Thanksgiving Weekend 2008

Here's the table, complete with Turkey
(of course Luca and I didn't eat that!)



One of our top 2 chefs


HEY, this is a childs blog. Keep it G rated.
You know what CHOCOLATE does to AnAn.



Our other top chef in action.


Time for cuddle time with Luca in front of the fire.



After hiking to the top of Mt. Tabor we
thought this was the perfect shot for our
Christmas card. Andrea shot a lot, but none were
worthy of the Christmas card. Portland is in the background.


Luca's proving to be a good hiker already.



Sisters.


Rob's holding the boys at the
downtown Portland Christmas
tree lighting so they could see SANTA.


AnAn and Uncle David.
They stayed with us all weekend long.

Poppin' and beat boxin'

Luca beat boxing, popping and being CUTE!

My Mommy turned 40 yesterday

OK. My mom doesn't LOOK 40, does she!!

OMSI in Portland

Daddy took me to OMSI, the science museum in Portland.
What do I do with these eggs?



BEARS--GRRRRRR


OMSI. Happy!

Kangaroo at Halloween

Trick-or-treating across the street.



Pumpkins on the front porch.



Daddy cutting the pumpkin.






Yes, that's a paint bucket we found in the basement.



Lollypop.



I like lollypops!

Pumpkin Patch birthday party and Monster Mash Halloween Parade

We went to my new friend Ari's 4th birthday party
at a pumpkin patch. There were animals, pumpkins,
horses, hay rides, pumpkin throwing, hay mazes, slides...
Perfect place for a party.





The view from the top of the hill on the hay ride.


Pony rides! It was very windy up on that hill.







I went to the Sellwood/Moreland Monster Mash
Halloween Parade. I was a kangaroo again this year.



Aunt Karen was a witch






Daddy and I marching in the parade.



Jamie strolled baby Charlie as he took his nap.

Parks, walks and life

I'm wearing my new rain gear in MY backyard!



This is the view down our street!
Our house is in the middle of the block.



A fall evening walk to the playground.






I missed daddy while he was
in NY and we were in Portland.



I see why you need sunglasses in Portland.



What PROBLEM! I don't have a problem.
(admitting it is the FIRST step. we're not there yet!)



Long shadows at Wilshire Park.



Wilshire Park





Nakie-boy soup!

WE'RE HOME, in Portland!

Luca and I spent our first 3 1/2 weeks in Portland at Uncle Pierce and Aunt Erin's out in Scappoose. It was fun hanging out with them, but we are finally in our own house in Portland. It's an old 1927 bungalow style home. 4 bedrooms and 1 1/2 baths. We will post photos soon!
Luca is already loving the outdoors, our fenced in backyard, walks to the 3 playgrounds and 3 big tree filled parks nearby. Luca's music class is only 5 blocks away and we walked there this morning. He looked at all the scary Halloween decorations and pumpkins sitting on porches, walked thru all the fall colored leaves, fell a few times, and ran like a little boy!
We're making friends every time we go to the park, but it will take a while to find friends like he had in NYC! He's missing them a lot. The library is only 7 blocks away and has a few story time classes during the week. We've been a few times already.

Here are some photos from a trip we took to the Oregon Coast the second week we were here:


Luca and I went to Cannon Beach on the Oregon Coast one
beautiful sunny Portland day. It was beautiful the first 15 minutes...

...and then the fog came in. It went from 70º to 50º in minutes.

So Luca and I headed North to the next beach (Seaside).
It turned out to be sunny and nice the rest of the day.
Sand castles and baseball!

And lots of crabs (not alive).

There was a swing set right on the beach.

Mommy and Luca, missing daddy who was still
in NYC our second week in Portland.

A beautiful land and seascape at the Oregon shore.