Monthly Archives: June 2013

Madie and Alex – A Year

30 Jun 2013

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Photo by Cole Stipovich for Natural Light Photography

What a year ~~it has been~~ has flown by!
You’ve moved to Oakland and you are expecting your baby next month! Amazing.

Surprise! on this photo – I held it back on purpose so that I’d have a new one to show you today!
(Hope it’s okay and you’re not mad! Did it work like I meant it to?)

We are so happy for you both – Congratulations on your anniversary!
Love & Hugs!

P.S. It might be fun to watch your wedding slideshow again…
UPDATED! For your mobile viewing pleasure, you can now see the show on you phone, tablet, etc.

Kristi and Her Boys – In Town

28 Jun 2013

We’ve been very low key this summer.
No Camp July, even.
Kristi has had an illness, since last November, that I don’t think I’ve mentioned here, but until she is back to her fabulous self, we are all keeping low profile. That means no big plans or pressure-ful travel getaways. It’s actually been nice to be low key, speaking for myself. I’m just glad she’s here! Kristi is slowly but surely improving, so that’s the best part. Of course we are missing our Pace Family, and Camp July – I still need to post photos from last year! Soon, I hope.
But for now, our day-to-day SF summer has the added bonus of Mollard boys in it. Which is dreamy! I pretend they are my 10 and 14 year old nephews. In the spirit of low energy days, I have been low photo-count too. There will be no slideshow, and I’m feeling like, tradition aside, it’s no big deal. So here are my lackadaisical photos, so far (They’re in town until the 10th):

Bad focus, cute kids.

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A Battle Over A Princess

25 Jun 2013

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Who will win?! Tune in on Halloween and find out!

It’s not much, but since I remember it, I’ll write it down.
Lucy wants to be the Princess Rapunzel for Halloween. Of this she has been consistently certain, for months now. Unfortunately she’s not inspired, or even aware of, the original story by the Brothers Grimm. Lucy likes the Disney version, and has seen the movie Tangled, at least three times now. Also, Aunt Kiera gave her some costumes as a Christmas gift, and one of them is the slinky, gold-trimmed, purple and lavender Disney Rapunzel gown. Therefore, even though it would not be (in my opinion) new or exciting, to wear this for Halloween, she’s at least able to do it under her own power. And she knows it.

So that’s the back story. Why we are talking about Halloween costumes in June, is no more odd than the many, many year-round conversations in which my kids plan their birthday parties. I think, like me, they love to look forward to things. Our most recent chat about her costume choice was on Saturday afternoon, under some shady pine trees in Sebastopol. At first I had the hammock all to myself -which we brought with us for the day. I took a video on Instagram, you can see it here if you don’t already follow me.

A little later Lucy climbed in, and struggled to find a comfy and balanced spot. At last she settled down (settled down for a 3 year old doesn’t really compare to a grown up version, but beggars can’t be choosers). “Mom?”
–I’m right there, in the hammock, and there is no one else. —
Me: “Yes?”

Lucy: “I want to be Rapunzel for Halloween.”

Me: Hmmmm.

Lucy: I think a long lellow hair on my head too.

Me: I like that part. Maybe you could make up your own Princess.

Lucy: No I like Rapunzel.

Me: Well she’s not my favorite.

Lucy: Well She’s my favorite!

Me: silent

Lucy: You don’t like purple. Purple is my favorite color. Rapunzel is a Purple Princess.

Me: I think you should think what else you could be for Halloween. (Fightin words.)

Lucy: I’m going to be A Purple PRINCESS of Rapunzel.

Me (losing my cool): I don’t like purple princesses! You can’t make me like her!

Lucy: Fine! You Can’t Make Me Don’t Like Her!

And I honestly do not know what I was going to say next, but Heaven sent us Oscar with a message that Dinner would be ready soon, and we both were requested to go inside and wash up.
Any words of wisdom on this one will be received with much gratitude.

xoxo

Sebastopol Supermoon

24 Jun 2013

The largest full moon of 2013, a so-called “supermoon,” lit up the night sky this weekend, and we got to see it in a clear night in Sebastopol. The moon arrived at “perigee” — the point in its orbit bringing it closest to Earth, a distance of 221,824 miles.

The moon typically reaches perigee once each month, but this lunar perigee was the moon’s closest to Earth of 2013. And, the moon officially turned full at 7am on Sunday. The close timing of the moon’s perigee and its full phase are what will bring about the biggest full moon of the year, a celestial event popularly defined by some as a “supermoon.” The moon appeared about 12.2 percent larger than it will look on Jan. 16, 2014, when it will be farthest from the Earth during its apogee. Oscar: “Full Moon’s are cool.”

Happy Father’s Day Chief!

21 Jun 2013

Awesome, right?
I know I’m doing the posts in reverse order.. This year Father’s Day was on the 16th.
But The most important thing to note is that we did not smoosh Chief’s Father’s day in with Chief’s Birthday. Two separate events.
Yay us.

We surprised Chief at an old favorite, Picante.

The trick was, we went a day early.

It’s okay, Chief isn’t picky.

And yeah, we got one with Nanu too! :)

Happy Birthday Chief – June 20th

20 Jun 2013

I put that “June 20th” up there, because I’ve never known anyone more in love with the date of their birthday.
So, through the years, I’ve tried to include it as much as I can.

We enjoyed a Thai food feast before sending Chief and Madie off to the Giant’s Game.

Madie and I picked up a chocolate cake, mostly for the photo op.
It was crazy delicious, but I really wanted the singing and candle for the kids.
Even thought we were all pretty full, we squeezed in a snappy rendition of “Happy Birthday To You”.
Georgia liked it so much, she started giving out high fives, which made the moment even sweeter.

And lately I’m all about sneaking in photos of Madie’s baby Bun..

Chief, here’s to a wonderful year! Health and Happiness! And Hugs!!
xoxo