You’re just like an angel
Your skin makes me cry
You float like a feather
In a beautiful world
I wish I was special
You’re so very special
Whatever makes you happy
Whatever you want
You’re so f–––ing special
I wish I was special
But I’m a creep
I’m a weirdo
It’s been a busy year since she was born. She’s been a great baby, very easy-going, eats well, always easy to get to sleep and she sleeps well when she’s not sick. We turned her car seat around today, so now she gets to face forward in the car like the other two.
Eva at 11 months, 10 months, 9 months, 8 months, 7 months, 6 months, 5 months, 4 months, 3 months, 2 months and 1 month.
We had our first-ever parent-teacher conferences. Hudson’s was on November 29 and Havana’s was on December 2. Hudson’s was delayed and then cut short, so we rescheduled it for today. Both kids are doing great. Hudson was hard to get to wash his hands in the morning and didn’t always clean up when asked, so we got some advice from his teacher and that really helped — she is amazed at how much better he’s gotten and how much happier he is that he’s learning his boundaries. Havana does very well, is very creative and loves art projects, and plays with all the kids. We talked about schools for next year for both of them and got some good information.
Our theater furniture was coming soon (since delayed until January), so I had to get our theater equipment bought and installed soon. It took about 2 weeks to pick the equipment and get it installed. It was all done just in time to watch Cars 2, the kids’ new favorite movie.
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The local elementary school has a Christmas Tree sale, so we ordered our tree, a Noble Fir, of course. We put it up and decorated it today. Both Havana and Hudson were very excited to put ornaments on it; that’s the first year they’ve done that. This is the earliest we’ve ever had our tree up too.
Looking forward to egg nog!
Gay and I went to see The National at The Neptune Theater last night. It was a late night for us too, we didn’t even leave the house until after 7:30pm, after watching all but the final minutes of the Seahawks beating of the Eagles. We stopped at the theater to pick up our tickets at will-call and to ask when they expect The National to go on — 10pm, so we had plenty of time.
We went to Hudson Public Ale House, a place I’ve wanted to go to for years now just because of the name (that they have a good beer list is a coincidence, I’m sure). It was close enough to the U District and probably the closest we’d be to the place for a while, so we went.
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Eva is 11 months old today. She’s still a great baby, only cries when she’s hungry or frustrated. She sleeps well and very regularly. And she eats very well — she loves eggs and has no nut allergies.
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Fall is my favorite time of year: temperatures are a little cooler, you can smell fireplaces in the air, the leaves turn colors, the best beers of the year start coming out, Halloween, my birthday and my favorite holiday (Thanksgiving) arrives, football is on, and it’s lighter in the morning and darker earlier and the light just feels better to me.
I took this photo while out walking around the neighborhood. I wish I took a photo of the red leaves up ahead, they were so bright red on one side and pink on the other, it looked like Valentine’s Day. Havana would’ve loved it.
Today I’m at the meaningful age of
42. I’m officially not young any more. Looking back, I was a kid being pulled by a fire inside trying my best with my limited abilities and somehow ended up having a fun, lucky and very fortunate life…
I want to dance with this fire
Because it’s all that I know
As the spotlight turns towards me
I just try my best to show
We are lost
We are freaks
We are crippled
We are weak
We are the heirs
To all the world
Looking forward, I want to build a new fire and show my kids and help them build theirs.
Let’s go
Build a fire
Down on the empty beach where the waves are crashing high
White heat, purify as the sparks fly up into the great black sky
Sacrifice these crutches to the crackling flame
Stand as silhouettes against the dawn
It’s far too late to try to sleep now
It seems I’m never tired anymore
This old song from my youth always seemed so relevant to me. It inspired me then and still seems to.
Now that we have kids and live in a neighborhood that does trick-or-treating, we’re starting a tradition of decorating the house. Our street doesn’t go as all-out as 16th and 17th Avenues do here, but most houses decorate significantly. Since our house was built by the guy who created Rainier Beer, we thought it’d be fitting to make it into a haunted brewery.
We also wanted to make it fun for parents too, so we’ll have a keg and pour beers for parents who have to walk around watching their kids get all the treats.
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