my goofy daddy

5.14.2008

goofy uncle!

I am officially a goofy uncle! Felipe Xavier, born May 12, 2008, 5lbs 15.6oz, 20in.

with a little bit of a reluctant entry into the world, but all are doing well and trying to catch up on sleep (good luck with that, right?).

Congratulations David and Maria!

5.11.2008

Happy Mother's Day!

Every day should be mother's day. here's to all mothers everywhere! :-)

would you like a free cup of lemonade for 5¢?

so the rain stopped for the afternoon yesterday, Aria woke up from her nap, and the doorbell rang. it was a boy who lives 7 houses down from us, with a spongebob dixie cup filled with pink lemonade. he asks "would you like a free cup of lemonade for five cents? it doesn't even have to be a nickel, it can be pennies." I gave him pennies. I think he couldn't sell any lemonade to the other houses, because he was back five minutes later, with his sister and three cups filled with the same super-strong pink lemonade. "would you like more lemonade for 25 cents?" we turned this offer down. I didn't want to ask if it was 25 cents per cup, or for all three. :-P

5.07.2008

she didn't get upset...

I didn't want to post anything until we were certain it stuck—Aria is officially fine with going to daycare! this is her fifth week there, and for the past two weeks she hasn't minded when I or Dana leave her there.

And thank goodness, cause it was getting bad. Aria would know when we pulled into the parking lot, and she would get upset. It would start at oh about level 6 and would ratchet up with each threshold crossed. Level 11 would be reached when I'd put her down on her side of the classroom. I'd have to drop her and pretty much run out and hide. I felt horrible, and when Dana would drop her off, I had to call to make sure she was fine.

Luckily, I married a smart one. On the second day of the third week, Dana realized that if she let Aria walk into the building, and walk into her classroom on her own, her feelings of independence would override any separation anxiety she might have. Then when I brought her in last week, she started to get upset. I thought "oh no, regression..." but instead of me, Aria put her hands out for one of her teachers to pick her up! turns out she wasn't upset, but excited to see the teacher!

even today, Aria's getting over another cold, and so she was kinda cranky before we even got there. I was prepared for the worst, meaning I'd have to set a new record for the 30ft dash (out of the room). But as soon as I put her down, she saw that it was snacktime, and went to her chair and grabbed her sippy and could care less that I was leaving. My little grown up girl.
:-)

5.05.2008

mountain lion?

so our friends over at johnny's brother have a post about a mountain lion siting near their house! i wanted to see the news picture, because they said they couldn't see this hiding mountain lion. here's the original (in case you don't want to go to the news site):

apparently, someone used their camera phone to snap the picture, and the mountain lion is hiding behind the tree. the tail should be visible if you look hard enough. well, being the graphic artist that i am, i've zoomed in and enhanced the picture:

see it now? no? well to avoid any further confusion, i've used my hi-tech-no-grafx computational analysis video processor to digitally place the tree in the background so we can see the whole mountain lion:

AND AWAAAAAY WE GO! :-P

5.04.2008

Trip to the Zoo

This weekend we visited the Reston Zoo for the first time. We weren't exactly sure how Aria would react. She was okay as long as the animals were slow moving like the turtles or behind glass like the reptiles. The sheep, goats, birds and monkeys were just a little bit too much for her to handle. Overall it was nice to get out and see something a little different. See pictures/video below:

This is our family in more ways than one. goofy monkeys