Turkey Day 2012

Happy Thanksgiving!

We are in Taos to quietly celebrate and be thankful.

We are all feeling thankful for great adventures and old knees made new,

a hint of winter for our lantern walk,

and beautiful princesses.

Stand

As we all know, Imogen is a curious little monkey and likes to get around.

Now she likes to stand.

I'm sure that soon she won't just stand there, and we will be chasing her around everywhere.

And Claire will be up and running soon! Two new knees and she's as good as new. :)

We will probably be running after Paloma too. She has already decided that it's a good idea to share her sister's clothes (but there may be a size issue).

Determined to make this onesie fit...

Festival of the Cranes

I headed down to Bosque del Apache last week for the Festival of the Cranes. I had a great morning at Research Day, talking to scientists about what has been happening on the Refuge. (Yes, really, I was there for work!)

And then I headed out for lunch in the sunshine.

Most of the cranes had already flown off in the early morning, but I did get to meet some birds and enjoy the view.

Ducks and geese...

Wetland and mountain...

Cranes!

Four more years

We watched the President's Victory Speech together. Paloma seemed to be really interested.

About two-thirds of the way through she sighed and said, "Gee, I sure hope Elmo turns up soon."

Happy Halloween!

Jack o Lantern by Paloma

Candy Corn by Paloma

Candy Corn by Imogen (cute toes!)

This was the first year that we took Paloma trick-or-treating.

Here we go!
[Thanks to Steve P. for the dress.]

We dropped in on a couple of neighbours that we know well, to say hello and surprise them with a visit from Snow White.

Knock! Knock! Hello Judy!

Showing off her Halloween stash. 

 And then it was back home to finish up the pumpkins.

This isn't a particularly interesting photo but
doesn't Paloma look like a little mini-me?

Time to instruct Papa about exactly where the pumpkin should be placed. 

Imogen likes pumpkins* too!
[Thanks for the vest, Aussie Grandma!]
*actually, she prefers sweet potato.

Carefully lighting the Jack o Lantern
and replacing the lid...

This Halloweening is serious business....