Turkey Lurkey weekend

We had a great, restful Thanksgiving weekend up in Orcas! This was our 3rd year up at the house for the holiday so does that mean it's a tradition now? The one new thing we did this year was we went to watch the "Olga Symphony, more or less". That was literally the name of the show! We weren't sure what to expect and ended up having a ton of fun - while the orchestra was small (total of 8 players, including 4 that were guests!), they were super talented and played fun, folksy songs instead of classic pieces. There was some yodeling, lots of clapping and singing, a Christmas mashup of "O little town of Bethlehem" and "YMCA", and even some saw playing. Yes, you read that right - she played the SAW and it was so neat to hear and watch. We liked the show so much we may have to add this to our agenda next year!

Here's links to previous years up in Orcas:

2017 The green bean incident

2016 Thanksgiving

Best part of Thanksgiving is the homemade apple pie!

The girls did hand made seat cards. I can't quite tell who is supposed to sit here though...

As with previous years, we load up on crafts that keeps the girls busy inside when it's rainy outside.

This year, we went to see the Olga Symphony. It was so much fun!

Nora blends in with the leaves!

Taking advantage of the sun breaks.

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Happy new year!!

Goodness, it's already 2025! It's been a really long time since we posted! We had a very lazy new year. We flew back from LA on the evening of the 31st so spent the last remaining hours of 2024 cozying up on the couch and then fell asleep before it even hit midnight! On New Years day, we slept in, cleaned up the house and then did a quick hike the next day. All in all, a good start to the year! Nora's new blanket hoodie. Cold and muddy trails. We're not in LA anymore! We hiked the Primrose trail that follows Coal Creek.

1 week checkup

We took Nora to her one week check up today and guess what? We have a porker on our hands! She weighed in at a whopping 6 lbs. 5.5 oz. That's 2.5 oz more than her birth weight! They want the baby to be back at birth weight within 2 weeks so she beat that milestone pretty handily. Hooray! So far, she's been better than Evie at eating (she doesn't take nearly as long, although she falls asleep VERY often) but she's not as good as Evie at pooping. Poor thing always seems to have tummy issues - she's very squirmy and fussy when she doesn't burp or poop. The doc doesn't think it's a big problem though since she still has lots of wet diapers, but we'll have to keep a better eye on it now. We'll have another doctor check up (with shots!) next week.

Apple tasting

Over the weekend we popped into the free Apple Tasting and Cider Making at the Orcas Island Historical Museum and it was amazing! There had to have been 30+ varieties and all of them can be found locally on the island. We had a lot of fun sampling away, tasting new varieties that I've never even heard of like Albermarle Pippin or Kennebec or early Fuji or Ashmael Kernel. I hope they do this again next year. Who wants to go with us?

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