raspberries

Emmett wanted to be sure to be in the next post. Here he is, getting some love from Thomas:




Also-- 4 month stats are in. Weighs in at 20 lbs 11 ounces. Thomas was 20 lbs. But Emmett cheated by going two weeks late.

Vermont!

We spent a wonderful July 4th in Vermont with Grandpa Peter, Grandma Susan, Doug, Anna and the Friedman cousins. The pond was in full bloom and the estate was teeming with wildlife. Thomas, like a CEO on a fat-cat hunting retreat, bagged many a previously-caught and stunned trophy. Frogs, polywogs, fish, snakes and fudgcicles were no match for Thomas or Grandpa Peter. Jaxon, Grady and Marina showed us the ropes:




That's Jaxon with a frog on his head. Later, an obliging ring-neck snake appeared, and Thomas bravely let it slide between his fingers. He was aided by an extremely tall mongoose.


We celebrated the 4th in style at the Dorset Field Club. Thomas got his face painted like a tiger again, and loved it. Although, he did feel it didn't quite measure up to his last experience:



There was jump-roping, sack races and sand-pit digging. Thomas's impressive performance in the hula hoop contest was not captured for posterity.





And, of course, a few trips with Dad down the Alpine Slide.


Emmett came too, but he was so tranquil I guess we didn't take any pictures of him.

New House Part Deux

here's some more real estate porn:

Basement playroom (can you find Emmett in this picture?) Beautiful and soft wool rug is a gift from Grand Kathy:


Thomas' room from another angle:



Emmett's room:
Sleeping porch off both their rooms with Oscar the painter still at work:

Termite-wall-that almost-fell-on-us-but-is-now-fine:

Tie Dye

Last weekend we did some awesome tie dying with Addy and her mom, who once sold tie dye's professionally at Grateful Dead shows. Then Addy taught Thomas a dance called the "Wiggly Witch."




Here's a picture of a shirt we made!


You may think that Thomas was in his underwear above to avoid getting tie dye on his clothes. Actually, Thomas insists on being in his underwear a lot lately. He just saw the movie The Jungle Book. The main character, Mogli, basically wears only underwear. We have a hard time getting Thomas dressed these days because he likes to pretend to be Mogli.
Finally we let him go to the playground in his underwear in hopes that he would be embarassed and let us dress him. Did it work?