lake erie daytrip

we spent monday on a trip to lake erie. the 2 hour drive was beautiful, going through incredibly green damp landscapes of forests and farms under a sky like the one in the photo of the lake. being at the lake was like being at the ocean, it even seemed to smell like the ocean.
the wind was blowing pretty hard, and we thought kiddo wouldn't like it, but she seemed to love it on her face, and the sound of the wind and the waves. kind of like, 'whoa, it's like i'm in a huge woomb', maybe.


we'd make good hoboes if we ever decided to go off the grid.

do these pants make my head look huge?

we went to a jazz concert –joe sample trio– with our friends jessica, bryce and isaac. we enjoyed good food, conversation and music, and we felt cool to be seen with a cat like simone. we began bombarding her with music since the womb, and she seems to enjoy it intensely. she recently had her first earful of miles davis' "kind of blue", and she was 'feeling it'. she has also been perfecting some new dance moves. in this picture she's actually in the middle of a crucial sequence. more moves to follow...

simone's first chuckles

parker's been in cincinnati this week on a job and when he called to check on us today simone had an exciting outburst of giggles. perfect timing.

thanks to lalanya who captured this footage.

according to my calculations...

"according to my calculations, dad is taking advantage of me." nora and dad spend a lot of time together while mom's at work (she's back, part time), and he's starting to affect her style, maybe negatively. also, she has a mild case of hip dysplasia (her left hip socket is a little shallow), so she gets to wear a fashion-forward harness for a whole month (which is almost over), and for another month just at night –you know, slip into something comfortable– and then she should be just fine. although her left hip is mildly displaced (for now), all in all, her hipness is in full effect; pretty soon all the kids will want a harness.

living every week like it's shark week

on our 1st trip to the zoo, we decided to start heeding tracy jordan's advice, to live every week like it's shark week. we also found that we owe a debt to our marsupial pals. spending time out in the bush, we even learned how to improvize our own hats. next time, she'll wear her fox suit. simone has been listening to dad read Horacio Quiroga's stories for niños about jungle animals. -p

sushi fix

i've been jonesin' for some sushi for quite sometime. a friend of mine inspired me to make these deconstructed sushi bowls for dinner. we've made these a few times in the past week. the rice is seasoned with rice vinegar seasoning and we throw on all the veg we have. the wasabi paste and ginger were indispensable as were the strips of nori. i think next time i'll throw in some fried tofu....or better yet, salmon. they're certainly not as fancy shmancy as the rolled kind, but it still has that sushi goodness. -a

a deer licks simone

we had a fun day at the zoo, and even had an encounter with a deer named buttercup.