Tristan Sings…and William says “Get Well”

Tristan learned a new winter song…and William hopes that his pop pop feels better…

William also says “Hi” to the family!

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Meeting the Mouse!

Or, it would appear…the goofy dog.

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Tristan and William took their mom and dad to California to see some relatives. As long as they were out there, they thought it might be a good idea to check in on Mickey and company…you know…just to make sure they were OK.

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To Infinity and Beyond!

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Here is William…as Buzz Lightyear…playing with Buzz Lightyear. He had a blast on Halloween with his brother and other friends. It was a pitty we had scattered showers, but I don’t think any of the kids noticed.

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D-ck in a Box?

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Halloween for the adults was celebrated at Doug and Anabela’s house this year. The costume demonstrated an eclectic mix of creativity and…well…ah…creativity.

For example, Tom and Brian chose to show up as Justin Timberlake and Andy Samberg’s alter egos from an Emmy Award winning skit from SNL.

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Pumpkin Boy

William is obsessed with pumpkins. This time of year, he sees them everywhere. He doesn’t miss one. Here Grandma is helping him decorate the pumpkin he got at Jackson’s birthday party.

More pumkin news: William brought a pumpkin to nursery school on Thursday, where the class got to paint and sparkle them as a class project. William was very excited. His teachers noted that he spent extra time on this project and was very excited about it. Dad bought this home on Friday and proudly displayed it on the front porch with the other holiday decorations. Unfortunately, it rained on Saturday…and dad was not aware that they used water based paints. This morning we went to the gym and found the pumpkin sitting in a pool of paint and glitter. William wasn’t quite sure what had happened…but seemed to be OK with the situation.

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Happy Birthday, Jackson!

Tristan and William helped their friend Jackson celebrate his second birthday at Outhouse Orchards. The Halloween themed party included a hayride, pumpkins, facepainting and slimy Jell-o spiders. What could be more fun!

Sadly, Tristan and William would not sit for the picture above. It needed to be patched together from two similar pictures. Thank you PaintShop!

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Tristan’s costume unveiled: Papageno!

Tristan is very excited about his Halloween costume this year. Originally, we was going to be Luke Skywalker (and he wanted his daddy to be “Dark” Vader). At one point, he thought at being Batman would be cool. Things change.

Tristan’s mom was very excited about taking T to the Opera. She had tickets for a dress rehersal of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” and thought this would be a great way to introduce Tristan to the Metropolitan Opera…without having a 3-year old disturb the brutal Met partons. He was extremely excited and ultimately loved it. You might say “obsessed” about it. When subsequently asked what he wanted to be for Halloween, all he could say was “Papageno…the Birdcatcher!”

Here is Tristan and his new hero, Papageno (portrayed here by Nathan Gunn).

The arguement can be made that the costume in this Judy Traymor production does look something like a superhero. Tristan talks about his costume and character like everyone will know what he is talking about. He even has told one of the girls in nursery school that she could be his Papagena (Papageno’s would-be girl friend)

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Oktoberfest reprise

This Saturday was our “return to Turtle Bay”. The family drove down to 46th Street in Manhattan to participate in the annual “Oktoberfest/Kid’s Festival” sponsored by the Friends of Dag Hammarskjold Plaza. Along the way, we stopped by the old apartment and visited with George, our old doorman.

This year, due to inclement weather, the festival was celebrated in the gym of our old YMCA…so yet another haunting ground revisited.

At the festival, we ran into our friend Olga. She was very excited to see Tristan and William.

The boys loved the festival, especially the opportunity to get their faces painted. Tristan pushed for the Spiderman. William was a little heistant about the face painting, but eventually loved the idea of being a tiger (”roar!”)

The final stop on memory lane was “Good Burger”. In the old days, they only had burgers, but this time the boys were able to get hotdogs, Tom had a “crabby patty”. Jen did, however, haver her traditional cheddar cheese burger. All was good with the world.

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I am an apple

Tristan came home today from school and sang a adorable song (to the tune of “I’m a Little Teapot”)

“I’m a little apple
Small and round
I make a crunchy, munchy sound
If you bite in to me, you will see
I am delicious as can be”

He was talked into appearing on video:

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First Day of School!

Last week was the first day of school for both Tristan and William. Tristan is returning for the 3’s program, and William has taken over Tristan’s classroom from last year. Both boys are very excited about the new school year.

Tristan has grown a lot since last year’s pictures…

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