Yoga class!

Ben gets his cast off!

Unstoppable Ben

Ben, we are amazed at you! You have adjusted to your cast so fast and so well that it doesn't stop you from doing anything...including dancing, drawing, playing, rough housing, going to school or even walking on a balance beam! Your have an incredible ability to adapt and keep a great attitude!

Tree house

State judo tournament

way to go from originsg on Vimeo.

nj state judo tournament princeton march 2010 ... nate, someday you will look back and smile to see yourself so young and innocent - you weren't able to tie your belt, even as you won a match as a 5 year-old among 7 year-olds ... we are so amazed and proud of you!

kickin' dancin'

dancing to the fireflies song from originsg on Vimeo.

Visit to the Met today - Nate discovered a new sculpture hall and cafeteria

Nate led us to a place we'd never been before ... sculpture garden and cafe in the American wing

We've been scaring each other with bedtime tales of the "iceman" who visits our house on snowy nights. Nate and Ben asked for proof and so we set a motion-sensor camera and got this picture. Now we're really scared!

Picture frames

Batman's world (by Ben)

Valentine's Day

Nate with his "Blood Monster" valentine and Ben with Mom.

Snowstorm!

Some of the snow and a few romps outside (Ben you had to stay in so that your cast would stay dry).

Snowstorm Feb 2010 at home from originsg on Vimeo.

Ben's rough night

An heroic leap from the couch and an unfortunate landing for Spider-Man. You were so brave at the hospital tonight.

Cold January day - visit to MoMA

We met Rob Townley (our classmate from grad school) and his wife Clair and their daughter Pearl. We had fun at the Tim Burton exhibit and then off to a great Japanese restaurant (Nate, you enjoyed the salmon katsu) and then to a playground in Central Park. Cold, snowy but we had a great time.

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