Berit just finished reading a copy of Mary Poppins Opens the Door that belonged to Pam and before that belonged to Pam's Mom! Inside the front cover is inscribed, "Merry Christmas to Martha from Mimi, 1943."

Now she's reading a copy "Nancy Drew: The Quest of the Missing Map," that was Pam's when she was a little girl.

We all had such a blast with Mimi and Papa George here!!!

ANIMOTO VIDEO : SUMMER 2007

Griffin sings "Seven Days of the Week"

So I bring home some stuff that I’ve designed from work – brochures, etc – so I can show the kids what Daddy’s doing all day long, and one of the things is a wallet-card, sort of an informational card that we give to our customers – looks like a credit card.

Well, Griffin thinks this is kind of cool and asks if he can keep it, which makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside.

The next day, I come home and Griffin and the neighbor boys, Ford and Sully, are really interested in something in the yard. In fact, Griffin comes running over to me and says, “Daddy – you have to come see the frog skull!”

I walk on over to check it out, and it’s not a frog skull at all. It’s actually the rotting, maggot-infested carcass of a dead frog. Also, Sully is standing there holding the card that Griffin was so interested in the day before. Evidently, Griffin traded it to Sully for the frog skull.

First Day of School!

Up in Vail this past weekend, we're in shops because I'm searching for a hat to keep the sun off of my dome. This one shop has a bin of ski hats for cheap and Griffin's trying them on. He grabs one, pulls it onto his head, and says, "I like this one, Daddy."

"Let's see," I tell him, and with his knit hat pulled over his surfer hair, he turns to me, strikes a rapper pose, and says simply, "Yo."

Needless to say, we bought him the hat.

Berit and Rowan have spent this week in a short theater camp. They both have big roles and songs to sing, and the performance is tomorrow. Should be a lot of fun.

Berit, by the way, is almost finished with Harry Potter 5. And when I say "almost finished" I mean she has fewer than 300 pages to go. Well, it is a 900 page book.

Rowan is really into me reading Harry Potter 1 to her right now. I'm into it too.

Was throwing the baseball with Griffin tonight, and you know he's actually catching it when he tries! He's definitely not as scared of it as he was, and he's certainly not as scared of it as Rowan still is, especially since I accidentally hit her with it once.

Harry Potter for President campaign and the "Potter Weasley 08" Stickers that go with it!