Shades of Green

Tonight I logged on to the blog for the first time in weeks

and realized that I have gotten so caught up in the end of term
that I have neglected to post anything
about some pretty important events including Easter,
Kristin and Brett's wedding and our trip to eastern Oregon,
and Orin's first school party on Earth Day.
But instead of posting about any of these seemingly
much more important topics,
tonight I offer you only this series of random pictures
of Orin wearing his new sunglasses.

So why, you might ask, after nearly a month of silence, do I post

nothing but these pictures....
the answer is twofold:
number one- are you smiling right now?
That's the most important reason,
but there is also number two-
I didn't actually bring my camera to any
of the previously mentioned events, so this is all I have.
Well, almost all... I also have these.
In case the sunglasses didn't quite do it for you,
maybe a display of true yogurt enthusiasm will suffice.


Smile.
I promise I will do better next month.

Fame

Well, there you have it.
Despite significant odds against them, Duke has won it all...
and, almost as importantly, so have we.
I am referring here to the IdiotsBook bracket challenge.
At the start of the NCAA tournament,
Casey and I spent about 45 seconds clicking on teams that
we thought would win, wanted to win, liked the idea of,
liked the team colors of, etc.
We had Duke going all the way
not because we thought they actually could,
but because it seemed wrong to support
another team in order to try to win the bracket challenge.
But Duke pulled through, and therefore so did we.
Zoubek may be more stoked about winning then we are,
but I wouldn't count on it.
It may just be the closest we will ever come to fame.
And who cares that some of the people we beat in the bracket
were less than two years old,
or the invisible friend of my sister-in-law?
A win is a win.
That is the last I am going to say about basketball for another year.
Aren't you relieved?
Now it is back to pictures of Orin,
more pictures of Orin,
and occasionally pictures of Cali,
whenever she does something this ridiculous.
If only she were just a bit smaller...
or if the lunch box we just a bit bigger....
-sigh-
See you soonish.

Fork Fort

Every night before Orin goes to bed we allow him a little run around

time without his diaper.

For some reason, this diaper-less period always

coincides wave of late night energy.

Last night, instead of allowing him to scream and run around aimlessly,

we decided to build him a fort, thus providing a place to run to

and something to scream while running.

Never mind that he does not have the "t" sound down yet,

he'll get there.