Cam had a friend over last night so breakfast was a little larger than usual. This big stack isn’t for me or Stephanie, it’s to feed the 3 boys at the table. The amount of food they eat at 10 is staggering. I fear the day when they really get hungry.
January in Michigan is generally the hardest month of the year to get outside to ride so I’m stuck riding in the basement on a trainer.
As much as people think I take pictures all day – I don’t. I actually design websites. My latest project has been great to work on as long as I didn’t open the blinds to remind myself I am not in Maui.
This is Silvia – Miss Silvia to be precise. It’s true my espresso machine has a woman’s name, but I can’t take credit.
My office seems to be always cold so I bought myself a little space heater. It wasn’t on very long before someone else realized how nice it was.
It came to my attention the majority of pictures I post are of Luke. The thing is he likes the camera and he’s really interested in what I’m doing. Cameron is far more cerebral about the whole thing. So I dug into the archives to find a picture of the elusive first child.
This is our friend, and neighbor Terri Vruggink. Last week she travelled to Haiti with a local non-profit to photograph and document the work they were doing.
I raced my first bike race of the season. A cyclo-cross race on an apple orchard (Versluis for those in West Michigan) It’s the earliest I’ve ever raced so I wasn’t quite sure what 60 minutes of snow, ice, and mud would bring. I crashed (more than once), broke my pedal, got really muddy and my bike needed to be power washed. Pretty much a perfect day.
Steph and I went out with friends sans kids. Before we left Steph said she wanted to make something for the boys. I then watched her assemble this gooey, chocolate desert. Kind of made me want to stay home.
There is a massive distinction between what the boys learn on their own and what they learn at school. If I asked the boys what they learned in school I’ll get some standard answer like “the usual”. But if I make a comment on the book on the table I’ll get an in-depth lecture about how the brain works including how much it weighs.
#3 “This shows a snowboarder going on Mount Everest riding away from an avalanche” – Luke
Video games have nothing on good old fashion rod hockey. Nothing.
We asked the boys who wanted to go see our newest neighbor – Bella. Cameron’s lack of reaction is what I’d expect. He’d rather play the Wii. We thought Luke would be right with him. Nope – he was out the door and ready to play.
Cam and his friends could do pretty much anything they wanted on this cold Saturday in January.
The lack of cable TV doesn’t mean much at our house. Who needs it when you have a big monitor, speakers and an internet connection.
#2 “This picture shows a person dropped from 300 feet in the air and going 100 mph (and faster) and he’s going into an erupting Mount St. Helens” – Luke
I work out of the house and I don’t get a lot of people stopping by – ok none. That is until I bought an espresso machine. Now I have lots of friends stopping by for cappuccinos. If all it took was free Wifi and espresso I would have done this years ago.
The holidays are over. The decorations have been taken down, Hugo and Lucy went home, the boys are back in the school, Steph is back to work. It’s really quiet this morning.
#1 “This pictures shows a person standing on a unicycle going 200 mph! Soon he might crash” – Luke
Luke really loves my photo-a-day project. He asked if he could start his own series and post them on the site.
No better way to start the new year with a run. Nate and I ran 10 miles at 10am to celebrate 2010.
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