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Mar 31 2011

March, 2011 Collage

March, 2011 Collage

Some Lucy quotes from March:

“Ha ha! I bended just in time!”
— Lucy avoiding me as we play tag

“Come on, potty!”
— Lucy on the potty

“Excuse me, I’m back from Monday! DOO-DOOH!”
— One of the things Lucy says while running around the house on a Wednesday afternoon

“Look Wubie. I’m doing a show for you. It’s more interesting than cleaning buts! Cleaning butts is boring!”
— Lucy tries to get a preoccupied Wubie to watch her dance

Well, March is pretty much gone. (Now that February Hawaii trip really seems like ancient history!)

Stuff we did during the last month:

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Mar 9 2011

Snow 2011 (Video)

Mom: “That’s ok. I know you didn’t do that intentionally.”
Lucy: “Oh, but I did do it tentionally!”
— a conversation between mother and daughter

2011.03 Grass Valley/Soda Springs from Mike C on Vimeo.

Here’s a video to go along with Jill’s previous post about our visit with Tom and Karen and our trip to Soda Springs.

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Mar 8 2011

Snow 2011

Mommy, I wanna see the volcano interrupting!

-while watching Kilauea’s latest eruption

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We just got back from a snowy weekend. Lucy enjoyed playing in Gma & Gpa’s yard, where there was still a bit of snow left over from last week’s storm.

Before:                                         After:
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Here are some snow cats we made in the big pile of snow in the driveway:
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We went up to Soda Springs for some snow play at Planet Kids. Lucy had a blast.

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She rode on the tube ride, climbed the snowy volcano, and coasted down the hill. We checked out Boreal, which will be great next year for some ski lessons!
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We celebrated Grandma K’s birthday with a cake made by Lucy, and played trains with Grandpa.
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Grandpa gave Lucy a treasure chest, and let her pick out some shells to put in it!

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Mar 22 2010

Going to the Snow

Going to the Snow from Mike C on Vimeo.

We spent the weekend in Grass Valley with Lucy’s grandparents. Lucy had been looking forward to the trip all week, especially our Saturday trek to Soda Springs where she’d be able to play in the snow.

Lucy got her first taste of snow last year. However, she wasn’t really prepared for that encounter. Her excitement dissipated quickly once she realized how cold and wet snow could be.

However, this year was very different. Lucy’s three now, a grizzled veteran compared to the two year old rookie we plopped into the snow last year. This time she had a much better idea of what to expect. We also planned things a bit better, making sure to bring along a snow sled for the kid.

In this video you’ll see us all having a great time in the snow. Lucy’s excitement can be quite infectious that way. Also, if you watch the whole video, you just might catch a special moment where Lucy and her Gpa cut the rug together. Fun stuff.

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May 2 2009

Over the river and through the woods

We recently had a wonderful visit to the grandparents’ homestead. Lucy had loads of fun and loved her visit, and of course did not want to leave!

This trip Lucy got to see her first snow! We were lucky there were a few late snow storms this spring, so we got to play in some snow even though it was mid-April.  Lucy also invented a new nickname for G’pa (she called him Poppa). We took lots of video, so Mike will get to editing that (once he has our terabytes of pics under control.)

Some highlights include:

the birthday party…it made quite an impression, Lucy is still singing the ‘happy birthday’ song around the house…

dancing with Gma and Gpa in the twilight…and jumping off rocks

seeing snow for the first time!


Daddy and Poppa (new nickname for Gpa) flinging snowballs

Making instant friends with some other kids…and watching them tube down the mountain (next year she will get to tube, promise!)

the après-snow ice cream…. and petting her first tiny kitten!

Thanks so much for your wonderful hospitality, Gma and Gpa (Poppa), we look forward to visiting again soon!

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Apr 20 2009

Gma & Gpa & Snow!

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We spent a great weekend w/ Gpa Tom & Gma Karen. Jill will make a post w/ more details and pics later this week. I just wanted to make a quick post showing Lucy’s first encounter with snow.

Her first rather astute observation regarding crystalline water ice? “Cold!”

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Nov 28 2008

People and Places (2000-2008)


People and Places from Mike C on Vimeo.

Here’s a 9+ minute epic of pics taken from 2000 – 2008 in England, Lake Tahoe, San Francisco, Monterey, and Half Moon Bay. All pics were taken during time spent with Jill’s family.

Boy, it’s the little projects like these that make me think, “man, time is really sprinting by, blowing a raspberry as it laps me once again, shouting FAIL!”

(But then again, time wears these really gaudy lycra tracksuits and looks like a total tool, so that makes me feel a little better.)

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