http://householder-yogi.net On family, NYC, and practicing yoga Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:07:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Jake turned 2 today. We'll take our bows for a successful couple of years. Off to the Adirondack Balloon Festival in Glens Falls, NY this weekend with many more pictures to come. http://householder-yogi.net/2009/09/24/to-be-two-be-two-be-two/ Ever since we got Alison Jay's ABC book, Jake gets really excited about balloons. So last weekend we enjoyed Fathers' Day Quechee Balloon Festival in Vermont, staying at the beautiful Quechee Inn. The balloons were really breathtaking - nearly twenty balloons took off at six each morning and evening (neither ... http://householder-yogi.net/2009/06/24/quechee-balloon-festival/ In the last post, I mentioned Jake's generic word for mechanical vehicles, locopati (which does not include: cars, which are auto or, with proper Boston accent, caah; buses which are autobus or schoolbus; backhoe, which is koparka; and only just recently, airplane). Hear the boy speak his word of mystery. Jake says helicopter Jake ... http://householder-yogi.net/2009/04/22/locopati/ Spring is here (and it's almost hockey playoff time)! Every day Jake is more boy and less baby. He's really got the hang of walking and moving on to throwing, running, jumping, and climbing (still no major spills yet but I'm sure they're coming). He's also very chatty. It's a bit ... http://householder-yogi.net/2009/03/24/month-18/ So, we had a little winter break. But now that spring is here, how about a return to monthly posts, yeah? To catch up, a recap of missed months (click each photo to see the whole set)   December (month 15) had a trip to Philadelphia to see their Children's Museum ... http://householder-yogi.net/2009/03/24/many-months/ Back to Boston (you're my home) for Thanksgiving. A trip to their Children's Museum, some walking around the city (the North End and Chinatown), a Bruins game, the Museum of Fine Arts, and a ridiculous 6hr drive home in nasty rain and post-holiday traffic (for what is ordinarily a 3½hr ride). Click ... http://householder-yogi.net/2008/12/07/thanksgiving-2/ We began Jake's 14th month with another hike in Harriman State Park (this time starting, after a lengthy, and ultimately fruitless search for the Suffern-Bear Mountain trailhead, from Kakiat County Park and walking to Grandma & Grandpa Rocks). On the November 1st, we watched the NYC Marathon from our favorite spot ... http://householder-yogi.net/2008/12/07/month-14/ Click the picture for more from Jakob's Halloween. First, a party with friends. Next, the neighborhood Halloween parade — there must've been a thousand people in the parade, families with children (most under 4yrs old, I'd guess – a real baby boom here in NYC). http://householder-yogi.net/2008/12/07/halloween-2008/ Once again, laziness got the better of me and it's been a while since I posted. So in rapid succession, you'll be getting Jake's 13th & 14th months, along with pictures from Halloween & Thanksgiving. Here he's modeling a lovely candy corn hat knitted by Dorota. During month 13, Jake: went ... http://householder-yogi.net/2008/12/07/month-13/ Woke at 6am to vote. Got on the line at 6:20 - it was all the way down the block (from about 188th to 190th). Overheard a few longtime neighborhood folks saying that they'd never seen a line like this to vote. By 7, I was inside the school and ... http://householder-yogi.net/2008/11/04/vote/