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Pomp and Circumstance

Last night, Nathan graduated from preschool. It was so cute to see him up on the stage. I remember how difficult it was when he started there; in the beginning, he wouldn't let the person that dropped him off actually leave him there. At the end, it all tears and crying when it was time to go home.

I can't believe that he is going to be starting kindergarten, and going to the same school that Thomas goes to. They really grow up so quickly ... we're down to one preschooler (unless Buffy goes; then it'll be two) and it feels really weird. Unfortunately, Kara had to miss the ceremony, as she stayed home with a sick Oliver. I took a bunch of video, though, and some day, I might actually edit it into something watch-able. :-)

Ollie the Zombie

This is from two weeks ago, but at the rate his walking is improving, he'll be running next year's Bay to Breakers. Click on the picture (or here) to watch a very low-quality, soundless but cute 40 second video of Oliver stumbling around at the park. (You'll need QuickTime installed, but you've probably got that.)

Happy Birthday to Me (among other things)

Once again, many days have passed without any new posts to the blog. Not that we haven't been busy! In no particular order ...

I had my thirty-second birthday. So I'm now 32. Whew. Actually, its really nice to have birthdays, because I get lots of cool stuff (like a new iPod to replace the one I dropped), and my wife is super-extra-nice to me (like steak and eggs for breakfast).

The four hours of television that Kara and I watch has now been reduced to three. The series finale of Angel aired last night. This doesn't really have anything to do with us except that I'm crushed. Well, I guess The WB can now use that extra hour to air more of the same kind of crap they play the rest of the week. Now we're down to Enterprise, Tru Calling, and 24 (and Jack Bauer has to be getting tired!)

The family went on a lovely mini-vacation to the L.A. area, staying at Sue and Jeff's home, where we were all very well taken care of. (Bacon every morning; nothing wrong with that!) We took the kids (along with Shelly and Kyle and their collection) to Medieval Times, and they had a great time! Thomas had perma-grin for the duration of the show, while Nathan asked if the meal comes with a toy. (Guess he's been getting too many Happy Meals lately!) Ollie stayed home with grandma, where I'm sure he had a great time too! He also went into a swimming pool for the first time. I've got lots of cute video (and even more boring video) that I'll chop up into an iMovie someday.

Well, that's all I've got for now. Isn't that enough?

Little update about little things

Well, another fairly uneventful few weeks. A few hilites, though:

• I got my car back from the shop (a week early!) and now just have to wait and see if I can get the $500 deductible and $200 car rental reimbursed from the at-fault guy's insurance company.

• Thomas earned his yellow belt in kung-fu! We're really proud of him; he takes it seriously, and really has the moves down. We didn't take any still pictures, but I video'd his taking of the test, and hopefully some day, I'll get to edit it and post some of the highlights. (Don't hold your breath, though!)

• Oliver walks! He may look like a drunk zombie, but he sure is cute stumbling around the house. Unfortunately, his usual method of stopping is to smack his head into whatever hard object is nearest, but I'm sure that any brain damage won't be permanent.

That's all I've got for now ... hopefully, we'll have something exciting coming up soon!