To Be a Kid in Breezy Point

To Be a Kid in Breezy Point from Jaye McLaughlin on Vimeo.

Poor, neglected blog....

Here's a picture of beautiful Alice!

Musical Performances

Do you all remember the post I did way back in September of Patrick playing trombone for the first time? Well, I can say it now -- he was pretty BAD. I can say it now because this morning, he played the theme from Star Wars with the full Siwanoy School band at the spring concert, and he sounded GREAT! He's here in this first video. You can't see him very well because they put him in the back (!!!!), but if you look over the right shoulder of the girl playing the flute in the first row, you can see the slidey thing of his trombone and get an occasional glimpse of his head. Patrick is the ONLY trombone player in the school. So, do you hear that one trombone? That's him!



Here's a picture of Patrick accepting the congratulatory bakery cookie Paul handed him as he exited the gym. Isn't he cute?

Kate performed this morning, too. She played the glockenspeil and sang "Viva La Vida" by Coldplay. I'm not kidding! Look:

You may have noticed Paul making himself completely comfortable on the floor right in front of the performers toward the end of that video. Everyone in town knows Paul because wherever he goes, he makes himself comfortable. And he goes everywhere -- his life consists of being dragged to concerts, plays, baseball games, softball games, soccer games, various presentations and class trips. I think this experience will make him a very adaptable adult. This is what Paul thinks of my theory:

Emmett isn't old enough to participate in the spring concert just yet, but he has a musical performance with his grade next week, and a piano recital on Sunday. I don't have any musical pictures of him right now, but here's one of him losing teeth:

Hope everyone is enjoying June. Summer's almost here!

There's a hole in the ceiling

Fancy schmancy hotel had the water coming out of the ceiling and the wall between the bath and bed rooms was glass. Nearly scared poor Grandma to death.

Not the most exciting video but she's sure cute.

Choo Choo

We all went to Seattle and Nadia was really impressed with the train ride. Sandra too.

The Kings County Fair

I'm on a slideshow roll! Here's another one, with pictures from a carnival in Brooklyn we went to last night, after visiting with Pop, Uncle Monte, Tara and the girls. As you can see, Kate's still a thrill-seeker (remember her swinging on a rope into the river in Canada at the age of five?). Emmett's not at all convinced that these ridiculous rides are for him. Everybody loved the petting zoo and the ice-cream was AWESOME.

This Dan Zanes song is one of my faves...

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Alice ...

... is ...

... sitting up!

Day in the life

Franma has been on me to share more video. Here is a compilation of video I pulled off our camera. I've had to slow it down by a factor of ten so you can keep up :-)

Day in the life from Kieran Del Pasqua on Vimeo.

Aaah, there's nothing like spending time with family on Easter...

The rest of the pictures from Easter are here. Before you go, a warning and a tirade of excuses for Mimi. First, the warning: when you see these pictures, you will want to come home immediately. By my count, you've got about a month and six days to wait before you see these dolled-up cuties in person. Next, the excuses: no, I did NOT get the picture you requested of all six grandchildren. There was napping to be done at various times, and eggs to be found, and did I mention that I hosted Easter brunch AND Easter dinner? Anyway, I think I made up for it (as usual) in quantity...

P.S. Pop, the ears are in the mail.