Author Archives: Derek

I looked into getting this license plate from myplates.com… but it’s $195/year!  Or $600 for 10 years.  Give me a break!

I’m working from home today. A few minutes ago, Kaeta wondered in and asked me (apropos of nothing) what’s at the top of the Eiffel Tower. Naturally, I googled, “top of the eiffel tower,” and I was rewarded with a youtube video taken from up there. The video’s not all that interesting, but hey, now […]

One day last week, Kaeta washed her hands in the upstairs bathroom right before leaving the house for lunch, and she forgot to turn off the sink. When Karianne walked into the kitchen an hour later, water was streaming down through the kitchen ceiling! She sprang into action and… called me to come fix it! […]

Kaeta and Jonah both love to build things.  This week, Kaeta noticed this picture on her tub of Legos: So she studied it carefully and built this: Another day this week, Jonah and I built this together: Early on we noticed that Jonah is a “figure-outer.”  He really studies things to figure out how they […]

Born 1/21/2010 at 5:18pm 6 lbs. 11 oz., 19″ long Here he is with the special gift his brother and sister picked out for him: Mother and baby are doing great!

Still no baby, so I’m getting in a few little things while I can: Mash-up Stories Kaeta is constantly telling stories to herself while she plays, and they are often weird mash-ups of stories that we read or talk about. A couple of nights ago, she wanted to play Star Wars with some of Jonah’s […]

Soon all non-baby-related things will seem too insignificant to post, so I’d better get this out now. The Monkey’s Fist I got a really neat book for Christmas about how to tie knots, and this weekend I attempted The Monkey’s Fist. It turned out pretty well, I think! Kaeta was very interested in what I […]

If you’re seeing this, then I was successful in moving this site to Dreamhost.  Woo hoo!