SNOW!!!! And Calgarians visiting.

Well, Buffalo may have made national news for the storm that stranded boatloads of folks on I-90, but it was very localized and we didn't get a flake of that 2-3' here at our house. So today Kat and I headed to the snow to check things out. She played in the snow by herself for over 1/2 hour and I had to drag her away. Tomorrow there is talk of meeting up woth her cousins for more snow-play. I suspect there will more pics from the weekend fun. And we drove through and they did have a LOT of snow in S. Buffalo.

That's over 2' of pristine snow she's on. Well, it was pristine.

Wally and Kathy and Matthew and Gavin were in town for Thanksgiving.

Kat was the only one who realized that we should get their picture. So she did. Another Kat pic.

We tried to get all of the kids' pics on the bench. this was the best we got....but you can't see Finn, except for his feet.

We've got snow!!

But not that much. We hot a few inches yesterday morn. And here was a lake effect advisory for last night. We didn't even get a dusting. But apparently in the snow-belt, they got 2' of snow. Kat didn't have speech therapy because the office was closed. I couldn't figure out why, and was downtown by sisters hospital this morn and there was nothing there either. But further south...maybe we will go look for it tomorrow.

Russian Thanksgiving and pics by Kat

And one of the full moon through the naked tree...

Family pic with our Russian guests. As usual, Boo's best side.

We had about 20 people at the table. And while dinner was a week before Thanksgiving, we had turkey, stuffing, etc and all Thanksgiving trimmings to give them a taste of one of our traditions. No pilgrims, however.

On to Kat photos (which you may have guessed by the perspective).

Her feet pics kill me....there are more to come

I'm pretty sure this is art....

Artsy Ben pics

And Boo's best side again.

Ben's eye.

I KNOW this is art....I'm just not sure of the message. Let me know if you have any ideas.

More foot pics.

These are pretty damn good....centered, not (very) blurry...she may have a future behind the lens.

Shopping.

All we need to do is line a room with mirrors. We'll never see her again....

Kat's first NHL hockey game

We took our Russian guests. And the Sabres lost.

Victory?

Our Russian visitors

Kat will be crushed when they leave tomorrow. She walks around with the paintbrushes (their fencing tools) looking for alexander.

Our Russian visitors brought this hat for kat (it fits me too). It's too damn cute.

Little Russian bear

more from Halloween

Kat's first real Halloween, that is one spent trick or treating outside in WNY with her cousins (last year was inside at the mall by ourselves).

She was a very polite and warm(?) kitty cat who really dug the whole concept....CANDY!!!

These aren't the greatest pics (clearly not Liza's), but Alison's idea to take the pics was a great one.

Our front side yard appears to be the vortex of flying leaves. Much to Kat's delight!

The whole crew

Halloween

The three stooges in the leaves

Kat's home run

Leaves

If you haven't been to Liza's blog lately, be sure to check it out for unbelievably cute pics of Kat & her cousins. Jumping. What else? The link is in my list if you don't have it handy.

Well, Kat likely doesn't realize it, but we've waited for YEARS for reall fall again! There were no trees in Calgary and Seattle has lots of big trees, but few decidious trees, so Kat has limited experience with fall leaves. But she understands the important concepts!
Here they are racing cars down the mountain.

And here come the leaves!

Sorry. I swear I turned this one, but apparently it hadn't saved yet....

More goofy girls on stairs-- new perspective