Thanksgiving 2007

A fun holiday weekend, split up between a trip to Kids Concepts, where Zoë discovered she loved the ball pit.


Andy Athena enjoyed playing house with plastic food.


And for Thanksgiving itself, a lovely, non-traditional dinner at our Uncle's restaurant with the girls' Uncle Nam, Aunt Jenny and cousins Floyd and Sean.

11/4/07 - Daddy's birthday

Last November, Sally was kind of enough to get a cake for an intimate birthday celebration, and wherever there's birthday cake, Athena's sure to be close by.



Here we are having just sung Happy Birthday, with Zoë applauding.


Then I move to blow out the candles, only to have Athena throw up her arm and yell "STOP!" Apparently, she's the designated candle blow out'er in this family. Here's a photo of me laughing at Athena's blatant power grab.


And then, she blows them out, as is her firmly established perogative.


Then, we lit the candles again and did the whole thing over again, because, well, we can.

Athena, Interweb sensation

Devon and I finally finished our latest short, which features Athena, with Zoë in some significant cameos.



And here's the original vid for which this is a mock "Making of" feature...

11/1/07 - Post-Halloween and pre-Birthday

The day after Halloween was marked by two events. One, Athena remembers she once wore Zoë's labybug costume and insisted that she try it on. (After all, it fit before.)




Next Sally bought a birthday cake to celebrate my impending birthday.


Athena loved lighting the candles and singing.




Here's me laughing moments after Athena -- realizing I was about to blow out the candles (on, let's remember, my birthday cake) threw her arm up in front of me and indignant shouted for me to stop.




Apparently, our family's only big enough for one candle blower.








For her part, Zoë enjoyed eating the cake more than the pomp preceding it.