Sunday, October 4, 2009

Summer, Autumn and Winter Abridged

The weather is schizophrenic. In the last 2 weeks we have fit 3 seasons in. We've had temps in the 80's and today we had a snow storm, which dumped about 4 inches of snow on us here in Bend. It's melting fast, but there was time for the kids to get some good playtime in. Pippa ran into our room when she woke up this morning screaming "snow, snow, there's snow outside!" William was right behind her squealing in excitement and jumping up and down shouting "snow, snow!"

A couple of weekends ago we decided to go back to Tumalo Falls for a little picnic and a short hike while we could still reach it. Last time we went, Pippa was just a little older than William is now. This time she was able to walk the whole way up by herself and William was leading the rock throwing. He is a boy obsessed with throwing rocks into water!

This weekend was Bend's Fall Festival. We went yesterday for a short amount of time. They had a small hay maze for the kids, some bouncy castles, pony rides and many booths with people selling their crafts. I didn't realize how cold it was out there though, and while we bundled the kids up, Nick and myself were pretty cold. What didn't help was that 3 steps from the car, Pippa, with her hands in her pocket, tripped and planted her face on the sidewalk. She cut the inside of her lip with her teeth causing a huge swollen and bloody lip, and has a big graze on her lip and chin. It doesn't look like she hurt her teeth though. She was very brave and didn't cry much at all, despite the amount of blood. After that she lost all enthusiasm for the festival.

Here are some photos from the last couple of weeks and a video of this mornings snow playing.


Tumalo Falls on the platform over-looking the falls.

Pippa and William were enjoying playing hide and seek.

Pippa spent a lot of time in the chest!

Oliver just wants to join in.


Pippa and William (wearing the hoodies) in the hay maze.

Pippa's wounded face. You should have seen the sidewalk.

Snow! Oct 4th, 2009



Here's a video of them playing in the snow. Nothing more, nothing less...



They love it!

2 comments:

Christina, Jack and Kevin Reese/Barnum said...

I'm cold just watching your pictures! Hope my Pip mends soon. We love her!!!

gramma tutu said...

thank you for the pics - love everyone of them. Hay maze is great - practice for the corn maze. The babes little faces are changing - pure joy!