Quick pics from Tokyo

CALVIN's (corrected) Christmas gift list (with some dad annotations)

Dear  santa, and every other person in my family,

I have been a very good boy this year, and I  would  like;

1- A real pet - Puppy, Turtle, Bird, Guinea pig (no hamsters or rabbits since they bite and no fish since they are too wet to hug) (dad note: yeah, better let us figure this out)

2- Millennium Falcon speial edition lego,

3- Eco base lego,

4- Wii Sports Resort (already on the way, don't tell him)

5-  "X"-series or "EX"-series  pokemon cards (10 please!)

6- lego Indiana Jones goldmine,

7- AT AT lego,

8- Hyena droid  bomber  lego,

9- AT ST lego,

10- Wii Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games

11- 20 littlest  petshops

12- Pee-Wee's Playhouse, 2nd series DVDs

13- a Torres  jersey (Liverpool or Spain!), (dad note: he doesn't care quite so much about authenticity as Carter)

14- A skull hoody sweatshirt (like the one Michael & Jess gave him last year)

15- Flyable Superman (think he means a remote-controlled one, no idea where/if he saw one)

16- A book about How to make airplanes that can fly SUPER WELL!,

17- Petit Quotidien subscription (french daily for kids)

18- Guiness World Record book 2010 (or most recent)

Carter's Christmas gift list (with some dad annotations)

1. lego death star (warning: way expensive)
 

2.barca 9 ibrahimovitch (translation: authentic FC Barcelona 2009-10 home jersey w/ that player in authentic letter/numbering)
 

3. Venator-class Republic Attack Cruiser™ (legos)

4.mindstorm legos
 

5.wii sports resort (already on the way, but don't tell Carter)

6.The Battle of Endor™lego

 

7.mario and sonic at the olimpic games,wii game

 

8.Liverpool Kuyt 18 red or white - see liverpoolfc.com (authentic Liverpool FC jersey with that player in authentic number/lettering)

9.Spanish National Team Torres 9 red (again, authentic Spain jersey)

10.packing cubes (already bought)

 

11.guiness world record book 2010 or 2011

 

12.Ultime Millennium Falcon™ Edition Collector lego

 

13.echo base (legos)

 

14.earthsea series books (by Ursula K Le Guin)
 

15.wii games
 

16.percy jackson books (by Rick Riordan)

 

17.Real Madrid white Ronaldo 9 (you guessed it)

18. roman mysteries books (he's read most of these, so if you're interested, please get more details from him or us)

19.pokemon cards

20.Man U jersey Rooney 10 red or blue
 

21.Separatist Shuttle lego
 

22.Armored Assault Tank (AAT)™lego
 

23.hyena droid bomber (legos)

Carter's fencing tournament

More pics, and a video!

Girls' Weekend in Lisbon

I had a great weekend in Lisbon with my best friends. We loved the city -- nice weather, beautiful scenery, really friendly people, good wine and food, wonderful ambiance... nothing at all to complain about. If you ever have the chance to go, do!

Visit to La Monnaie

Back in August, we visited La Monnaie, historically the French mint but nowadays mostly stamping out tourist medallions.

Egypt trip book

I wanted to grab the page-layouts from our Egypt book, but unlike our annual books which I made in iPhoto, we made this in myPublisher. Turns out there's no decent way to get "photos" of the page layouts OUT of myPublisher. Last time I use that crap. I had to use screen-captures of their on-screen previews, and the quality isn't so great. But, here 'tis.



(Can't believe we haven't posted here in nearly two months. Mostly on facebook these days I guess ...)