Catching Up

Here are some photos and videos from Marley's birthday and Christmas that I've been meaning to post. Enjoy!

Our Little Picasso

Happy Birthday to You!

Stay tuned for a better birthday update. In the mean time, here's Marley opening his present from Auntie Sarah. I hope you like the sound of crinkling paper!

Parent-Teacher Conferences

I love the Thanksgiving weekend holiday! Yes, it's great spending time with friends and family, and eating lots of yummy food. But, mainly I love it because it means I'm done with fall report cards and conferences! I just feel SO relaxed after finishing this very stressful part of my job. Conferences went fine this year. I ended up with three no-shows that I wasn't able to reschedule. Oh well! I held 25 successful conferences (that's 12.5 hours of actual conferencing on top of the approximately 14 hours of doing report cards!).

The most exciting thing this year was attending my first conference as a parent. Marley's teacher decided to hold conferences this year to share what they have been learning, and how he is doing in school. Her goal was to identify his strengths and challenges, and to tailor his experiences at school to meet his needs as a learner. Wow - sounds familiar!

Anyway, the cool part was that she used video evidence to show examples of his cognitive, social, motor, and language development. She told us that he's fitting in really well there, gets along with other kids easily, and has picked up all the daily routines. I hope you enjoy Marley's conference video as much as we did!

Field Trip!

Marley and Reid, the two oldest Beetles, got to join the centipedes yesterday on a trip to the Seattle Children's Museum to see the Sesame Street Body exhibit. It sounds like they had a great time. When prompted, Marley reported that his favorite part of the day was, "Reid and the fire engine." Enjoy Jena's photos and videos from the trip!

Unhappy Halloween

Marley's mood improved considerably once he realized that dressing up in strange costumes would result in lots of candy!

Adventures in Michigan (finally)

Feeding the animals with Aunt Cyndi at Apple Charlie's

More Apple Charlie's. We had fun drinking cider, eating donuts, feeding the animals, and of course, buying APPLES!

Playing frisbee with Uncle Pat at the cool wooden playground.

Watching the backhoe work next door to Patrick and Cyndi's house.


Carving pumpkins with Matt and Alicia.


More to Come...

Playing with the old school toys.


Learning how to make our favorite childhood snack: Ants on a Log!