Monday, April 24, 2006

Carousel

Yesterday afternoon, when the weather cleared and it was nice and sunny, we went over to Brookside Gardens to see if we could spot the screech owl that Debbie and Seth have been seeing. It was there. Next time I am going to take my binoculars.

After that we walked to Wheaton Regional Park, which adjoins Brookside, so that Seth could ride the swings and drive the playground cars. They also have an antique carousel at the park, which was running yesterday. Here is what the Montgomery County Park and Planning web site has to say about it.

"A favorite attraction of the park is the restored 1915 carousel originally built by the Herschell Spillman Co. of North Tonawanda, New York. From the 1960's until the early 1980's, the carousel was operated on the Mall in Washington, DC, after which it was moved to Wheaton Regional Park."

As it turns out, I met the guy that owned this carousel when it was on the Mall. He is the same guy that had the big Victor dog on Rt 29. We went over there to check the dog out when we were building a homecoming float and he showed us his antique car and jukebox collections too. At that time he told us he owned the carousel on the mall as well. This was about 1981.

Seth and Debbie went for a ride. They enjoyed it and I found out why dads like to stand and wave every time the carousel goes around. It's fun!

Sunday, April 23, 2006

The Latest Cakes

Maureens Grape Birthday Cake
 

Julie's Birthday Cake
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Thursday, April 20, 2006

To Lavale

Debbie and Seth are going on a road trip to Lavale, MD today to visit with friends. It will be a big adventure for Seth. Our friends have a couple of little girls so he will have a good time playing. Debbie took the dvcam so we will have some video.

Tuesday, April 18, 2006

18 Months or a Year and Half

Today, Seth is going to his 18 month doctor visit. All of his immunizations were complete last time, so this should be pretty easy for him. I don't think that he has grown much since the last visit. He does feel heavier, though. I will get all of the statistics later.

Thursday, April 06, 2006

Seth and I in his Tent


Grandma C sent this picture of Seth and I in his tent. He got the tent for Christmas.

Sunday, April 02, 2006

New Car

After months of deliberation I finally decided to get a new car. It is a Honda Accord V6 with a six speed manual transmission. I really like it. The color is "Carbon Bronze Pearl", whatever that is. It's sort of a brownish gray metallic.

Here is a picture of Seth showing off the interior features.





Saturday, April 01, 2006

Big Cake


Here is the final project for Debbie's cake class. We cut ate some last night. MMMM