Out and About in '08

We started off 2008 getting out in nature, as you saw. We kept it up in Mt.Vernon, OH by heading off into the snowy woods with Grandma Betsy. This video has become famous as the first one where we get to hear Samuel talking. The audio comes courtesy of the fantastic Fuji camera we picked up as a hand-me down from Tom (Thanks Tom!). This will hopefully improve the quality of blog material this year.



[The classic "line" from Samuel comes at about 1:10.] Thanks to our old friend Clara Schumann for supplying the music. You're the best, C.

And we'll follow up with some still shots.










Okay, actually that was an awful lot of shots. Samuel loves being out and is generally a good traveler but he REALLY hates car seats.

Tante Möne und Spinat

Samuel ist jetzt 8 Monate alt und findet Spinat mit Muttermilch ganz köstlich.



Er sitzt gerne im Musikzimmer und spielt.



















Mit Tante Möne ist Spielen noch besser, und Essen auch.



















Und hier noch ein wunderbares Video:



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Hooray for Aunt Marion, who is video-ed here during our welcome tea party in honor of her visit this week. In Boston this might have involved creatively costumed government protests, but when you have a Cambridge Tea Party things are more relaxed.

S is enjoying sitting, drinking spinach-milk and using a spoon, which at this point means holding a spoon so that any food in/on it will end up all over his hands long before it gets anywhere near his mouth. K is enjoying jogging with her sister and son and the new jogging stroller. And P is "enjoying" meeting composition deadlines and frequently celebrates this happiness by not leaving his room.

Farewell '07, (part 2)

So as promised, we do have the last bit of 2007 still to share, from our trip with Samuel's Uncle Chris to Olympic National Park / Olympic National Forest (in the far northwestern oblivion of Washington St.). As you can see it was terribly beautiful. We were situated in a cabin right on the Pacific ocean. The only way to live closer to the ocean would be on a boat. You can see our porch view below. The noise was amazing


To our backs was deciduous rainforest. Not exactly like the amazon, in that there was snow on the ground, but still rainforest. And wonderfully verdent.



The huge trees eventually wash up on shore and actually pose a threat at high tide. You can see just how big they get.


For a more dramatic virtual experience check out this video

(Warning this movie is over 8 minutes and may cause slow downloading and sleepiness or boredom on the part of the viewer.)