In what’s become a yearly tradition, the Smith family presents another fun year of pumpkining. We’re joined this year by Chynna and Darian. Both Elliott and Neela drew their own faces this year, and Elliott even helped carve. Carol and I had some quiet time after the kids went to bed. It was almost like a date, only with a lot more slimy seeds, big teeth, and owl pumpkins.

The music this time is by Menomena, Passion Pit, and Grizzly Bear (links go to the iTunes store).

UPDATE: I increased the quality of the video fairly dramatically. SHould look better and load faster now. If it’s still loading too slowly, you can turn off HD.

I spent Saturday in the park with all three kids. They are in love with the slides. Our new camera films in HD, so if it takes too long to load, you can turn HD off. If you leave it on, though, it will look great at full screen. And mom, you can click here to download a version for your new iPod.

I have stretched my lobes again, and I am having so much fun with this concept. Only because of the beautiful things I find to stick in the holes. (more…)

Ever since my daily commute started including late night rides on the highway (some of my classes don’t get out until 10:00 pm), Carol has been wanting me to upgrade beyond the Vespa. As much as I loved the Vespa (and I loved the Vespa), I had to concede that she was right.

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The beloved Vespa no longer resides in our care. The picture is from its coming home party back in Aug 2007. Ethan wiped his single lonely tear right before moving up to bigger and better things. (more…)

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So we got this “friendly reminder” in the mail the other day and when I read it to Ethan, we both laughed, so I had to share. (more…)

We spent 4th of July with Ethan’s family. The kids were in bathing suits most the time with rosey cheeks and sleepless eyes. Nana blew bubbles with the kids (a favorite activity) and I had to share these videos of Neela and Roli in action… (more…)

Tuesday, I was having a hard day (sorry again Ethan) and I was in that “Who gives a flying leap about anything anyway?” kind of attitude. Ethan, knowing how much I need music, took me to see White Rabbits play. We got a sitter early so we could go get some drinking chocolate before the show. Turns out, that doesnt take 2 hours to do. So after chocolate and before music, we walked. (more…)

Just in case you were wondering…. (more…)