Mother's Day

I know its a little late but here is the Mother's day entry. Marie got a massage at a spa near the beach, which she was really happy about. Since we are moving soon the last thing I wanted was to buy more "stuff" to have to move, and I figured some relaxation was what she could use the most. It turns out it was a good choice. Then we went to some high end outlets and looked at all the stuff we can't afford. Sunday I made lunch and a desert for her after church and we had some of the dancers from Yale over for food and games. She had a good weekend which she deserves since she has been a great mom to our little girl.

Unfortunately, I have no pictures of Marie from that weekend. I do have some of our girl's other "mom." I remember, before she was born, telling people at work that I was going to let Sophia raise her. Hey, it worked for Remus and Romulus, and they founded one of the world's greatest cities. The fact that one killed the other I think was just bad luck. Besides, Sophia is (slightly) more domestic than a wolf.

Can't you see the love? If you look closely Sophia even does a diaper check before moving on.

We generally try to put a stop to this.

Spring

Winter in New England is a little odd for someone who grew up in California, everything here kinda stops and closes down. Aside from museums, movies, and dinner parties, activities are limited. It seems like you're trapped indoors for half the year. Finally this week, spring seems to be here.Today we went to a park by the beach, had a picnic, flew a kite, and went for a walk. It turned out to be a really nice Sunday.
Below is a picture of home, it looks nice from here. Since we live only minutes from the beach, we have a goal to get there more often (hopefully sometime next week).
Below is my fairwell to winter. Photo taken in December, featuring the only family member who really seems to love snow and ice.

Baby Scientist

Alyssa participated in a study at the Yale Infant Cognition Center this week. The center has discovered that babies at 3 months identify more closely with a good character than a bad character in a puppet show. Alyssa participated in a follow up study. They are currently looking at bad versus neutral and good versus neutral. The question is, were the babies drawn to the good character or repulsed by the bad character? Alyssa watched a puppet show with a tiger puppet bouncing a ball, and two bunnies, bad and neutral. The bad bunny stole the ball from the tiger. The neutral bunny just looked at the tiger, not helping or hurting. After watching the puppet show a few times, they measured how long Alyssa looked at each bunny. She had a great time, and was rewarded with a certificate of participation and a Baby Scientist at Yale University t-shirt!

April Fools

Click on the link below to see excerpts of British media April fools jokes. Sometimes a short commercial will play first.
Flying Penguins

And of course, this Anglo-American piece of mischief.
Virgin Atlantic and Google plan trip to Mars

Be sure to take the quiz to see if you have Virgle martian pioneer potential.

Feeling better

Our little girl is recovering from an ear infection and is now feeling a lot better. I watched her tonight while Marie went to kempo (note the Gi pants). Marie of course was teaching dance 3 weeks after the birth and came back to the kempo classes this month. Sensei wants Marie to take it easy, and won't let her get thrown or anything too rough. Aw come on, she's been back teaching dance for almost two months, let us throw her... :)

Below is a sad looking picture of Alyssa when she was sick.