Madie & Alex got a kitten!
So of course we went over to see her. They think her name will be Penny.
Here she is all fiesty.
Lucy kept jumping and screaming (yes, screaming,) in excitement, so Penny wisely retreated under the bed.
But she was too curious and good-natured to hide for long.
She’s really cute!! We are hoping that their cat Buddy eventually thinks so too.
Hello Penny!
All is good – nothing to report. Oscar is 80th percentile in weight and 75th percentile in height. Perfect sight and hearing. Dr. Ernster loved all the good activities Oscar has going on (Piano, Italian, Soccer, etc.)
He especially was excited about the piano lessons. We talked about it for a while.
At the end, Dr. Ernster said there would be no need for any shots. Oscar audibly exhaled, and relaxed.
We laughed, apparently Oscar had been nervous about that the whole time.
Then Oscar got his flu snifter and we were on our way.
I had promised to take Oscar out for ice cream to celebrate finishing his first piano book.
We went to Toy Boat (Clement and 5th) while Lucy finished her day at Laurel Hill.
We talked about how different and nice it felt hanging out just the two of us.
After, we had some time so we wandered over to the Sloat nursery on 3rd.
That was really fun. We hung out for almost an hour, wandering among all the beautiful plants.
(Mark would NEVER go for that.)
Oscar picked out a succulent. He was so into it, how could I resist?
Mark and I went to ‘back to school night’ with Prudence. I took notes.
No big deal – I just thought the blog would be a decent place to keep them.
Hey, did you see Oscar’s cool new soccer jersey yet? Mighty fine.
Another wonderful part of Carlo & Flor getting married, was that our far-away friends came to town.
Kristi & Rob flew in from Dallas, and Sarah flew in from Manhattan with August.
We hadn’t seen him is a while, and wow! So big, and handsome!!
I snapped these pics amid the happy chaos.
(Oscar wasn’t home because he was at school.)
This was an Instagram from the rehearsal dinner
This was our beloved table at the wedding.
This is one of those crappy phone pics that miraculously turns out awesome.
Hope you have a beautiful, beachy day in Oregon. Dinner when you get back!
There are other pieces that he has been playing and practicing, but this one is kind of special because it’s famous!
I took this minutes after his lesson, when he had played it for the absolute first time.
So, this is actually his 3rd time playing it.
He was pretty excited, though he doesn’t show it in the video. Here is a self-portrait, posted a few minutes later on his Instagram:
