That Baby

Vincent says of Arthur, "I love that baby." Or, "You need to put that
baby down."

pirate stories

This is Chucho the octopus. He is the one who bites the leg off
Mondongo the pirate. Later, Redbeard cuts off one of Chucho's legs
and puts it into a soup.

dancin' in the rain

fireplace

economic downturn aside, this fireplace is so cute. We 'value
engineered' ours out of the house project, but this looks like a
feasible way of getting it back in. Too bad fireplaces are so bad for
air quality and so limit the number of ways you can arrange the
furniture in a small house... Maybe we'll just leave this on the back
burner to simmer a bit longer before we decide.

My boy

As we were in the car coming home from a birthday party yesterday, I
said fondly,"Vincent, you're my boy."
He said, "You're my boy too, Mama."