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The Family of Readers

After a long day at Zoo Atlanta (it was a free Turner weekend), we all ended up on the couch reading our books. Amy took note of how sweet it was that we were all reading together – a perfect rainy Saturday afternoon activity. I was reading the umpteenth John Sanford novel, Amy was reading some trashy Oprah novel (While I was Gone by Sue Miller), and Sam was reading his favorite of late – his Sesame Street Dictionary. I promise – this picture is unstaged, other than my having to run and setup the camera on self-timer.

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littlest sam with little sam

Before we headed back home to Atlanta today, we took some time to visit my father’s grave in Bonaventure Cemetery near Savannah’s Wilmington River. It’s often difficult to do, but I nevertheless find it reassuring to be close to Dad’s final resting place. It is so peaceful, and his namesake grandson likes making this trip as well.

It being Memorial Day as well, the flags were in full swing across the cemetery. Sam admires a flag in a plot near Dad’s:

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In the images below, flags fly in the Veterans of World Wars section:

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Passover in Rochester

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The family headed North to Amy’s hometown for Pesach. Sam had a fabulous time with his cousins and grandparents, and dad enjoyed some relief from Atlanta’s insane pollen count. Read on for some of my favorite photos from the visit, or head straight to the full photo gallery on Flickr.

Above, Sammy and his grandma play a duet.

At the second Seder, we also celebrated Taylor’s birthday. Unlike that cold April day 13 years ago, it did not snow. That happened two days later, after we returned to Atlanta.

And to entertain the little ones, we headed off to the newly renovated Strong Museum (of Play). They now have a wonderful butterfly (and moth) habitat, as well as much-improved interactive displays that Sam and Jaimey just loved.

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Rico Suave

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The blog has been unusually quiet of late, owing mostly to the fact that we’ve been extremely busy on all fronts. 2007 is shaping up to be a very busy year, and the first few months have been spent on the professional side planning and preparing for many many projects. That made last week’s getaway to San Juan, Puerto Rico all the more wonderful. The photo gallery is here.

Amy, Sam and I took advantage of a slew of frequent flier miles and jetted off last weekend for a week in the sun. Sam got sick, as did his proud papa, and the long time out of his own element seemed to be too much for Sam, as he demonstrated some of the very first full-blown tantrums we’ve ever seen.  The cure was just getting him home – as we pulled up to the house in our taxi, he said ‘Home!’ and was just super happy to be back with his toys, crib and kitty cats. The people in Puerto Rico were super friendly, the food and drink was great (although they didn’t seem to offer many veggies), and the beach was just gorgeous.
Speaking of which on the cats front, we had a little scare with the elder statesman of the house, Chaos. He got a case of mild pneumonia while we were away, and ended up at the vet on IVs and what not, but is now home and doing much better.