Wordless Wednesday: Oh Joy! An Earthworm Nursery

Adoption Day 4.0

Today is the fourth anniversary of the day we finalized the adoption of our son. It was supposed to be a day that will always have pleasant memories associated with it. However, all three of us suffered through Christmas and the following days that year with a series of illnesses. If I remember correctly it all started with very bad colds, could have been flu and ended with stomach bugs.

When the happy morning arrived Darius was screaming and unhappy, and his dads did not feel like going anywhere either. However, we did not want to do anything to mess up our long awaited court date. So we took whatever medications we could find to make the symptoms better and packed into the car for our appointment with the judge. A small group of people were attending with us, a couple friends, D’s first foster family, his caseworker and the law guardian. Thankfully the entire proceeding was short and uneventful. We dug deep down for some smiles for pictures, so our photo memories of it aren’t too bad. The folks that came to share it with us wanted to take us to lunch to celebrate but we came home and spent the rest of the day in bed.

We can now look back on it sort of fondly but the memory will always be colored by how sick we all were that day.  Have you ever had a long anticipated event altered by unforseen circumstances like sickness?

Wordless Wednesday: Happy Holidays From Green Dads

Kwanzaa on the Hudson

Last night we traveled to Hudson, NY in a light snow to an annual public event to celebrate Kwanzaa.  It features a demonstration of several items and readings that represent the principles of the holiday, African drumming, traditional African Dance, music and a hip hop dance group.

Here is Papa and Darius making some noise:

This is the Kwanzaa table with many of the items that were demonstrated:

Our little drummer boy:

Snowstorm: The Big Dig

I exaggerate a bit, it was a pretty typical snowstorm for upstate NY. We got up early this morning to dig ourselves out, so we could go to the YMCA and the library like we do every Saturday morning. It was much colder than I expected it to be.

Here are my boys busy digging:

The big D in front of home sweet home:

We’re off to a Kwanzaa event this afternoon.

Family Photos: School Delayed by Snow Today

Last nights meager snowfall was apparently enough to delay the start of school this morning by two hours. Here’s our little man in the front yard with the first snowman of the season. Well, a five year old’s version of a snowman anyway. These are cellphone photos with no flash, I’d love to find a way to lighten them up.

All that work and what does he do? Kicks the poor snowman to the curb.

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Four Things

by Steven

I self tagged myself for this meme at Worducopia, I’m having trouble coming up with something to write about and Brian is too busy to write.

Four Jobs I’ve Had:

• Pizza delivery (in college)
• Letter Carrier (during a several year break in college)
• High School Biology Teacher (right after college, big mistake)
• Scientist, Clinical Lab QC (current)

Four Movies I Can Watch Many Times:

• Dune
• The Lord of the Rings
• Star Trek IV
• Rent (just to throw anyone off from figuring me out)

Four Places I’ve Lived:

• Massena, NY
• Plattsburgh, NY
• Hempstead, NY
• Albany, NY (all pretty boring huh?)

Four TV Shows I Love(d):

• Babylon 5
• Battlestar Galactica
• Stargate
• American Idol (see above reference to the movie Rent)

Four Places I’ve Vacationed:

• San Francisco
• Key West
• Provincetown
• Orlando (again, I don’t want anyone to think I can’t branch out a little)

Four Novels (or series) I have enjoyed rereading:

• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
• Dune
• The Hobbit
• I rarely reread a book so I’m having trouble with this one.

Four Websites I Visit Often:

• Daily Kos
• Zen Habits
• Iphone Alley
• Wadsworth Center (work)

Four Places I’d Like to Be Right Now:

• Provincetown for Family Week
• On another cruise (we went on an Rfamily cruise, February 2007)
• Back in Disney World (we had so much fun)
• On a day off with absolutely nothing planned

The idea now is to tag four blog friends to do the meme and link back here. I tag:

1. Preston at Me and the Blue Skies
2. GDad at Cranial Hyperossification
3. Joe at bored beyond belief
4. If anyone else is interested, comment here and I’ll add you.

Wordless Wednesday: Kindergarten 2008

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