Recent Sightings

My cousin Kathleen came to visit last weekend, along with her beau Peter. Elizabeth was in heaven with a new audience. She kept telling me "I grow tall like Kathleen" and that seems inevitable! BTW, check out Kathleen's swimwear collection at http://www.kathleencookswim.com. These are beautiful pieces. It will make you want to work out hard over the fall and winter, to get into these beautiful suits.

Elizabeth started pre-school twice a week at the beginning of the month. She likes going for the most part. She helps get ready by rifling through the kitchen drawers. Please note her little backpack which she calls her "lunchy bag" made by Nainai, Andy's mom, Susan. Here she collects party favors to share with her little friends.

It is getting darker earlier every day, so we are spending more time reading. Current favorites include"Bee Bim Bop," "No" featuring Bobo the monkey, and "Olivia" which spurred a visit to the Frye Art Museum last weekend. It illustrated our individual aesthetics. I loved a 3 dimensional video installation series from Istanbul where we could all see ourselves dance in 3 sided mirrors accompanied by films of a dance ritual. Andy was engaged in the CHID (Comparative History of Ideas)-like exhibit of Napoleon. Elizabeth was transfixed by a 7 minute video from India of china cups breaking. Oh boy.

Now, whenever it rains, Elizabeth declares "I go to the museum like Olivia." At least she's not smashing cups in emulation of her favorite art piece.