Five Days Old
Only five days old, and Rubi already wants to hold her head up! Silas is a good big brother who wants to love on his baby sister. A kiss from Silas is the best!
Tagged: Silas
She’s Here!
This morning, I got word that Enric and Miranda were headed to the hospital to have the baby. Not hardly a half hour later, Elena Rubi was born! They would like her to be called Rubi. Elena Rubí Day of Birth: May 12, 2010 Time of Birth: 5:37 AM Weight:...
Silas at Lake Waterford
We’ve been trying to get Silas around a few parks. He’s been to Jacobsville Park, the “airplane” park, Kinder Farm Park, and today we went to Lake Waterford Park. When we got there, we saw friends, but they were on their way out. Silas soon wanted to try out the...
Comstocks Visit
Friends of Enric and Miranda, Craig and Leanna Comstock, stopped in from their busy life to pay a visit. They brought their two sweet children, Rebekah and Jared. They arrived right at Silas’s nap time, so Rebekah played… Silas woke up eventually though. Rebekah blows bubbles. Laura reads the children...
Silas at Hopkins
Today Miranda and I took Silas into Baltimore to John Hopkins Hospital for an exam. This was our second trip into the city this week, and our second hospital, the first was to take mom to Union Memorial for a stent procedure. We sure were amazed at Union Memorial, it...
Waiting For Baby
Now that the baby shower is over, I feel like we are all looking at Miranda like a ticking time bomb ready to go off. We’re now anxious for the baby to arrive! Seeing how she delivered Silas early, the due date of May 17th just might not be what...
Miranda’s Birthday
Well after a good day at the zoo, the next day came with a mini celebration for Miranda’s birthday. With a cake… Ok, this post was supposed to be about Miranda’s birthday, but Silas stole the show with ice cream cake! 🙂
Taking The Boys to the DC Zoo
Wednesday, Miranda, Laura, and I took Silas and Cameron to the zoo in DC. The National Zoo in DC is a wonder, I never get to see all I want in one visit. A gallery of all the photos taken of the extraordinary collection of animals is here » DC...
Old Photos: Smithsonian Air and Space Museum in Dulles
It was time to take John to Dulles Airport, and since it was kind of far from home, Enric and Silas went with me. To make a sad trip a little more fun, we stopped into the Dulles section of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. I had been to...
Miranda’s Bench
As Enric tells the story, many times in their courtship and marriage, Miranda would claim any vacant bench as her bench. This became a sort of inside joke between the two of them. As it is soon Miranda’s birthday, Enric wanted to get something thoughtful, her real OWN bench. This...
Moving On Up
Hopefully soon, we will adding on to our house. Enric and Miranda will be adding another floor to the house, but one of the physical first steps was to remove a rather large branch from our tree near our deck in the backyard. Silas and Miranda secured a prime front...
Crowded House
He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stands a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure, too. Benjamin Franklin The great advantage of living in a large family is that early lesson of life’s essential unfairness. Nancy...
Airplane Park
Today after working indoors I needed to just ‘get out’ and had an idea to take Silas to the airplane park. It was beautiful outside. Miranda agreed and we were off.
The Park and Mud
After a few days straight of rain, the sun came out and everyone was anxious to get out. We had Cameron, so it was decided to take the boys to the park. The slide was wet, but Silas went down anyway. Silas was already to help Cameron. Getting outdoors to...
A Walk Without the Walk
Last week, Silas jumped off the bed and in doing so, his foot unfortunately met with a toy that punctured the bottom (of his foot) which sent him to the doctors, and then later the emergency room for stitches. When he got home, he was good as gold, quiet, and...
Friday Afternoon at the Park
Friday, I got to babysit Silas, and Laura and I had the same idea: Take him to the park! He loved it…
Cameron’s Third Birthday
Today we went to Cameron’s birthday party! It was also a treat for Silas! Laura (one of his babysitters) holds him in the kitchen. Silas gets chased by a girl with a gun! Cameron opens presents. The cake! A kiss for mommy.
Kinder Park Farm
I often speak of Kinder Park, but I often forget one of the things that is so precious about it…FARM. Kinder also has a farm on its land, and it makes it really special. Before that though, we took Silas to the playground. We first had a bit of a...
Silas Gets a Taste of Spring
Ok, so it’s not yet spring, but the weather has indeed been springlike. He started on the trampoline… He then became very fascinated with the lock on the barn door. Frolicking in the sun. Then Silas rather likes the bar that we used to use as a device to lock...
Fun Factory
I had to make a run to CVS, and Miranda decided she did too. Silas started to get excited that he was going bye byes in Nana’s car, and his enthusiasm just made me want to get our very active toddler something that would keep him busy. While getting the...
Silas Idol
So as our usual, Laura and I are tuned into American Idol. Last night, Silas decided to steal the show. So Laura, ever quick with her cell phone’s video capabilities, recorded Silas. Now Silas has been watching a lot of The Three Tenors of late, and might explain some of...
Cabin Fever
After days and days of so many feet of snow outside, and little melting, you have to just get out anyway. Saturday was one of those days, and we decided to take Silas to the park. There had been a few warmish days, however it was a tad disheartening to...
Web cam Fun with Silas
Silas sat on my lap today we and had loads of fun in front of the web cam. It was definitely giggles and good times!
Baltimore Auto Show 2010
A few times in the past I have given to Miquel as his Valentine’s present, a visit to the auto show in Baltimore’s Convention Center. In the years past, it has been overwhelmingly amazing and it was almost too much show to see in one visit. This year, I was...
Snow Makes Great Roads
Silas has learned once the shoveling is done, snow makes great roads for his big truck.
Snowiest Winter
The climate report from the National Weather Service was just posted and the word out of BWI-Marshall airport is that 4″ of snow fell on February 9th, pushing the winter total snowfall to 64.4″, which makes the winter of 2009-’10 the snowiest winter on record for Baltimore. The old record...
Silas Relaxes
With the cleaning of the cars done… And the snow and the cold not going anywhere… Silas shows us all how to relax indoors, while he and Miquel check out Laura’s new book, “Dear John”
Silas, Cardinal, and the Puzzle
Almost everyday, I lift Silas up to my window and we watch the cardinal as he perches on the fence by the house. He gets very excited and shouts, “Red bird, red bird!” So, he was very delighted to see for my mom’s winter project, a jigsaw puzzle of a...
Boys and Chairs
I love it when children take everyday objects and let their imaginations transform them into something else. In the boys case today chairs were a train or a bus or something fun. They sure made it fun.
Silas and New Glasses
After noticing Silas has a sensitivity to sun, I splurged and got him a pair of sunglasses!
Homemade Playdough
Miranda made some play-dough for Silas and he enjoyed it so much! Want the recipe? Add coloring to the following: Cooked Playdough (flour and salt) 3 cups flour 1.5 cups salt 6 tsp cream of tarter 3 tbsp oil 3 cups water Dissolve salt in the water. Pour all ingredients...
Shirts! (and soap and hats too!)
Each Christmas a package arrives from Australia. John, every year, seems to select the nicest gifts. For the two boys, he sent adorable t-shirts from The Perth Zoo where he is a docent. It seemed right to give Cameron the tiger t-shirt, as when John and I took him to...
Christmas Eve 2009 Highlights
This Christmas Eve was special with Enric, Miranda, and Silas here with us. Jenny, back from school, was here too! The evening was sweet starting with our Christmas Eve service at church, and my guess is, that is when the hilarity got its start. Silas didn’t go into the nursery...
The Boys in the Snow
Wednesday again, and this time, since we got nearly two feet of snow, it was a chance to take Cameron and Silas out to play in the snow. Cameron throws some snow. Silas gets to throw one too. Miranda tries to make it snow again. Laura making a snow angel....
Silas Discovers the Christmas Village
Each year mom sets up a Christmas Village. While I was growing up it was under the tree, these past years, she has set it up on the piano. With Silas in the house, I wondered how long it would be before he would discover the wonders of make believe...
Blizzard 2009
I don’t think that our weatherman could have predicted this. They started off saying a chance of snow with some accumulation. Then they began talking inches, and pretty soon, some time later, they were talking FEET! Today, it was a BLIZZARD! Enric decided fairly early to get started on cleaning...
Deep and Wide
Ever sang Deep and Wide in Sunday School? It was also a favorite of mine at Vacation Bible School with Rev. South. I’ve been teaching Silas some new songs. One was “This Little Light of Mine” and the one on this video, “Deep and Wide.” This was soon after they...
