Recent Sightings

My cousin Kathleen came to visit last weekend, along with her beau Peter. Elizabeth was in heaven with a new audience. She kept telling me "I grow tall like Kathleen" and that seems inevitable! BTW, check out Kathleen's swimwear collection at http://www.kathleencookswim.com. These are beautiful pieces. It will make you want to work out hard over the fall and winter, to get into these beautiful suits.

Elizabeth started pre-school twice a week at the beginning of the month. She likes going for the most part. She helps get ready by rifling through the kitchen drawers. Please note her little backpack which she calls her "lunchy bag" made by Nainai, Andy's mom, Susan. Here she collects party favors to share with her little friends.

It is getting darker earlier every day, so we are spending more time reading. Current favorites include"Bee Bim Bop," "No" featuring Bobo the monkey, and "Olivia" which spurred a visit to the Frye Art Museum last weekend. It illustrated our individual aesthetics. I loved a 3 dimensional video installation series from Istanbul where we could all see ourselves dance in 3 sided mirrors accompanied by films of a dance ritual. Andy was engaged in the CHID (Comparative History of Ideas)-like exhibit of Napoleon. Elizabeth was transfixed by a 7 minute video from India of china cups breaking. Oh boy.

Now, whenever it rains, Elizabeth declares "I go to the museum like Olivia." At least she's not smashing cups in emulation of her favorite art piece.

Last Blasts of Summer

Yes it's true. Elizabeth and I sit around the pool, eating bonbons and wondering what happened to the pool boy in the waning days of summer.

We also play hide and seek with the ever-patient George the dog. Here is one of Elizabeth's favorite hiding places.

It's tough to tell where she is but eventually hunger and thirst take over and she emerges looking for milk and popsicles.

We take George to the dog park, where there are also ....goats. Elizabeth scaled the 5' fence and almost made it into the goat enclosure. Here's a couple more photos of our "staycation" (I know, how trendy are we?) This is our day trip on Vashon Island. Finally - good news from Nancy's Dad this morning. His Dr. reports that the surgery was a success. The tumor margins were clear, it was a small nodule, they got all of it, and no further treatment is required. Of course, he is still recovering from the surgery, is taking "a ton of medications" (a direct quote from Dad) is supposed to walk, rain or shine, and that it will still take a while. But this is good news.

Oh - and last night Elizabeth informed me "I want to be called Betty." OK!