20 plus 5 goes Academic

Since I just started my teaching job at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito, I thought to make the "theme" for this month's picture of the boys their academic look. So I thought, what better than turtlenecks for both of them. Unfortunately, I forgot about their lack of necks, so the theme is somewhat lost. Alas, it's the thought that counts.




Here are a couple other pictures of the boys in action...

Ringing in the New Year

Belatedly, we are reporting on how wonderful it was to ring in the new year with dear friends and family in beautiful Berkeley Springs, West Virginia. It was a great way to start a new year.

How Could I Forget!!

OK ... I know it's all about out with the old and in with the new. Well this was just too good to be thrown out without sharing.

Just before we left for the States, Jacob made his " theatrical debut". OK. More accurate would be to say that he appeared as a Christmas tree (along with several other trees) in a Christmas event at his school. (He goes to a little nursery for a couple hours a day.) After 2 failed attempts at getting him into other versions of the tree costume, we finally convinced him to wear this one. (Please disregard the cell phone in his hand in one of the pictures. That was NOT a bribe to make him wear it. It was ... well ... an inticement.)

Here are a few pictures of his first tree costume.