Lorelai’s Blog

Lorelai’s preschool went on a field trip to the Fairbanks Police Department. Both Lola and Griffin had a blast!

Lola and her little boyfriend

G chillin’ in the cruiser

A view I hope to never see again

With the class and Officer Dupee

We signed Lola up for basketball in Nov/Dec, and like soccer, she mostly just sat there and did her own thing.

Passing the ball to Da:

She did make a few baskets

Stretch? Nah.

All the other kids are stretching and she has to turn completely around so they all KNOW she won’t be the coach’s little monkey.

Wow, I have been SLACKING! Sorry everyone! Let’s try to get caught up, shall we?

For Halloween, Lorelai was Little Red Riding Hood. She picked out the pattern and our great Nani made it! It came out better than the picture.

We took the kids on post for the Halloween party put on by 1/52nd at the hangar and then another party put on my FMWR. Daddy worked the haunted house at the hangar party and despite it being PITCH BLACK and scary, the kids went through 3-4 times.

In November Lorelai drew her first smiley face. She basically only scribbles when she draws still, so this was SO EXCITING! I have them hanging in the kitchen.

This one has legs and toes!

Yes, it’s already snowing. But Lorelai was so excited about it that we had to take the kids out to play. Lorelai is just like Eric- an adventurer with no fear. She loved every minute of it and refused to admit that she was even cold.

When Nani was here we all went on a trip to Walmart to look at their patterns for Halloween costumes. You can never start thinking about these things too early. Lorelai picked out a Little Red Riding Hood pattern and I decided on a bear for Griffin (since I call him my Griffin Bear). Nani did SUCH a good job! They are way better than I ever imagined. Lorelai loves her cape and asks if it’s Halloween yet every day.

Lorelai’s class went on their first field trip on September 17th. We went to Creamer’s Field to collect leaves for a project they’re doing at school next week. We drove another little girl named Elizabeth and her and Lorelai were quick best friends, holding hands the whole time. Griffin went along and had a good time, stealing blueberries from another baby.

The whole class. Can you find Lorelai?

another… she’s 2nd to the end, the only one in a hat!

Close up- they were suppposed to be doing silly faces. The girl in the jean jacket is Elizabeth.

Collecting leaves…

…and maybe some rocks

Thanks for looking!

Sorry it took so long to get these up!

Here are the kids eating breakfast that morning.

My mom had this tradition when I was growing up where she’d put honey on my lips on the first day of school for a “sweet year.” I hated it, so of course I’m doing it to Lorelai.

And here she is with backpack, lunchbox and Baby Googa the Baby Beluga for show and tell. She picked out her whole outfit from pigtails to shoes.

Putting her stuff away

Getting started on her first school project!

We got this taken a few weeks ago at Pioneer Park. Interestingly enough, it’s our only family picture we have of the four of us.

June 21st was the longest day of the year. They had a festival downtown and we took the kids. Good time had by all (I got sweet roasted almonds, yum!). Lorelai did the bounce house. I asked Eric to go up and take pictures because she was being so cute in there. These are the three he took. Honestly… I don’t know what he learned in his photography class senior year.

We didn’t make the kids stay up, but here is me and Eric out on our front porch at midnight. See how bright it is? It really is the land of the midnight sun.

I forgot to post these a while back. We did a 5K run back in June and had a blast. Lorelai ran almost the whole thing, I was so proud of her.

Near the end she found a friend. They held hands and ran together.

YAY! We finished!

And me, looking all red-faced but proud.