loose tooth, lights out

Photos I wish I could up/download for this blog: Baby Calliope's glorious smile-- way more frequent these days and sometimes with accompanying and appropriate laughter. Manny's loose tooth--bottom left, I swear it's the first tooth he ever got. He is very shy about it, though. You can see him discreetly wiggle it with his tongue. Clara's Lisa Bonet-inspired pedicure, turquoise glitter with teeny red jewels on the pinky toe. My sis and I chasing our kids in the backyard, spoon-feeding them at dinner together. Geoff teaching Manny the fine art of the bicycle-kick on the fields at Philly U. Coming back into the boys' room after the whole routine to find them, not only awake but demonstrating a full-on Capoeira sparring match. "Lights out, brothers," Geoff says.

Ask the kids about: the 10 Commandments (They can tell you their faves and why.) Also, what pizza and God's Law have in common. Ask Clara to sing "The Wheels on the Bus." And if you want to choke up, ask the boys to sing verse 3 of "This Land Is Your Land."