Yeah, it's Tuesday, but here are some tidbits from the weekend,,,

Nana sent Eleanor a dress and shoes from Chinatown in San Fransisco.  She LOVES them.  She put them on immediately.  Then she put them back on on Sunday, and then she wore the shoes to school yesterday!

Noah and I FINALLY saw a Baltimore Oriole.  We have been searching for one of these for the entire decade that we've been together to no avail, and it had jokingly made it on to our "those birds don't really exist" list.  Well, Sunday morning one beautiful specimen decided to chill out in the bush right outside our bathroom window.  Why the bird picked our yard for his morning snack is beyond me.  The raccoons have enough sense to stay out of a yard with two dogs in it, but the bird wasn't bothered.  It was beautiful. 

And, one last thing is a video of Emerson on the closed trail near the river.  Water was flowing so there was a sign telling people to turn around.  Emerson decided to ford the stream and got soaked in the process.



"What's for dinner? Wednesday" will likely be on hiatus until soccer season is over.  I was excited to do them, because we're usually home on Wednesday afternoons (no after school activities), but for the next few months Emerson will have soccer practice on Wednesday evenings that will be disrupting the dinner schedule.