Tuesday, January 08, 2008
Happy New Year
Happy holidays and, hopefully, a wonderful New Year to everyone.
Sorry for the long break between postings. For those who know me, you'll probably not be surprised to find out that I've started on one of my projects -it became a bit all consuming. The latest project? A replica of the proton pack used in the Ghostbusters movies for sale on eBay. I should be listing it in the next couple of days. In the mean time, I've created a video on YouTube.com to help showcase the proton pack. You can see here:
Hannucha and Christmas at our house were the usual wonderful holidays. As always, we stayed local, spending Christmas morning together as a family and having Christmas dinner at Nora's parent's house. The kids made out like bandits and Nora and I didn't do too bad either.
Anna has developed a few new interests: Teenage Mutant Nija Turtes and the Virgin Mary. Anna has already asked if she can be Mary for Halloween next year and, when referring to my Dad's girlfriend (Mary), Anna makes sure to clarify that she's referring to the "Mary that didn't die".
We went to visit my Mom in Virginia Beach after Christmas and were able to visit with Doug and his family while there. Unfortunately, my other brother, Scott, came down with the flu and he and his family were not able to come up from South Carolina. A couple of my fraternity brothers were also in Virginia Beach over the holidays and we had a chance to catch up. We had a great day where all the Dads got together, with their respective kids, and spent the afternoon at Mount Trashmore. We had unseasonably warm weather and were actually able to leave our jackets at home during our day out.
As has been mentioned in previous posts, Pierce and I have been working our way through the Harry Potter books at bedtime. We're on book 4, The Goblet of Fire, and Pierce is turning into a real Harry Potter junky. As a family, we've watched the first 3 movies. I was concerned that Pierce and Anna would find them frightening, but that hasn't been the case. Interestingly, whenever Anna started to get "a bit concerned" Pierce would reassure her by telling her the next bit from the book. He pretty much gave away the entire book...
Anna started reading a few months ago and her proficiency level is improving exponentially. She's not quite the enthusiastic reader that Pierce is, but she takes great pride in her in reading to us. Rather than picking up books to read, she likes to sound out signs wherever we go. In the mornings when I'm working with Pierce on his spelling words, Anna requests that I give her words to spell also.
The problem with having such a large span of time pass between postings is that I've forgotten more about the past month than I remember. I'll add more postings as more stuff bubbles to the surface.
-Eric (Dad)
Sorry for the long break between postings. For those who know me, you'll probably not be surprised to find out that I've started on one of my projects -it became a bit all consuming. The latest project? A replica of the proton pack used in the Ghostbusters movies for sale on eBay. I should be listing it in the next couple of days. In the mean time, I've created a video on YouTube.com to help showcase the proton pack. You can see here:
Hannucha and Christmas at our house were the usual wonderful holidays. As always, we stayed local, spending Christmas morning together as a family and having Christmas dinner at Nora's parent's house. The kids made out like bandits and Nora and I didn't do too bad either.
Anna has developed a few new interests: Teenage Mutant Nija Turtes and the Virgin Mary. Anna has already asked if she can be Mary for Halloween next year and, when referring to my Dad's girlfriend (Mary), Anna makes sure to clarify that she's referring to the "Mary that didn't die".
We went to visit my Mom in Virginia Beach after Christmas and were able to visit with Doug and his family while there. Unfortunately, my other brother, Scott, came down with the flu and he and his family were not able to come up from South Carolina. A couple of my fraternity brothers were also in Virginia Beach over the holidays and we had a chance to catch up. We had a great day where all the Dads got together, with their respective kids, and spent the afternoon at Mount Trashmore. We had unseasonably warm weather and were actually able to leave our jackets at home during our day out.
As has been mentioned in previous posts, Pierce and I have been working our way through the Harry Potter books at bedtime. We're on book 4, The Goblet of Fire, and Pierce is turning into a real Harry Potter junky. As a family, we've watched the first 3 movies. I was concerned that Pierce and Anna would find them frightening, but that hasn't been the case. Interestingly, whenever Anna started to get "a bit concerned" Pierce would reassure her by telling her the next bit from the book. He pretty much gave away the entire book...
Anna started reading a few months ago and her proficiency level is improving exponentially. She's not quite the enthusiastic reader that Pierce is, but she takes great pride in her in reading to us. Rather than picking up books to read, she likes to sound out signs wherever we go. In the mornings when I'm working with Pierce on his spelling words, Anna requests that I give her words to spell also.
The problem with having such a large span of time pass between postings is that I've forgotten more about the past month than I remember. I'll add more postings as more stuff bubbles to the surface.
-Eric (Dad)
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