Lake Sonoma

Last weekend we went camping with our friends Robin and Betsy, their daughter Lucy, and Betsy's mom up at Lake Sonoma. As usual, Molly loved it. We hiked in a short way - just over a mile - and camped out on the shore of the reservoir. The weather was perfect, and there was hardly anyone there since it's apparently "between seasons" (ie. after the summer camp-out season and before the winter fishing season [?]). There were a few loud waterskiers, but even they couldn't take over the entire lake. And the moon was amazing. 13% brighter than usual, according to some sources. :)

last Sunday's Pictures

Molly does some sidewalk painting with Oscar across the street; Molly practices nose picking; Molly's family walking in the redwoods; Molly.

choo-choo!

We had a great time on the steam trains last weekend. Molly was a little serious during the ride, but clearly loved it and cracked a smile every now and then, and even said "chooo chooo!" (with hand motions) when the train let off some steam.

Slip-Slidin' Away

A few weeks ago my boss very kindly passed along a slide that her kids are done with. Molly has been totally delighted with it. She sends the balls down the slide. She sends the plastic turtle down the slide. And she sends herself down the slide. Over and over and over again. What a hit!

And even better is that the slide was actually given to her by a former coworker (who just happens to be the person that I taught with last spring). This slide has had many many lives and made many many kids happy.

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Watering the Kid

Actually, we really were just watering Molly. That's our secret trick to get her to grow nicely.

It was pretty fun - first we'd run the water over to the side, and then we'd "splash" Molly with it. She loved it - as you can see in the "during" and "after" photos here. Once she got really into it we just went ahead and watered her directly (see previous post for pictures).

Singin' in the Rain!

Since it's nearly unheard of for it to rain here in September, we had to make our own in order to test the new rain gear. Molly forgot her boots, but she clearly had fun anyway! And I don't think the lawn minded getting a little drink while we were at it.

Rain Gear Photo Shoot

Nona and Molly did a photo shoot today with the new raingear. (Later we'll show you what they did to test the rain gear).