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As we're saying goodnight tonight, Owen asks: O: Mommy, can I tell you one last thing? E: Sure. O: Do you know that the silk worms start out as caterpillars? E: Oh yeah? O: Their poop looks like little black crumbs. E: Wow! O: And then they make a cocoon, and then they come out as moths. E: That's amazing isn't it!??! O: Do you know that moths from silkworms are called Vampire moths ? E: I didn't know that, I wonder why they got that name. O: Me too. And Mommy, did you know that Rajan Rondo had a band-aid on his chin? Not his chin all the way, but his chin and neck. Can I do that , too?
Owen is becoming somewhat of an athletic phenom. I honestly don't know where he gets it. When I was growing up we had a basketball hoop that my dad installed in our driveway. However, during the summers I'd spend my days playing with Legos in my room while the neighborhood kids would play 4-on-4 outside my window. They'd knock on the door, ask my dad if they could play, and see if I'd like to come join them. I always declined and I'm sure a little piece of my father's hopes would die each time :) Owen on the other hand begs me to play "down-set-hike" every day in the yard. If it's not running post routes in the front yard, he wants to shoot hoops in the back yard with the volleyball and recycling bin. Every Saturday he plays soccer, and the coach gazes on with tears in his eyes as Owen out-sprints the other kids, slide tackles with abandon, and "sells out" for every loose ball. Our latest bonding activity is going to the Caltech gym and s...
My former classmate, BADGrad mentee and good friend Julie Comerford was recently featured on a science special on blackholes. Check it out! There are key milestones in one's astronomy research career. Your first first-author paper, hitting 100 citations on a single paper, membership in the National Academy of science, and having Morgan Freeman say your name in a science documentary. Congrats Julie!
All this time I thought there were two guitars! Jose Gonzales - Crosses Oh, how I love this song! Speaking of amazing Swedish musicians who sing better in English than most native English-speakers: First Aid Kit - Tiger Mountain Peasant Song (Cover of Fleet Foxes)
15 seconds of fame for the Johnsons at the 3:00 mark (2 minutes in).
by Erin Marcus and I spent the day at Huntington Gardens today as part of a field trip for the Caltech Women's club. It was my first visit in almost 10 years exactly (John took me there in June 2000 before we were married), and we had an awesome time exploring the gardens and meeting some new friends. Marcus is a huge fan of opening & closing doors lately, so the gate in the children's garden was right up his ally! We had fun splashing in the water, running through tunnels and feeding the friendly ducks in the Chinese Gardens.
Erin, the boys and I went up to the the Chantry Flats Pack Station for a hike to scout out a potential camp ground. Erin will post the pictures from the hike soon. I thought I'd share a video of our drive up to the trail head. I navigated while Erin drove: Heh, just kidding. That's the late World Rally Champion Richard Burns driving briskly in his not-exactly-stock Subaru WRX. Watching in-car views of rally racing is one of my Youtube obsessions. The guy talking is the navigator reading the pacenotes. The hairpin turn near 1:10 is rather insane, no? "50 k-left to k-left to minus stone, to hairpin right. Very. Tight." I'd love to attend rally driving school one day...
The door to Owen's room A notice for Marcus reads, "Don't come [in] please." The grid in the lower left corner is for stickers that Mar can earn if he leaves Owen's stuff alone. Mar: "I can't read and Owen isn't home..." (That's yogurt on his face and a gogurt in his hand) No stickers for Mar today...