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Russell Brook and Thomas’ last day of kindergarten

Last weekend (yeah, just catching up) we spent Father’s Day with Nanny and Poppy at the trailer. They boys fished…

… and swam…

… and we celebrated Nanny’s birthday:

Later that week, Thomas had his last day of Kindergarten, with the traditional on-stage celebration:

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Daniel’s Karate Birthday

Hear him roar!

See him cut!

Non-mammalian Sokolovics

Spike recently chose a new shell! Here he is taking a bath.

And Daniel won a goldfish in his class at school. The fish’s name: Goldie. Yep.

Yellow belts and baseballs

Thomas got his yellow belt yesterday, and we celebrated the “graduation” with ice cream at Kimberly’s.

Today, Daniel had second baseball game. I caught Thomas downing a hot dog, Daniel beating the throw to home plate, and Daniel getting a hit later in the game:

Birthday weekend extravaganza

Thomas turns 6 this week, so he had a b-day party on Saturday at LaVallee’s USA Blackbelt Champions.

The kids practiced karate, played dodgeball, and ate pizza. What more could a kid ask for? I’ll tell you what else – Thomas got to cut the cake with a sword! Cool.

After his party we [...]

Easter

We went down south last weekend to visit Glo and Lou for Easter.
Nanny and Poppy helped the boys color eggs…

Poppy watched the kids play at the playground…

… and Thomas got some quality Nanny time…

Unfortunately, I was up sick most of Saturday night, so we came home first thing Sunday morning. The Easter Egg hunt [...]

George Lucas is smarter than every dad. Ever.

The players: Daniel, 7. John, 36.
The scene: Driving home from swim lessons, passing a cemetery. On the radio, just loud enough to serve as ambiance, Ke$ha laments about boys trying to “touch her junk.” John breaks the mood and says…
John: Look, the cemetery.
Daniel: Hmm. Do you think anyone famous is buried [...]

Snowshoeing at Highland Forest

The snow wasn’t good for skiing this weekend, so Kath suggested a Sunday snowshoeing adventure at Highland Forest. A great time was had by all. It was also the first time I got to take the new birthday camera out for a spin, and I was very pleased with the results.

Another family milestone

Daniel went on his first sleepover last week. It wasn’t really a big deal – we didn’t expect to get the “your kid is scared so come get him” call at 10pm – but still, it’s a first.
Thomas felt a little left out, so we had a sleepover of our own. We played [...]

Radio check…

… over?
Yeah, we’re still here. Generally, weeknights or weekends are the times I would post something here. For a little taste of why I haven’t, here’s a quick overview of the last several days out here on the Manlius Formation – which, relative to DC, does not have as much snow right now [...]