Oh, it's only been a year
Okay, more like eleven months since I last posted. So I suppose maybe an update is in order. Or something.
Things are great! Erica's expecting our fourth child in May. The kids are getting bigger and smarter all the time. My job is wonderful. Things are really darned good.
Alex is reading like a champ. This makes it so that I can expand his game-playing world a little. Or a lot. He got a copy of the X-Wing Miniatures Game for Christmas, and he loves it. For his birthday, we added on a Y-Wing and a TIE/Advanced. He consistently beats the crap out of me with that Y-Wing and an ion cannon. I have yet to figure out a counter. We've also tried a great variety of other stuff, including Galaxy Trucker, Battlelore, and a few others.
Chris is reading, too. He's in the "building vocabulary" phase. But that means we're able to branch out some on games for him, too. He loves (loves loves loves) Robot Turtles (by Mudd alum Dan Shapiro), and I got him into a Battlelore game with Alex this last weekend, which went well. They can play together! Oh, and he's a shark at Settlers of Catan.
Annemarie is growing fast, and is building verbal vocabulary. She's affectionate, too. There's nothing better than a kiss on the cheek from your two-year old daughter.
We've all been watching Star Blazers together. Watching old cartoons is a lot better with your young children. I was afraid that Star Blazers would suck going back to it after thirty-five years. But with the kids around, I see it through their eyes. It retains that sense of wonder.
Other than that, things are pretty well normal. It's good here. I like that.
Things are great! Erica's expecting our fourth child in May. The kids are getting bigger and smarter all the time. My job is wonderful. Things are really darned good.
Alex is reading like a champ. This makes it so that I can expand his game-playing world a little. Or a lot. He got a copy of the X-Wing Miniatures Game for Christmas, and he loves it. For his birthday, we added on a Y-Wing and a TIE/Advanced. He consistently beats the crap out of me with that Y-Wing and an ion cannon. I have yet to figure out a counter. We've also tried a great variety of other stuff, including Galaxy Trucker, Battlelore, and a few others.
Chris is reading, too. He's in the "building vocabulary" phase. But that means we're able to branch out some on games for him, too. He loves (loves loves loves) Robot Turtles (by Mudd alum Dan Shapiro), and I got him into a Battlelore game with Alex this last weekend, which went well. They can play together! Oh, and he's a shark at Settlers of Catan.
Annemarie is growing fast, and is building verbal vocabulary. She's affectionate, too. There's nothing better than a kiss on the cheek from your two-year old daughter.
We've all been watching Star Blazers together. Watching old cartoons is a lot better with your young children. I was afraid that Star Blazers would suck going back to it after thirty-five years. But with the kids around, I see it through their eyes. It retains that sense of wonder.
Other than that, things are pretty well normal. It's good here. I like that.