Nora and Klara

28 November 2008

Thanksgiving

We hosted for the third year in a row, but the Paul's and Jon's had other plans this year.

Mom took this shot for her Christmas letter.

Our little pilgrim!

We think Mona secretly wants to become a food designer!

Here we are at the table: Mona, Karen, Klara, Dorlan, Marti, Rhonda, Nora, and Rick behind the camera.

11 November 2008

Homecoming Weekend with the Reed Stampede!

Five peas in a pod: Katherine, Klara, Nora, Madeleine, and Caroline

Katherine has two good hands to hold!

Ingrid and Dave survey their progeny.

If two's company, and three's a crowd, what's six?
Madeleine, Klara, Katherine, Caroline, Nora, and Margaret

The big sisters have been fast friends since the day Nora was born;
Ingrid and 4 month-old Caroline were our first visitors!

So what happened to the U of M Homecoming?

Unfortunately I forgot my camera in the car when we went to the parade and the game, but you can see what we saw on video at the UMN homecoming site if you are so inclined!

03 November 2008

Election 2008 - Is it over yet?

You know the campaign season has gone on too long when your 3 and 7 year olds enact their own version of "Crossfire"! Just goes to show, sisters will argue about anything!

31 October 2008

Halloween 2007 vs. 2008

2008

Princess Leia (Jake was Luke Skywalker and Eli was Darth Vader). We tried to convince Klara to be Queen Amadala, but she wouldn't go for it!

Robin, Exchange Student, Leia, Phantom of the Opera, aka Klara, Mona, Nora, creepy skeleton guy sent by Grandma Jo, which Nora loves, but makes Klara cry!

2007

Since we didn't get to last year's pictures we can have a look now. Klara was a bee for the second time (she has her own opinions now as you see) and Nora moved from Freddy Jones in Kindergarten to Velma Dinkley in first grade. We thought maybe she'd go for Daphny this year, but not even Wonder Woman could beat out going as your best buddy's twin sister!

My costume is not a costume. Last year at this time I was recovering from neck surgery. After many years of bad posture, followed up by a fall from our moving truck the year before, I had to have two discs removed and bone fused with a metal plate. I now have an official card the explains why I set off metal detectors, but so far I haven't had to use it. (Probably a good thing in the long run, but sort of disappointing initially.) My Frankenstein scar is almost invisible now too.