Halloween 2009

Tickertape Aftermath

Broadway, looking North from Bowling Green.

76th Street Stairs

Halloween Moon (over Brooklyn)

Stillwell Nightvision

Zechariah On The N-Train

Miranda's Birthday (with Daddy)

Zechariah (my BumbleBee)

Butterflies

This is a month or so belated, but here are some pics of the butterflies that we hatched and released back at the end of August. It was really cool to watch our batch of caterpillars eat themselves into a stupor, spin a chrysalis then emerge as these beautiful Painted Lady butterflies. It was also, thankfully, surprisingly easy to do. Any moms or dads out there that are interested in the details? Just post a note:-)

Birthday Party Videos

These are short videos taken last Sunday at the Zach and Miranda's birthday party, held at Bounce U in Brooklyn.

Zach Climbs a Tower:

Miranda Chimes In:

Zach Bouncing:

Two Little Monkeys Have A Birthday Party

Starchild

Each day in Miranda's class, it is a different child's turn to be the featured kid of the day, on a continually rotating basis. The featured kid is called "The Star Child" and all the other kids hear about his or her family, likes, dislikes, etc. and draw pictures about that child's life.
This past Wednesday it was Miranda's first turn to be the Star Child - star crown and all - or course she said she was going to keep the crown forever. Just one word to describe it: suuhhweeet!

The Easy Way To Climb A Tree:

Cut it down first!

The Bay Ridge Raggamuffin Parade & Street Fair

Every year in Bay Ridge, a couple of weeks before Halloween, Third Avenue is cleared of cars and swept clean for the weekend. On that Saturday, the Raggamuffin Parade is held, followed by the big annual street fair on Sunday. Both stretch from 69th Street all the way to Verrazano Bridge. Cool huh?
The parade is a children's event (even though we grown-folk march with them) and gives them a chance to show off their Halloween costume finery while the weather is still not too hostile.
This year we marched with Miranda's new school (PS 102 - The Bayview School) and some new and old friends. The rain held off until we we got to 86th Street, at which point we bailed-out and trotted back to Daddy's house.
Sunday was, by contrast, a perfect warm Autumn day, so we spent a lot of time sampling the food and bouncing on the various rides - we even bought a couple of toys! Good times!
Here are a few pics of the fun:

Just Hanging Out With Squeaky

Nothing really to say today - just watching TV with my little buddy Sqeaky sitting on my lap.