Halloween 2008

Boo!!! A bat and a "bad dragon" (or as Jack says, "ba-da-doo") live with us tonight! Cindy did an excellent job creating Quinn's costume. She also did an excellent job using her debit card to buy Jack's.

It was a beautiful night to stroll the neighborhood with some friends and gossip about which houses the cops visited recently. Quinn enjoyed running far ahead of us with his friends. Jack enjoyed saying "trick or treat" and "gimme candy". Dad enjoyed not working as he had a very busy week.

Linguistics Part 1

Jack's speech is taking off now. There are truly spontaneous thoughts in his head now and they're funny! These are the first three clips in a string of bonafide Hollywood cute scenes. I'm not just saying that because he's 1 of 2 of the most handsome sons this side of the Mississippi and coolest little brother on the planet. See if you can pick up everything he says (before Cindy translates for everyone).

Flyboy

The art of "superjumping" is being perfected by our boys, particularly Jack. The audio is unclear because I used my phone to record this but the images say it all.

Jack's 2nd Birthday Party

Jack celebrated his birthday with a truck / construction themed party. It was a small gathering of three 2 year old guests for Jack and 2 older siblings for Quinn. Once again, Cindy's party planning and execution were flawless. The cake was perfect. The decorations and party favors were exquisite. The games were stylin'.

Jack spent a good amount of the party only in a diaper. He wanted to be comfortable.

Off to boarding school with the boys!

It's true. I took the boys to The Millbrook School yesterday. It is an exclusive high falutin' boarding school. It also has the distinction of being the only high school in the country with its own accredited.... drumroll please ... zoo!

They have quite an exotic collection of tamarins (little monkey like things), lemurs and poison dart frogs to name a few. For a very small fee, you can entertain the kids for hours ... okay, maybe an hour and a half.

The video demonstrates both Quinn's independent reading and Jack's memorization of one of his favorite books.

We'd post more but lately, our job has been more referee than parent. Jack whips cars at Quinn which is followed up mostly by Quinn shoving Jack. This happens at least 30 times per day now.

Coming soon --- Jack turns 2!