Hanging out with the neighbors and giving the bath-time warning

"Just one more minute in the "Jar-din"" says Nathan, in a MOST American of
accents.

Sidney and Papa

Nathan at the Exploratorium

Once Nathan found out I was going to spend the morning with him, he kept coming to the bureau every five minutes to check if it was time yet... Finally, it was time and we decided to go to the Exploratorium.
We had a great time looking at jumping steel balls/marbles, water tornados, vibrating sand, etc. and the coolest contraption I had ever seen, a gravity powered calculator calculating square roots with steel balls... amazing math!

"Papa, you're a nice guy"

Nathan's said tonight at the dinner table...

Nathan celebrates his 3rd birthday

Intimate celebration including a black tie cupcake (chocolate cake with vanilla icing), a Nemo balloon and lots of new books.

Nathan at Lila's birthday party

Sidney at Lilas birthday

Sidney enjoys Nathans efforts as well

Nathan enjoys the fruits of his labor

Nathans first ever batch of sugar cookies!

Martha Stewart watch your back!

"Chees"

The end of an enjoyable SF day

Look at the fountain! It's plein of dirt!

(As he scoops in dirt)

I got more naps coming....

"Nathan, do you want to go the blue park?"

"No, I got more naps coming..."

The sun shines for whom?

Hi, I'm Nathan!

Holiday skating

My young bride and I took the day off (of work, and kids) to spend some time together. We went to Union square to go ice skating to get in the holiday mood!!

A fantastic lunch at "out the door" and some window shopping rounded out our day.

Then, back home to find the kids (who we missed!) and a yummy home-made turkey and stuffing dinner.

Sidney assumes Nathans favorite "car playing" position

Nature? Or nurture.... Hmmmm.

Nathan has a pain au chocolat... Or the pain au chocolat has Nathan!

Stampos

Tonight, I was reading "This is Paris" to Nathan. In the first few pages there is a picture of a bus, with large blue stamps as passengers.

"What are those?" I ask.

Normally he answers "ca c'est des timbres." (stamps). But tonight he answers "stamps."

"Do you know how to say it in French?" I ask.

"Stampos" he says, all grins!

Playtime

The boys and I spent the afternoon across the street - first at a birthday, then at friends house for an extended playdate, bath and dinner!

Sidney was surrounded by books (a recurring theme) while Nathan and T were off enjoying a good game of "pretending to sleep" and "opening and closing the door."

Good, clean, and simple fun.

Poo poo juice

Nathan requested some juice this morning. Alex offered him a fruit juice,
but Nathan said "no, I want some poo poo juice."

(Prune juice mixed with water... Leftover from when we were potty training
him)

Sidney reads (and makes some weird faces)

Storytime

In an unprecendented multi-minute session, Nathan and Sidney sat next to one another without pinching or kicking each other (mostly a one-way affair... ahem) and listened to me read them a story. Nathan even helped me explain to Sidney what the pictures were.

Cheese!

In-the-middle of the after-school cupcake

The after-school cupcake

The Cast Party

After every good performance is a cast party. Nathan's class had one.

Let's watch what Nathan had to say about the show...

Nathan the Maximonstre

Nathan's class put on a show, "les Maximonstres" (Where the Wild Things are).

Mettre en scene...

The commute - after the storm

Blue skyies and clouds from the lightwell

Nathan Claus

While putting up our holiday decorations, Nathan found our stockings -- and put them on!

He had a lot of fun stomping around, but he'll be more happy to see them filled with toys and candy!

Rancunier?

Après dîner nous nous sommes aperçus que Sidney avait plusieurs échardes dans la main, alors je me munis d’une pince à épiler et demande a Sam de m’aider à tenir sa main immobile… Et petit monsieur n’a pas du tout apprécier : il a continue à pleurer pendant au moins 15 minutes post-opération et ne voulait plus rien avoir à faire avec moi pour le reste de la soirée, si bien que c’est Sam qui le mit au lit. Nous avons un petit rancunier dans la famille… Ou lala, ca promets !