Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Olivia Discovers New Jersey

The weekend before Thanksgiving, we were the recipients of a very nice visit from Christina, Olivia and Nonni.  This was the first time here for Christina and Olivia.  When Olivia could tear herself away from Lisa, she enjoyed playing in the back yard and on the school playground.  Her immediate reaction to sitting down for dinner at the Mountain Lakes Club was not quite so positive, but she eventually came around and especially enjoyed the after-dinner fun at the downstairs bowling alley.  Of course, I took pictures.

Thursday, November 17, 2005

Yeah, And Don't Call Us "Sharks", Either

It is apparent that with major election litigation in the past (for now), the Florida Supreme Court does not have enough to do.

Monday, November 14, 2005

I Would Not Have Expected This In Italy, Of All Places

Okay, I am as anti-smoking as the next guy, but this strikes me as pretty extreme. In Italy?!?

More Horses!

Nina enjoyed her first foray into horseback riding so much, that we decided to get her on a regular schedule of lessons once we moved to NJ.  Lisa found a very nice little stable about 20 minutes from our house where Nina has started taking lessons every Sunday afternoon.  This is an excellent physical activity for her, given that she does not like traditional sports such as soccer, basketball, etc.  One great thing about this stable is that they will give Stephen a "pony lesson" once Nina has finished her riding.  Here are a few pictures.

Thursday, November 10, 2005

Field Trip

Stephen and his class at Scribbles Preschool recently took a field trip to a small local farm.  The farm is populated with alpacas, which, unfortunately, you cannot see in these pictures (but click here, to see what one looks like).  Over the summer, I passed this farm regularly on bike rides.  I assumed these strange looking animals were llamas.  I've now been told that an alpaca will get very upset if you call it a llama.  Consider yourself warned.

Two-Year-Old Matthew!

Believe it or not, Matthew is two already.  He had a very fun day.  Our low-key family celebration included Chinese food (Matthew's favorite) and birthday cupcakes.