Mikaela Piano Concert

Mikaela played on May 17th at the Spring piano concert. She played, "March" by J.S. Bach.

Zachary May Piano Concer

Zachary played at the May piano concert on the 17th. His piece is "Au Claire de la Lune", a French Folk Song.

Two photos from today at the Inauguration. We were between the Washington Monument and the White House. These photos are of the crowd in front of us towards the screen and behind us towards the WWII and Lincoln Memorials. You can see the large pillars of the WWII Memorial in the photo.

So you know the crush of humanity you see in these pictures wasn't even visible in any of the t.v. views we have seen. So beyond the stretch you saw on t.v. the crowd continued. Mom, Dad and Mikaela all had fun (the boys stayed at normal childcare). Crowd was friendly and pleasant and the weather in the a.m./midday on the Mall was not bad.

As Chris said, no crowd we are ever likely to be in after this will compare.

December 2008 Piano

The December Piano Recital for both Mikaela and Zachary was Monday (12/15/08).

The video is both of them. First is Zach playing: My Little Boat and Sailing - both by Geiza Dourado (their piano instructor)

Second is Mikaela. She played:

Mazurka, by Alexander Pekanov
Toccatina, by Kabalevsky

Mikaela Spring Piano Concert 2008

Here is Mikaela's piano concert performance of Sicilienne by R. Schumann.

Zachary at Spring Piano Concert 2008

This was Zachary's first piano concert after jumping into the piano class for 5 year olds. He played Alouette.

Mikaela's December Piano Recital

Mikaela played twice at Piano Recital this week. Listen carefully on the second piece and you will hear her brother Nathan cheering her on.

Zachary Soccer

Here is a short video of Zach the soccer stud.

Mikaela Soccer

Here is a short clip of Mikaela at soccer this fall. She is the blonde with the pony tail bouncing around.

David

Nathan Walking

This short video shows Nathan crawling and starting to walk behind his push toys in September and ends with his walking on his own just this week (November).

David

test photo #1

Nathan's Baptism