IslandTime - Carpe Mañana

Memorial Day Parade

It's been a busy month, but we made time to take Chance to his first parade. It was the first sunny day in about a week. The orange shorts were the "backups" in case of an accident, but the puddle of rainwater at the bottom of the slide wasn't the accident we had in mind. btw, there weren't any other accidents, despite being out and about for 2+ hours.

The parade was great. Just the right sized crowd, lots of food, sunny day, firetrucks, marching bands, and candy! For most of the parade, Chance was content to sit on a lap and watch, and enjoy the candy that was thrown his way (lots of new tastes - starburst, tootsie roll, root beer candy). And then came the bagpipes.

 

After that, there was no stopping him. On the way home, he asked to go to another parade. Just wait until he finds out they have parades for his birthday!

 

The serious side of youtube videos

Here are 2 more videos from my students - more serious than the previous two. Again, if you like the videos, or think someone else would, please support these kids and pass along the link.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Student Videos

Erin is teaching a class in Public Communication Media. Her students are creating videos for youtube and she will grade them on how many views their project gets. If you enjoy any of these videos, please pass along and help the students get a better grade! If you want to see more, search youtube for "cdae124"

 

 

Time Flies When You're Having Fun

Rock chalk, Jayhawk

Chance tries to lead his team by example.

Not spring

While most of you were enjoying signs of spring this weekend, we unexpectedly got about 2 feet of snow Sunday night.

We thought spring was upon us (it is Spring Break at UVM afterall), and we took a short road trip to Norwich, Vermont to visit the Montshire Museum of Science and swim in a hotel pool. As you can see, we had a fun time while it lasted and we even managed a side trip to King Arthur Flour. At dinner on Sunday we overhead something about a snowstorm coming, and after doing some checking, we decided to cut short our visit and get on the road.

It was raining when we left, but within a few miles it started snowing. It was a long, slow drive that got even slower when we exited I-89 for the 20 miles of local roads to get home. The snow just kept piling up and piling up. A couple miles from home and we were driving through 6-8 inches, and turning into our long, steep driveway, there was about 10-12 inches of snow. But our car didn't let us down and we pulled up in front of the house around 10 pm.

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

After seeing picuture of Cece and her hippo, I wondered how Chance and Piglet matched up. HOLY COW (or pig, as the case may be)!

Newborn Chance

4 month old Chance

2-1/2 year old Chance

Snow in Vermont

 

 

Sledding in the Snow

 

Snowstorm, before and after

 It's winter. It's Vermont. And guess what? We got snow.  Here are some photos of Chance the day before the snowstorm:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And then there was a snowstorm. This weekend we bundled up, put the flipvideo in a jacket pocket and enjoyed the snow.