Quite Puzzling

Whitney's new hobby is assembling jigsaw puzzles. For Christmas she was given one of Yankee Stadium and one of the Las Vegas strip. She took a couple of weeks putting the Yankees puzzle together, but became obsessed with the Vegas puzzle, and roped me into helping her with it. We put it together in one day. These puzzles are 500 pieces. But now she has started on an Empire Strikes Back puzzle of 1,500 pieces. It should at least take her three days, right?







You can see that we are missing one piece of the Vegas puzzle, right in the middle of Treasure Island. I offered a $100 reward to anyone who could find it, thinking that it was lost for good. I'm glad that Kate found it, instead of one of the kids.

Whitney has also instituted Friday Family Movie Night at our house, something that we've never done before. Since she started it she got to pick the first movie. She chose Race to Witch Mountain, wihch wasn't horrible. This week is Patrick's turn to pick. He confided in me that he had chosen the Simpson's Movie. I'm glad he did, so I could steer him toward something a little less crass. I can't wait until it's my turn to choose the movie. I'm sure the kids will love Fargo...

Leading the Way

Yesterday Samantha was given the Lead the Way Award at school, the first time she has received this honor for "Being a great student and a good friend". We're very proud of her and look forward to many more.

Portrait(s) of an Artist as a Young Girl

Bean’s latest obsession is taking pictures. However, her range is very narrow. For the most part she only likes to take pictures of herself. I have posted some of my favorites here. Let me know which is your favorite.

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#13. Okay, this isn't a picture of Bean, but I included it to show that she has become somewhat of a photobomber, and we must be careful...

#14. This will be Chas' favorite picture, as it is not only a picture of her foot, but of her New York Yankees Crocs.