Couple More Hale Videos, Just to Keep the Video Gremlins at Bay

Hale forgot something inside his house...

The drumming has commenced:

Embrace.

We stop our whispering

And are surprised to find ourselves swaying

In our kitchen in a tight embrace.

Our son is asleep in his "room".

"This is the rhythm of our lives. It must be;

How else would this dance have found us?"

Done. Done, Dad.

Hale's first word--as best we can discern--is "done". As in, stop shoveling food into my mouth, get this freaking bib offa my neck, stick a dull-tined baby fork in me, I'm

DONE.

Or perhaps this one? Just to be sure?

I think I'll take it as a good sign that Hale's first word is "done." In fact, I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that knowing when you're done is going to be at least as important a skill as anything he'll learn in a math class.

I wish I knew when I was done.

Ooh, speaking of, sounds like he's done sleeping, right now. Dun.

Hot Tacoma date to see Ira Glass

A perfect night.

We went to our favorite Tacoma bar

listened to the god of storytelling (I know, he looks different than on the radio.)

while our baby rocked out with his grandma.

We are so blessed!

Moment of Zen

Hale meets the park across the street

It just occurred to us today that we will probably be spending a lot of time here in the years to come. It looks different to me now when I look at it from our kitchen window.

My great nephew Zach: Applying for a job at NonFiction Media

Me and Mom in front of SCT

My mom, great nephew, Zach, and I have season tickets to the Seattle Children's Theatre. It is pretty fantastic. We see a play then have hot cocoa and a snack at the Center House— a place that remains magical in my childhood memory (ice-cream and a trip in the bubble elevator).

Yesterday Zach asked if he could borrow my camera. I put it on Program-mode and this is what he came up with. Not bad, I'd say.

Garbage Guy

Self-Portrait

Video of Zach at work.

Food

Me

The Ceiling

He can borrow my camera any time.