Springtime

Felt like springtime in Palo Alto this weekend. We moved to daylight savings time last weekend (3 weeks earlier than other years, the only good thing President Bush and the Republican congress did) so it is bright until 7:15 or so. That means barbecue and al fresco dining.

Besides dinner it was a busy weekend with a time trial race for me, lots of gardening (wisteria and lawn cutting, sprinkler fixing, and digging up the old bits of lawn surrounding our new patio out the back). Liam, of course, didn't do much gardening but spent lots of time with friends.

A nice weekend.









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Talker

One thing about the holiday was that sending 24 hours a day with Liam reminded us how much he actually talks. A couple of times in the car we had to resort to playing the "who can keep quiet the longest" game.

The funniest was snorkeling with him. Despite being under water with a snorkel in his mouth, you could still hear him talking. Once at Captain Cooks monument we could hear him singing "Yankee Doodle" to himself. "yankee doodle, bubble, bubble, went to ....