The birches reached peak yellow over the weekend. This one was a little early (showoff).
Kieran worked on some colors of his own last week - eg. marinara red. Here we have the requisite spaghetti dinner pictures. It was his first noodle experience - you can see that it was a delightful one :)
Num num num num...
We finally got around to installing Kieran's jumpy seat since he grew out of/lost interest in his crazy jumperoo. We don't have trim around our doors which meant we had to drill into the ceiling to hang it. Since we weren't restricted to a doorway, and a hole in the new ceiling is a hole in the new ceiling, no matter where it is, we decided the best spot would be in the very middle and busiest area of the downstairs. We weren't wrong. Kieran loves hanging around right in the middle of all the action while producing lots and lots of jumping action of his own!
He still has those super cute dimples :)
We had an impromptu deck party over the weekend to celebrate another gorgeous Saturday and Max's and Jeremy's birthdays. It was a good test of the half-built deck's strength - nice job Duff! Max mentioned afterwards that he needs to get used to social events that more resemble daycare than parties.
Happy birthday boys.
Kieran shared his favorite seat with his favorite ladies. Lola knew exactly what to do and relished being the center of attention and in the center of the party (Sue says Lola's swing is off in a corner where she definitely feels a bit ignored). Kieran looks as if he's keeping a close eye on her - "Not too rough on my swing there missy!"
Now that's a happy baby!
Little Julia tried it out too. She did some lovely ballet turns but it'll be another few weeks before she's really able to get this thing rockin'.
We had friends Caroline and Pat at our place for a few days while they got settled into Fairbanks. It's been lots of fun having them around and getting caught up on what they've been doing over the past year or two. We're happy to have a couple of old friends move up here, if only temporarily, after losing so many to other Fairbanks friends to more southerly AK locales and the lower 48.
Max spent his weekend days playing with this little toy. We had some erosion issues that needed attention and a few holes to drill for the rest of the deck, a wood shed, and (sigh) a future sauna.
Auntie Rachel, babysitter extraordinaire, watched Kieran for us while Max and I drilled lots of holes in the yard. She's got the touch - Kieran took his longest nap at home in months while she was with him. I'm thinking of asking her to move in with us ;)
Pat came to the rescue to help Max finish backfilling the support tubes in the holes before dark and before Max had to catch a flight to Dutch Harbor that night. Thanks Pat! Max was even able to get a couple of hours of sleep after finishing the last few holes by headlamp.
On our way home last night Kieran and I were surprised by a small family of moose taking a little siesta in our excavation pit. This was as close as I dared to get with Kieran on my back which was probably a little closer than this mom wanted to see us. We've noticed more moose activity in our woods this fall than last. Bushka and Grandaddy, the cow and calf we saw so regularly when you were with us are doing fine. Last spotted them just at the edge of our yard below the house early Friday morning.
That's what we've been up to. Thanks for stopping by. We'll see you next time!
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