a saturday morning stroll through the sarah p. duke gardens. there was a japanese garden with bamboo forests and japanese maple trees in their full fall colour glory. it was so pretty! the terrace gardens with its coi pond. so many colours!
fall in chapel hill is really beautiful. the peak of prettiness has now passed, but here are some pics from the last couple of weeks. outside our front door. yellow.
a birthday party for sweet juliet to celebrate turning one! a lot of bouncing, sliding, and cupcake fun. more recently, we celebrated owen’s third bday and there was a big surprise before we left! first some cakes and snacks… and then a real fire truck! luckily the firemen had a break between calls, and came read more
this year is the first time R could appreciate the hallowe’en thing, and so we decided it was time to introduce her to trick-or-treating. first, the costume, which yours truly made. R and i mutually decided she should be a little clown, and oh, what a cute clown she was! we met up with some read more
time to carve our little pumpkin from the farm! first we had to draw the face. R decided we should have an “excited” face. okey dokey… scooping out the pumpkin seeds. turned out better than i expected actually. i think it’s cute. making faces! getting the full effect. it proudly sits outside our door. it’s read more
i got to help out with R’s school fieldtrip to Ganyard Hill Farm. the goats. lots of corn. class pic in the maze. hayride! and a souvenir to take home from the pumpkin patch. i know, she looks so thrilled.
i remember loving professional days when i was a kid. now i’m an adult, and i still do! on R’s day off from school we took a field trip to visit daddy at work. first on our exciting list of things to do… take the bus! ackland museum… which took a whole 15 minutes before read more
there was an art festival in downtown Raleigh this weekend which featured three blocks of chalk art by artists of all levels. we got in the action too with our small contribution. i like how the chalk pigments looked on the asphalt: some of our favourites:
We celebrated R’s third birthday this weekend with a little bubble blowing party. fortunately the weather was good and we were able to set up outside with a few balloons, which R was pretty pleased about. i thought she looked remarkably similar to her birthday card from her ee ee. the party was small with read more
it’s a big day… R’s first day of preschool!! i don’t know about R, but i was feeling some butterflies in my stomach as we got her ready for school. we are blessed to have found a french immersion program here in NC to continue the family tradition! after meeting my picture-taking needs, we were read more