pretty in pink

In context

this was actually a part of a very sophisticated dance routine.

Pretty

On the stairs

Hitting the bottle

Glamor shot

Owen poses.

Rocking out.

Watch out Zam Fir, Owen is in the house!

are you ready for his closeup?

Not realistic

Owen: "Any idiot knows you don't transport an octopus and a monster in a stroller together. I don't know how they expect us to maintain any plausible character under these conditions."

Zoe: "Word."

Fade to black.

Dad with monster and octopus

Monsters, apparently, squint.

Sully!

Owen, as Sully, for Halloween.

B with children

B preps for the halloween parade.

Our minister's wife is a witch

Yes, that's with a "w."

No idea

I have no idea what that facial expression is.

Post race cuddle

B cuddles Zoe after finishing the Marine Corps Marathon. This is B's first marathon as a mother.

Takoma Halloween

Takoma Park does a good Halloween. Here, Owen prepares for the parade. By mugging.

B runs

Here's B in the marathon. This is, really, the only decent photo I have of her running.

It was a little tricky watching two young kids and photographing.

Finisher!

Our flag

Explanation: B, of course, ran the Marine Corps Marathon today. This "flag" was made of an old shirt of hers on a tent pole, which let her see where we were as she was approaching. It made it easier for her to see us and us to see her.

Waiting for mommy

On our way to see mommy run

Octupus storms takoma park

At the park

Owen hates dinosaurs

Long Weekend

It's a long Columbus Day weekend for this family of federal employees and we're not complaining. To my mind, the best thing to come from European imperialism is an extra day to hang out with Zoe and Owen (though, imagine what real estate prices would be like in Europe if America had never been colonized. I suppose that's another reason to be grateful for Columbus, despite the spread of smallpox, eradication of native americans, etc.).

Today was Takoma Park's street festival. Zoe and I had a lot of fun dancing to an AfroFunk band, and we all enjoyed eating funnel cake.

And B and I just saw "The Lives of Others" which won the Oscar for best foreign film last year. It was really good. My favorite fun fact; if the movie is to be believed, lying to the state carries a heavier penalty in the United States than it did in Eastern Europe. Chalk one up for the land of the free!

And, of course, Nebraska lost to Missouri. But, at least Bill Callahan has an extension on his contract. My theory; he's got naked pictures of Steve Pederson with someone else's wife.

Wow, this has been a surprisingly bitter and political post. We'll be back to more pictures of the kids soon.

More at the zoo

At the zoo

Knocked Up

No, there's no news like that (and, really, won't be again), but we saw the movie Knocked Up last weekend. It was really, absolutely awesome. Completely perfect. I've been mildly obsessed with the song at the end of the movie since I saw it. Below is a live version of it that I kind of like too.




Hey Missouri this weekend. That's tough. Go Huskers.

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