We’ve had what I would call a “mix” of weather lately– the snow that I mentioned below, some rain (with snow in the mountains, which we need to build the snowpack that gives us water in the summer and feeds the streams the salmon spawn in), and some beautiful sunny days too. Having sunshine in [...]
Entries from February 2009
Saturday in the park
February 28th, 2009 by Allan · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
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More snow
February 27th, 2009 by Allan · No Comments · Uncategorized
I had a dentist appointment on Wednesday morning, and he mentioned that his wife asked about taking the snow tires off their car last week when the weather was beautiful, and he said that he told her to wait. Good call on his part. We woke up Thursday to almost 3 inches of snow (measured [...]
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7 months old and jumping!
February 22nd, 2009 by Eleanor · 2 Comments · Uncategorized
The girls are 7 months old today. Stats: Lydia, 15 lbs 5 oz, 27 inches; Hadley, 15 lbs 7 oz, 26.5 inches. They each have two teeth and are rolling and jumping! Actually, just Lydia is jumping so far. Hadley is our more cautious child, so I’m sure she’ll be jumping after she sees Lydia doing [...]
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Valentine’s Day
February 19th, 2009 by Eleanor · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
The girls felt well loved on their first Valentine’s Day with flowers from dad and lots of Valentines, including one from a boy! We’re watching you, Theo Kuh. It was a beautiful, sunny day so we put the girls in the backpacks and went for a hike around Discovery Park — a great Seattle park that overlooks Elliot Bay. [...]
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Feb Club
February 15th, 2009 by Eleanor · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
Lydia trying to sneak some beer We’ve begun the Yale indoctrination with the girls first Feb Club. Feb Club is a tradition at Yale, where there is a party (or at least a keg) somewhere different on campus every night in February. February is such a miserable month in New Haven that some ingenious person [...]
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