Guitar Hero

Richard spent the weekend at the Denver Suzuki Guitar Summit taking master classes and working on his ensemble pieces. The Summit culminated in a concert. Check out the highlights here and here!

Cross-eyed Pudgets

Tokyo Joe's

Sick days

Georgie had a fever and stayed home from school for three days. He is doing better, thanks in part to his little friends!

Pinewood Derby

George and Henry had their Pinewood Derby on Saturday! They both worked hard on their cars and did well, and George even won in his age group! He was inseparable from his trophy and insisted on traveling with it. He managed to hang onto his precious trophy even while napping...

Baby in a bowl

Pudget--it's what's for dinner!

"Hot fire" restaurant

Teppanyaki volcano - Colorado Springs 2017

Thar she blows!

To celebrate Richard's gymnastics performance and as an early birthday present, Mommy took him to a "hot fire" restaurant reminiscent of the one he went to in Charlottesville in 2007.

Teppanyaki - Charlottesville 2007

Trainer chopsticks

Junior Rocky Mountain Open

Today Richard competed in another gymnastics competition, this time at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. He placed third overall in his age group/division and got one gold, two silver, and two bronze medals. Go Richard!

Click here for the highlight reel.

Skipudgets

Here are Richard and Henry enjoying a respite from a snowy day of skiing last weekend. We didn't get any action shots, but there was a lot of falling since it was our first time out this season. George rocked his ski lesson and went down the bunny slope like a pro!

Baby Otis

Baby Otis has been such a big hit that George wrote not one but two thank you notes to Mommy.

Child of the Week

George had his turn as "Child of the Week" in his kindergarten class. He shared a poster with 10 photographs, and five special items he brought from home (including three stuffed owls, all named Otis!). His classmates cooed over the baby owl especially. And when one of them asked how old Baby Otis is, George answered "2!" without skipping a beat.

George's poster

Fish friends

Richard and Henry pooled their Christmas money and bought these two male betta fish and their fishy accoutrements. The fish are named Sun and Moon after the Pokemon games they got for Christmas (thanks Uncle Brian!).

Moon - Henry's fish

Sun - Richard's fish

A tank divided against itself?

Smiles of 2016

What better way to ring in the new year than to see how cute we looked in 2016?

Happy New Year to all!

New Year's Eve, circa 2014