Welcome Alice Mary

Little Alice was born today. 7 lbs, 3 oz. 20 inches. At 4:34pm. Everyone is exhausted but well. Vivian couldn't care less.

Jack in the box

Strangely enough Nadia was not a big fan of doing this every time a trick or treater came to the door so we quickly switched to plan B. Love to all... and good luck Montessa!!!

Here are some quick shots from the day.

Happy Halloween!

Show me your costumes! (If you do, I promise to post a picture of Matt and me as Popeye and Olive Oyle...)

Montessa is coming! Montessa is coming!

Have you guys all heard?? Montessa will be here VERY soon! (Well, by this time next week, for sure). Here's a picture of her playing patty-cake with her big sister and one of her favorite cousins:

Also, have I mentioned that Paul is two now?

He's enjoying being two so far. We're having lots of fun doing fall-type stuff. This is one of my favorite pictures from our adventures this month.

There are a few more of my faves here, if you feel like looking.

This is Viv, Bunny and Miriam circa 1935.

The Nallin Family. Viv is 4th in. I think the older couple just past her is Sade (with dark hair)and Frank. And doesn't the older woman next to Frank look like Miriam? Must be an aunt.

L-R Audrey Nallin (grandmother of Keith Norwood who sent the pictures), Tom Hendricks, Bunny and Viv. Wasn't she gorgeous?

Keith Norwood is a Nallin cousin from Shreveport, LA and very interested in family history. He kindly sent these photos. Audrey, in the bottom photo, is his grandmother. He'd love more photos of the Nallins, Jaye, if you can decipher who is who. I'll send you his email.

And one time? At band camp?

Patrick will be taking trombone lessons in school this year. I guess you can consider this a "before" picture:

It's a shame that my time machine is in the shop.

If I could, I'd hop in my trusty time machine and travel through the decades, grabbing people by the shoulders and shouting, "WRITE something on the back of your pictures!" in my most menacing voice. I've got BOXES of pictures in the attic, and I can't tell you who most of these people are. These first two are "tintypes" -- a quick google search told me that they would've been taken somewhere between 1851 and 1900:

I'll include a few more, about which I know nothing. Just that they're old pictures of old-looking people. Does anyone look familiar to any of you of the current -- ahem -- older generation?

Animal Sounds

Walk like a Canadian

A few weeks ago Nadia and I went out to the front stoop to practice walking. I was pretty good and after a few tries Nadia started to get the hang of it.

Walking from Kieran Del Pasqua on Vimeo.

My first harvest

I grew tomatoes (3 varieties: Cherry, Early Girl and San Marzano's) this year. Here is a visual account of the process.