Glasses

Our condo association traditionally has a Memorial Day potluck our in our common backyard area. This year's celebration was unseasonably cold! It barely got to the low 60s F accompanied by a brisk wind! We made the best of it, though; everyone bundled up, ate quickly, and we fired up our backyard fire pit. While the pit does provide warmth, our north facing windows get bombarded with smoke.

As night fell and we gathered around the firepit, Jack mugged for the camera wearing a pair of hip glasses from a guest. He's sitting with my attractive wife who was enjoying a much deserved beer after eight months of pregnancy.

Rabbit Ears

Jack brings home a lot of artwork from preschool. Today he brought home some cool rabbit ears. My attractive wife snapped this picture with yours truly in the background. Nice haberdashery, Jack!

Playground

Our weekend routine includes a visit to the local city park (or, Parky, as Jack calls it) after breakfast. Today, we ran into Jack's best friend James. Jack and James have known each other since they were each six months old. They went to the same day care and now preschool. At preschool, the teachers say they behave like siblings. They have so much fun together.

Music

We have a cool neighbor, Bert, who is a musician. Now that the weather is finally warming up in northern California, our condo association neighbors are spending more time in our common backyard area. When we are out there, Jack likes to knock on Bert's sliding glass door and ask to play his piano. Bert is a jazz drummer by trade but plays guitar and piano too. While Jack plays the piano, Bert plays the guitar. What is remarkable is how Jack and Bert play off each other. At his age, all Jack knows is rhythm; while banging on the piano keys, Bert will strum chords on the guitar at the same rate. When I watched them, Jack slowed down and so did Bert. Then Bert sped up and Jack followed suit. Jack's first jam session!

Olives

Jack has a fondness for olives. His favorite trick is putting an olive on each finger and then eating each one. Our neighbor, Dewey, provided the yummy olives for this go around.

Goatee and Tats

This evening when I got home from work, I found Jack running around the house without a shirt on. He quickly found some of his washable markers and started drawing on himself. When he started drawing around his mouth, I picked up another marker and drew a goatee on him as well as an anchor tattoo on left arm. It all came off the bath.

Jack Meets Baby Sister!

The hospital where Jack's sister remains in the Intensive Care Nursery (ICN) finally lifted the ban on visitors under 16 years of age (based on concerns with the swine flu). On Sunday, we took Jack to visit and meet Stephanie. For the most part, she remained asleep but Jack was excited to meet her nonetheless.