oh, leko

the other day i looked over at the front door and saw leko sitting on the boot mat.  the next day i looked in that direction and saw him lounging on it.  what a bizarre cat.  out of all of the soft surfaces that we have in our house, why he chooses a hard piece of molded plastic is beyond my comprehension.

love, laurie 

silly man

one day when i was searching through stock accessories to find glasses for our lead male actor to wear in the show, noah decided to have a fashion show and try on a bunch of the glasses and sunglasses.  he had a good time and really got a kick out of it!

love, laurie

my tiny costume assistant

noah loved helping me with all of the costumes for the musical.  he sat on my lap to sew repairs and loved getting out mama's big sewing machine at home for the really big sewing projects.  he calls the sewing maching my "sew-chine."  he is very good at using the scissors to cut the thread for me and even helped me hand bead one of the dresses for the show too!

love, laurie

our tiny scenic builder

our tiny scenic builder LOVED coming to the theatre whenever we would let him to help dada with the set for the "big show" . . . he ate up every single minute of using the tools and showing the students what to do.

love, laurie

"the great comet"

this weekend was our main stage musical at the university where we work, and boy was it a big one!  our show "natasha, pierre, and the great comet of 1812" was a labor of love for us and it all went great.

ryan was the technical director, production manager, lighting designer, and he built the set too.  i costume designed.  noah did a bit of everything.

here are a handful of photos from the last dress rehearsal before opening night taken by one of the students.

love, laurie

the university's best crew member!

there's no doubt about it . . . the set and costumes for this musical would have never happened if it wasn't for the best crew member out there: mr. noah.

he's beloved by the college students and absolutely adores the attention he gets from all of them.

the other day he was sitting in the front row eating some pizza for lunch while watching them work.  he kept insisting that one of his favorites sing him the ABCs over and over to entertain him while he was on his lunch break . . . she happily obliged.  what a character!

he thinks he runs the place for sure.

love, laurie

helping dada's big show

noah and i had to make a run to the fabric store to buy 4 yards of frosted clear vinyl for the set for the musical.  noah was very excited to be helping dada's big show.  he proudly held that roll of vinyl in the store and was mesmerized watching the sales associate cut the length we needed.  too funny.

love, laurie

i'll take it

i'll take any leko lap nest i can get because noah is usually hanging off me all the time.  even if it only lasts for a few minutes, i'm happy to have it!

love, laurie

silly man

noah saw ryan and i wearing masks around our students when we weren't feeling 100%.  of course he thought that was funny and kept putting his hand over his mouth to mimic a mask.  then he asked if he could wear one too.  he was so pleased with himself!

love, laurie

valentine's day 2025

valentine's day was an all-day tech day for ryan at the theatre.  it's tech week for our main stage musical at the university so he had work on lighting/scenery all day, followed by rehearsal at night.

in the morning, noah and i made a small batch of brownies at home and decorated them with pink and red sprinkles.  we also made some valentine's dinner and packed it up to take over to the school for dad.

he had a good nap and then we visited before rehearsal started and had dinner and dessert with ryan.  noah loved it because he loves seeing "dada's big show."

he also hugged up his valentine's card which had a big hug on the inside when he opened it up.

love, laurie

happy valentine's day

it feels like a million years ago (it was 11 1/2 years ago) when we were drawing hearts in the air with sparklers in our back yard.

happy valentine's day!

love, laurie

cold kitty

this guy has been hiding under fleece blankets to stay warm lately since it's been so cold.  he always leaves a part of his body hanging out though.

love, laurie

a rare occurrence

a rare occurrence the other day when leko actually jumped up in noah's bed at nap time and decided to join!

love, laurie

a terrifying yawn

leko was sitting peacefully on a blanket on the sofa recently.  i went to take a picture and snapped it at the exact moment he was yawning.  how terrifying!

love, laurie

tiny chef

the tiny chef is continuing to like his step stool and helping mom in the kitchen.  he was happy to help make an egg casserole with broccoli and cheddar cheese, two of his favorites!

love, laurie

oh, leko!

i walked out of the bathroom and found leko in this position underneath his favorite pink fleece blanket.  the expression on his face had me laughing.  i feel the same, leko, i feel the same.

love, laurie

spinning

noah and i have been fighting a head cold for the past week and we both feel like our heads are spinning just like this salad spinner that noah is so intrigued by every time he plays with it.

ready for this cold to be over please!

love, laurie

noah, meet the vhs player

we have our vhs player in the basement and we were using it the other day to try to get some information off two tapes of old shows (one from 1993 and one from 2002). noah was interested in what we were doing. he has really never investigated the vhs machine before so he put on his safety glasses to check it out. i was laughing so hard!

love, laurie

baby smiles

sometimes we're grumpy, sometimes we're all smiles.  here's a smile with a yogurt mustache on his face.

love, laurie

punxsutawney leko

punxsutawney phil saw his shadow yesterday and determined there would be 6 more weeks of winter.

punxsutawney leko didn't like that verdict and hid from the sunbeams coming in the windows yesterday so that he didn't see his shadow because he's hoping for early spring!  leko's ready for the cold to go away so that it can warm up!

love, laurie