Reading one of his new books with Daddy:
Helping Grandma Paula accessorize:
CHOO CHOO:
Working on his spelling:
Camping out in the living room:
Playing his new piano in his new tent:
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Christmas 2009
Julian had a wonderful Christmas! His Grandma Paula came to visit for a few days and we all had a great time. Here are some pictures and movies from Christmas morning:
Reading one of his new books with Daddy:
Helping Grandma Paula accessorize:
CHOO CHOO:
Working on his spelling:
Camping out in the living room:
Playing his new piano in his new tent:
Reading one of his new books with Daddy:
Helping Grandma Paula accessorize:
CHOO CHOO:
Working on his spelling:
Camping out in the living room:
Playing his new piano in his new tent:
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Julian in Kansas
Driving John's "very very very very big big big tractor!"
Reading "Where the Wild Things Are" with Uncle Steve:
In Oskaloosa with Grandma Paula:
Julian's cousins Alice and Zella like him a lot. He likes them too. (For those who don't know, Zella is the one with short hair, Alice's is longer.)
Reading "Where the Wild Things Are" with Uncle Steve:
In Oskaloosa with Grandma Paula:
Julian's cousins Alice and Zella like him a lot. He likes them too. (For those who don't know, Zella is the one with short hair, Alice's is longer.)
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Out and about with friends
Today, Julian is two and a half years old. He's one eighth of the way to twenty!
Here are some other recent shots of him with many of his friends:
Having bagels at the daycare class playdate. From left: Evalyn, Julian, Julia, Maisie.
At the physics department fall picnic - cupcakes with yummy blue frosting!
At the daycare fall picnic, there was a choo-choo train! Julian and Geoffrey went for a ride together:
But then Julian decided he preferred riding on Mommy's lap.
Julian and Julia demonstrate gravity.
Here are some other recent shots of him with many of his friends:
Having bagels at the daycare class playdate. From left: Evalyn, Julian, Julia, Maisie.
At the physics department fall picnic - cupcakes with yummy blue frosting!
At the daycare fall picnic, there was a choo-choo train! Julian and Geoffrey went for a ride together:
But then Julian decided he preferred riding on Mommy's lap.
Julian and Julia demonstrate gravity.
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Julian at home
We have a lot to catch up on! Here are a few pictures and movies of what Julian has been up to lately. More to come soon...
Julian was excited about harvesting the carrots, tiny though they were.
He likes to build towers. Especially Eiffel Towers.
We think he looks like his cousin Milo in this one.
Animals on parade!
We all live...
in a yellow submarine. Pop star in the making.
We had two feet of snow at the end of October, and had to make an emergency run to REI for new snowboots.
Julian was excited about harvesting the carrots, tiny though they were.
He likes to build towers. Especially Eiffel Towers.
We think he looks like his cousin Milo in this one.
Animals on parade!
We all live...
in a yellow submarine. Pop star in the making.
We had two feet of snow at the end of October, and had to make an emergency run to REI for new snowboots.
Grandpa Jim
We all miss Julian's Grandpa Jim, who left us on August 28th. We hope that with these pictures and movies, and others like them, Julian will have something to remember him by. They sure did seem to be two of a kind.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Tour de Boulder
Julian has been practicing his riding on the back patio. But yesterday, he decided to go forth into the wider world.
(By the way, those are Mommy's bike gloves that he insists on wearing. We may have to get him his own eventually.)
(By the way, those are Mommy's bike gloves that he insists on wearing. We may have to get him his own eventually.)
Thursday, July 30, 2009
July Julian
Julian had a good month! His Aunt Chris just stopped by to see him, and left him with some new table settings:
Earlier in the month, Julian had a big breakthrough with his spelling. He also now knows that octagons say "S-O-P STOP" and that "N-O" spells his favorite word, but first he had to start with the basics:
These days, Julian has a lot to say:
Though when he needs to be, he can be a man of few words.
Earlier in the month, Julian had a big breakthrough with his spelling. He also now knows that octagons say "S-O-P STOP" and that "N-O" spells his favorite word, but first he had to start with the basics:
These days, Julian has a lot to say:
Though when he needs to be, he can be a man of few words.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Summer fun
Julian is having a great summer, filled with wonderful summery things.
We went to a bbq at a friend's house, and we brought ice cream sandwiches:
And of course, there was baseball:
previous two photos courtesy of Laura Patterson
Julian's Great-uncle Dan and Great-aunt Barbara came to visit!
We went to a July 3 Toddler Trike/Bike/Wagon Parade, organized by Lyra's mom:
We celebrated the 4th of July by playing baseball:
On Sunday, we went to the zoo with Julia. It was a tremendously successful expedition!
Looking at the giraffes:
Julian, Daddy, and zebras:
J and J looking at mongooses from the very exciting viewing cave:
We went to a bbq at a friend's house, and we brought ice cream sandwiches:
And of course, there was baseball:
previous two photos courtesy of Laura Patterson
Julian's Great-uncle Dan and Great-aunt Barbara came to visit!
We went to a July 3 Toddler Trike/Bike/Wagon Parade, organized by Lyra's mom:
We celebrated the 4th of July by playing baseball:
On Sunday, we went to the zoo with Julia. It was a tremendously successful expedition!
Looking at the giraffes:
Julian, Daddy, and zebras:
J and J looking at mongooses from the very exciting viewing cave:
Friday, July 3, 2009
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
More Aspen pictures
Only one from Aspen proper, the rainbow we saw downtown:
On the way home we drove over Independence Pass. It's way up in the mountains, the road is closed most of the year, and the approach involves some very exciting driving. We parked at the top to take a few pictures, and it was snowing. In mid-June.
On the way home we drove over Independence Pass. It's way up in the mountains, the road is closed most of the year, and the approach involves some very exciting driving. We parked at the top to take a few pictures, and it was snowing. In mid-June.
Friday, June 19, 2009
Sports
Julian, upon being told that he was watching Roger on TV, said "Like my Roger bear!" and went to find Roger Feder-bear so he could watch tennis too.
In Aspen, we improvised baseball with an umbrella and beach ball:
But when we came back to Boulder, we found him a real bat!
In Aspen, we improvised baseball with an umbrella and beach ball:
But when we came back to Boulder, we found him a real bat!
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Aspen
As you can tell from the previous post, we're in Aspen for the week. Oliver is here visiting the Center for Physics, and Julian and I drove up so Julian could visit the Center as well. It has a most excellent little network of streams running through the grassy lawn, with enough sticks and pebbles to supply hours of throwing-things-in-the-water fun.
We've been having a great time. Today we went for a hike, which means I carried all 25+ pounds of Julian in the hiking backpack (which he loves) for about a quarter mile along the Rio Grande Trail to Herron Park. Where, of course, we had to stop and throw more rocks in the water!
Last year the weather was hotter, but the water was equally freezing. The water was higher back then, too. Today it was just right for wading out and getting to the good rocks.
Of course we also had to check out the swings and slides at the park. And then we saw a ladybug! It crawled on to Julian's hand and up his fingers, at which point Julian said, "He's climbing a ladder!"
Then Julian walked all the way back to the car, with an all-too-brief (in his opinion) stop by the skate park to watch the big boys on their skateboards ("I want a skateboard."), and we went to pick up Daddy. After a reasonably nice dinner at Bentley's during which J scarfed ravioli and watched tourists on Segways out the window, we walked back through the mall in the rain... and saw a beautiful rainbow over the mountains. A nice way to finish our trip.
We've been having a great time. Today we went for a hike, which means I carried all 25+ pounds of Julian in the hiking backpack (which he loves) for about a quarter mile along the Rio Grande Trail to Herron Park. Where, of course, we had to stop and throw more rocks in the water!
Last year the weather was hotter, but the water was equally freezing. The water was higher back then, too. Today it was just right for wading out and getting to the good rocks.
Of course we also had to check out the swings and slides at the park. And then we saw a ladybug! It crawled on to Julian's hand and up his fingers, at which point Julian said, "He's climbing a ladder!"
Then Julian walked all the way back to the car, with an all-too-brief (in his opinion) stop by the skate park to watch the big boys on their skateboards ("I want a skateboard."), and we went to pick up Daddy. After a reasonably nice dinner at Bentley's during which J scarfed ravioli and watched tourists on Segways out the window, we walked back through the mall in the rain... and saw a beautiful rainbow over the mountains. A nice way to finish our trip.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
California!
We all went to Santa Barbara for two weeks. Julian had a great time!
First, he was hugely excited about the AIRPLANES.
He found a good viewing spot at LAX.
We made sure to thoroughly investigate all playgrounds in the vicinity.
We encountered some marine life.
We went to the zoo! It's hard to take pictures of kid + animals, especially when the animals are giraffes, but they also had some excellent transportation options available.
We did some shopping downtown, and enjoyed the fountains at Paseo Nuevo and La Cumbre, and discovered the joys of chocolate milk from Starbucks.
We also went to the farmers' market. It's strawberry season.
Julian was under the impression that he should drive the rental car.
Daddy was in Santa Barbara for work, but Julian made sure to help him out with his calculations.
On campus, he met lots of people, climbed the stairs at the chemistry building, and saw pelicans on the lagoon.
And of course, we went to the BEACH.
All in all, it was a great trip, and Julian had many wonderful adventures!
First, he was hugely excited about the AIRPLANES.
He found a good viewing spot at LAX.
We made sure to thoroughly investigate all playgrounds in the vicinity.
We encountered some marine life.
We went to the zoo! It's hard to take pictures of kid + animals, especially when the animals are giraffes, but they also had some excellent transportation options available.
We did some shopping downtown, and enjoyed the fountains at Paseo Nuevo and La Cumbre, and discovered the joys of chocolate milk from Starbucks.
We also went to the farmers' market. It's strawberry season.
Julian was under the impression that he should drive the rental car.
Daddy was in Santa Barbara for work, but Julian made sure to help him out with his calculations.
On campus, he met lots of people, climbed the stairs at the chemistry building, and saw pelicans on the lagoon.
And of course, we went to the BEACH.
All in all, it was a great trip, and Julian had many wonderful adventures!
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