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The week in review

February 15, 2013 By morgan

Zac has hit the 6-month mark! Here are his stats:

18 lb 10 oz (weight)
27.5 in (length)
45.0 cm (head circumference)

Zac tells us his name (while in early training for the 2028 Olympics)

Blizzard Nemo brought an exciting amount of snow. Here’s the view out our front door.

somebody else’s problem

Milo’s sweet wipeout

The other day Rachel mentioned that we should get an adult movie. … After a brief moment of titillation I realized that she probably meant we should get a movie that didn’t involve animated talking dogs.

Overheard last night:

Milo! Stop peeing through the slinky!!!

Dance party after violin class with Miss Ariel

Miss Ariel held a violin recital on April 14th for her Suzuki students. It was tons of fun and great to see Milo’s reaction when the “big” kids played. They were pretty incredible and inspiring for both of us. Milo rocked out a “Twinkle Variation A” (“Mississippi Hot Dog” bow rhythm). And then his entire class played an ensemble “Monkey Song”.

getting tuned up

Ariel + Penny

solo: Twinkle Variation A (Mississippi Hot Dog)

ensemble: Monkey Song on e String
from L to R: Penny, Eugene, Iris, Pete, Rose, Milo

post-recital fun (Iris + Milo)

getting a flower from Miss Ariel

Bye Bye Do, hello Re

April 28, 2012 By morgan

Milo is growing like a weed and just outgrew his first violin. We named the first one, “Do” and the new one has been dubbed “Re”.

Bye Bye Do, hello Re!!

It’s sad saying goodbye to Do, because of how souped up and customized he had become. Milo’s wonderful teacher Miss Ariel had this 1st violin and bow “modded” with finger tapes, elastic band “finger seat-belts”, and multiple stickers in various spots to help us keep track of where all of our fingers need to be at various times.

But Re already has brand new finger tapes and I’m sure before long will be just as loved.