Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Martha Stewart at Adobe MAX

I was stoked this week to see a pretty cool demo of my company's technology contributing to the future of magazine publishing. I can imagine myself swiping and pinching my way through my favorite magazines, while reducing the amount of paper dumped into my recycling bin each week. Having Martha Stewart run the demo was also pretty cool.

Sunday, October 24, 2010

Pillow Collection

Forced to play indoors today, the girls decided it would be cool to make their own pillow collection. This involved pillaging the printer paper tray (now empty), a bag of cotton, and borrowing my Swingline stapler. The end result was a fine, custom collection of kid-size pillows, and a couple for their new stuffed animals Dive (a dolphin) and Vine (a monkey).

Here Comes the Rain

Woke up to a steady downpour and windows splattered with rain water. The high temps are only expected to crack 52F, so we won't be doing much outside today. I meant to mow the lawn this weekend, but that isn't going to happen either.


Saturday, October 23, 2010

Dim Days And Soccer

Ah the dim days of autumn are here. The problem with living in the Northwest is that you get so spoiled in the summer months with long, bright days, and then POW!; fall arrives and the light turns soft.




Today, the girls played their final official game, on another rain-free morning. Next week is the "jamboree." That means two quick, 10-minute games and then some trophy ceremony or something. Hopefully the rain will abate for the jamboree, too.

And speaking of soccer, we asked the girls if they wanted to play again next spring, and they seemed less than enthusiastic about it. They do want to start ballet classes again, so maybe we'll do that for a while.

Saturday, October 09, 2010

Bending It Like...

Well, not exactly Beckham, but the ladies have been playing their first official league soccer this autumn, and it has been fun! Their team is called Rainbow Kitty Pony.

The are in their fourth week now, and they have a perfect 0 and 4 record. Whoo Hoo! Today's game was actually pretty exciting, and they only lost by a single goal at the last second when their former daycare buddy--a member of the opposing team (Pink Ponies)--literally bent it like Beckham and scored a nearly impossible goal. This girl is actually pretty amazing for a 5-year-old.

We have had the fortune of playing on the awesome new turf at Battle Point Park here on the island, though the next two weeks will be on the grass fields. Given the weather lately, it might turn out to be a bit muddy, but it is soccer.

This is a shot from the first week of soccer, before the girls got their shorts and cool Adidas soccer socks--there are Adidas shin guards hiding under those warm-ups.