bath art

Your genetic heritage

Boys, you carry Mom's mitochondrial genome in every cell in your body. Mom's mitochondrial genome is a member of "Haplogroup U4" and is found in western Eurasia, from Mongolia to central Europe. It arose about 25,000 years ago and subsequently spread with the migrations that followed the end of the Ice Age about 14,000 years ago.

On Dad's side, you are descended from a group of people sharing a Y-chromosome type "Haplogroup G" which appears to have arisen in the Caucasus region during the Ice Age, about 16,000 years ago. The high mountains blocked progress of the glaciers that were covering most of Europe and Asia, allowing a refuge for humans and animals. Haplogroup G is still common in the Caucasus region (including Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan) and in the neighboring Near East. Men expanding out of the Near East carried G across much of southern Europe and northern Africa. A separate, smaller migration carried G eastward, where it is seen in low frequencies in groups as far east as China. --- You have very distant relatives in China!

Christmas morning 2009

Santa came to our house

Christmas Eve day snowpals

Snowy sunday at Lenape Park slope

Cherubin or Seraphim?

Ben, your pre-school teacher dressed up your class as Christmas Angels

Gingerbread House

Nate & Ben decided that the rule for decorating the gingerbread house with candy was "one for the house and one for my mouth". However, I think the ratio was closer to 1:10!

Late night visit to the "The Tree" (20degrees outside)

Grand Parents Day pic in the Suburban News Paper

breakfast time

day at the beach

went to the diner

Christmas stockings

powered down

visit to MSSM and AMNH today

Letter to Santa!

ben 'n nate

Decorating our tree

holiday tree 2009 from originsg on Vimeo.

hangin' out

Nate's photgraphy blog

Nate, today Mom gave you her old camera and you started snapping pictures and posting "news stories" on your own blog - VERY INTERESTING THINGS FROM NATE

First tooth!

Nate, you lost your first tooth at lunchtime on Monday Nov 23rd. It was not found by your teachers and presumed to have been swallowed!

Nate's first library card

Superheroes

Soccer game 2 - Go yellow team!

Haloween 2009

Nate was feeling pretty weak with the flu, but we still managed a trip up and down Herning St.


Ben won third prize for Best Costume in the Cranford Parade!