddy Bear

First Day of Kindergarten

Last week, our little girl started Kindergarten. It was a big event for the whole family. She took some of our sunflowers for her new teacher. After a two week strike, everyone was very thankful to be finally getting into the swing of school life. Week one was a total hit. She loved EVERYTHING about school, especially mastering some of the outdoor play equipment with aid of older helpers. We are very excited to be part of our school's community.

Ice-cream at the lake.

We just got a new camera and our enjoying playing with it.

M&M