Early Autumn Happenings

With school routines settling in, Nora and I were able to get back to visiting with our girlfriends. Late September, we visited Derby Reach Park along the Fraser River with Megumi and her daughter. It was challenging to get the girls to pose or smile together, but they had fun exploring regardless.

Anna and her Mommy, Julie, had us over for lunch that same week. Anna and Nora are almost the same height, so there is no more handing down of clothes to Anna. :( 

 Anna is easy to get along with, as sweet-natured as her Mommy. :)

Oct. 1st, we picked up my third quilt that was machine-quilted by Terry, our new best friend! This Chinese province/culture quilt was made by contributions of blocks from an online quilt swap of others adopting from China, as early as 2007. The quilt body was finished just weeks after Nora's arrival home, and I finally added the border on once I met Terry. She gave me hope and inspiration that this would get done, as I could never sew such a large quilt on my own machine. (It may still take months to sew on the binding...) This is affectionately dubbed "My Ugly Quilt", as the colours are wild and mismatched. However, as an "educational" quilt with a lovely flannel backing, I think it will be fun to cuddle under and teach Nora about China. Putting the corresponding scrapbook together of the information still awaits me.

Thanks, Miss Terry!

Like every kid before her, Nora enjoys being wrapped up like a hot dog...

Someone's happy!

Little Nora is lost in such a long quilt, but I think we'll all get a piece of it on the couch.

Surprise, surprise... Nora's first Preschool trip was to a local farm to visit "The Pumpkin Patch." I recall years of visiting the pumpkin patch before with the boys, it had lost it's thrill for me at that time. But, I'm trying to see this now with new eyes, as a little girl who has never seen a farm animal before up close. And from that view, it was a pretty exciting morning. :)

Nora did her own chicken dance imitation, which you'll just have to imagine.

The goats were a hit, too.

Nora was able to give the cows some hay.

So many choices...

If you can't carry it, you can't take it home.
We picked something a little smaller. :)