The Arrival of Cold Weather

Soon after the Koskis left Denver, the cold weather arrived. Unfortunately, that means a lot less outside play for Nora. We try to get out whenever possible though!

I wish I had a photo like this of Nora to share, digging into Thanksgiving dinner. But I guess we'll have to leave that job to Finn.

Nora thinks she can survive on Cheerios alone and therefore refused even the smallest morsel of mashed potatoes, stuffing, turkey and even pumpkin pie...

She has been working hard on her Christmas list, paging through all the magazines that arrive daily. Mostly she looks for puppies and babies. The day this one arrived, the American Girl catalog, I thought to myself that I am so glad she's still young...

To beat the cold and the shopping crowds on Black Friday, we headed to the aquarium. Nora really enjoyed the fish.

In case you're wondering, this is what the bottom of a stingray looks like!

And here is Nora checking it out for herself.

She and Finn wanted to jump into the tank with the ducks.

I couldn't even tell you what this thing is...and Nora doesn't look too enthused either!

The Koski Family in Denver

As previously mentioned, the entire Koski family came to visit the first weekend of November. We were lucky enough to have fantastic weather in the 70's, so we spent most of the weekend outside!



The first morning, we headed out for a hike. Emily was nice enough to tote Croix on what may have been his first hike!?

It was Rich's birthday, probably the first time since 1994 (or earlier) that all the boys were together for his birthday! Jeff's facial styling was (luckily) a one day thing...

Nora enjoyed Grandma and Sophie the Giraffe.

Nora showed Croix all her toys.

We went to Red Rocks to see the amazing views and took lots of pictures.

A walk in the park before lunch...

Nora and Grandma took a trip to the playground on Sunday

Before bringing everyone to the airport, we had a Thanksgiving Dinner, something the Koski's rarely get to do. Nora napped through it, but woke up in time for pumpkin pie :)

Overall, it was a great weekend spent with family doing something besides skiing!

Happy Halloween!

We had a beautiful Halloween weekend here in Colorado so enjoyed lots of time outside. You can't beat 70s in late October!

Jeff decided to carve our pumpkins late yesterday afternoon.

Nora helped carry the necessary supplies outside.

She wasn't too excited about putting her hand inside the pumpkin though...

Nora and Finn, so cute!

They think they're pretty cute too.

This flower needed some cheese for an afternoon snack!

Later in the evening, Finn and Nora rode in the wagon while the bigger kids went trick-or-treating with the Dads. The Moms stayed home to sit in the front yard and hand out candy, it was a great evening to be outside, hence the roughly 150 goblins who stopped by!

Have I mentioned that Nora loves shoes? Hers, other peoples', doesn't matter-she likes them all.

I like this picture because Nora looks like she's a model walking down the catwalk, with a snack of course...

Playing outside on Saturday.
Nora also loves sunglasses. Grandma sent her a party pack and she's been enjoying them.

It's been really windy here lately...check out the hair!

On Thursday night, the entire Koski family is coming to visit-Grandma and Grandpa, Uncle Scott, Uncle Mike, Aunt Emily and cousin Croix. Should be a full house and a fun time!