Happy 6th Birthday, Adam

 

 

Christmas 2012, Part I

I was too busy Christmas Day to spend much time behind the camera, but here are a few of the ones I took and like. If you have pics or video of my family from Christmas day, do drop a link or attachment in a comment or email.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I had commented on most of the photos, but some uploading error ate that post, so I'll just post as-is and maybe update later.

"We're Decorating the T.V."

I set up the webcam to capture the kids' reaction to our first Christmas tree. And this is what we got ...

Walking

This two-minute video is evidence that
a) John walks.
b) John chatters incessantly.

Gooooo, John!

Wakey, wakey!

 

Happy First Birthday, John!

John enjoying one of his birthday presents and showing off a Christmas present. Christmas present? Why, yes, that IS a custom T-shirt. Speaking of presents, here's the loot:

 

 

 

 

the canvas

 

 the final product. again demonstrating a failure to distinguish "sprinkle" from "pour."

photo credit Person A.


photo credit Person B.
any opinions on who got the better shot?
[In fairness, Person A got to work with lots of warm ambient light.]

My kids are so CUTE!

 

 

 

bedtime in the kids' room

A few months ago, night time in the kids' room looked like this:

 

 

A few weeks ago, it looked like this:

 

 

Nowadays, it looks like this:

 

Remember this from last summer?

Now this summer:

Happy Father's Day, Dion

A big daddy-pile-on in the works

Adam took over photography duty. We never did get everyone looking at the camera at the same time.

I can see why the kids are so cute.

I used to help each kid choose a father-themed book for Dion each year. But now there are three of them; one will have to do from now on. This year's is Some Dads by Nick Bland.

JK Graduation

The big event: KINDER Graduation !!

Around the classroom: Where is my family from? Adam writes: Canada, China, Macau

John exploring Adam's YMCA classroom with Gung-Gung before the ceremony

John and Mommy waiting for the ceremony to begin

Adam and Christina

celebratory mortar toss

proud as a peacock. Notice that all the other kids dressed casually. Adam went for a dress shirt and dress pants. He left the tie behind so that Poh-Poh could borrow it. She declined.

blurry but lovely

sharing

Gung-Gung smiles all the time. Unless he suspects there's a camera nearby. John got the better of him.

I don't know what it is, but it's cool!