Negotiations with Ben

It's very hard to get Ben to do anything these days, so I tried hard-nosed bargaining combined with battery-operated bribery. We'll see if it works tomorrow.

Ben and Eleanor play in a fort we built in the living room. Kindly ignore the marker scrawled on Eleanor's mouth...

The Scooting Giraffe

Eleanor on Thanksgiving, scooting in her Halloween costume.

Old film of Mom, Dad, and Chris

We just digitized this old 8mm film from 1970 of Mom and Dad playing with a not-yet-walking Chris. At the end is a shot of Snowledge under construction, with Dee and Randy Kuerzel.

Ben's 4th birthday, in the car

We were waiting for Mom to get back from the bakery on Ben's 4th birthday. Eleanor sings a version of Happy Birthday that features a minute of whispering, so turn your volume up.

Walking, five days later...

Eleanor walks!

She took her first steps this week. Today she walked across a room. Here, she applauds herself while walking outside.