Cinema, Sun, and More

We just finished (sigh) a wonderful weekend. Began with a date night viewing of the excellent, not-quite-released movie Lola Versus at the Seattle International Film Festival:


Thanks again to our friends Bria and Michael for making sure Franklin was happy and peaceful that evening:


Although we ducked out a little early to get back to him, we were able to enjoy part of the Q&A with the filmmakers:


On Saturday, we took advantage of the beautiful weather and spent the afternoon in Madison Valley and then at the Japanese Garden:







Thanks for the family photos, friendly strangers!

Sunday means farmers market, which means nice flowers and fresh foods:


And Franklin continues to grow out of and into various clothes. Here are some recent favorites:



Okay, in the mean time this is the last week of classes, so I'd better get going!
Cheers, reader.

Three Months!

Amazing how quickly we got to this birthday!


And he's really growing—getting stronger, more social, and more charming every day.


Had a great time meeting his Grandma Christine.


And showing her around town. Spent a beautiful afternoon in the U District:


He really enjoys the bus, as you may have heard in my recent Letter to the Editor in the Seattle Times.

What's that? You'd like to see a copy of it here? Sure, why not? :)
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He's also a gracious host, of course. Here he is entertaining Elliott and his dad Will:



All right reader... I've got a class to teach and a birthday boy to hug. See you soon!

Friendship, Courtesy, Life

Our first babysitter & our first date since Franklin arrived was a great success! A lot of that had to do with how much we enjoyed the movie that we saw, Monsieur Lazhar:

Don't believe me? Take a look at the New York Times Review.

And of course we didn't at all mind coming home to this handsome fellow:

Thanks again to Marie, and to Franklin!

Lookout for Franklin!

Had a blast taking Franklin on his first hike on Saturday.

Our friends John and Kascha and their son Alder joined us on the hike up to Heybrook Lookout.

The lookout tower itself was great, even though the views were largely obscured by some lingering clouds. And it turns out that a two or three mile hike is just about right when you're carrying a couple of infants :)

And in other news, this little guy is continuing his project of getting stronger and cuter every day: