Happy Birthday, Alexander

On Saturday, we celebrated my nephew's birthday. (even though his birthday is on Sunday the eighth.) He's two years old now and it showed; especially during an improvised game of "Monkey See, Monkey Do" him and I played at the dinner table. The guy displayed remarkable creativity.

In the honor of this future skier/snowboarder his grandfather and I took a trip with Bill (Megan and Erica came, too) to Seven Springs Ski Resort in western Pennsylvania. It's actually one of my favorite ski resorts in that state, because the trail and lift system encourage liberal use of cutting through the woods between trails. It's the closest you can get to a big mountain experience here in the east. Unfortunately, it has the infamous Pennsylvania snow: the manmade variety.

The biggest news is that Paige Elizabeth clearly kicks now. Megan grabbed my hand and placed it on her belly and I felt an unmistakable push. Megan says that Paige seems to move the most when Mozart is playing (maybe this Mozart phenomenon IS real.)

Well, in honor of our kicking baby, lets listen to Tribe Called Quest