Here’s some slice ‘o’ life photos from November in the land of McPherson.  

This boy loves to be barefoot.  Even now that the weather has turned cold and the floors are a little chilly he will not keep socks on.  I find single socks all over the house, my car and, more often then I’d like, on the neighborhood streets where he’s pulled them off during walks.  When we’re home I’ve given up putting socks on him and I let him run around barefoot.

On the way to Bend we stopped at our usual restaurant in Madras.  J and I like the smoothies, Clare likes this little frog.

Here are a few pictures from Thanksgiving -including how Sammy spent a fair amount of time during the holiday.  Yep, I saw this face looking up at me more often then I would have preferred.  Poor little guy was teething and was in quite a bit of pain.

Sam likes to sit with his toes up hooked under his high chair.  I have no idea why, but it’s awfully cute.

Last week the kids and I saw patches of blue sky through the endless days of clouds.  We bundled up and headed to the zoo.  OK, so it may have been blue sky but it was only about 38 degrees and we were chilly.  Fortunately the kids were troops and we ended up having a great time. The zoo was amazingly empty (imagine that!) and we spent lots of time watching the sea otters play, the orangutans eat spinach, and the wild pigs snort in the dirt.  Cold aside, it was really fun to feel like we had the zoo to ourselves.

Lastly, this is what greets me when I get home from work.  It never fails to put a smile on my face.