Barefoot Chic

Monday, October 24, 2011

Flying over the Hindu Kush

More video for Gavin and Ruby...flying over the Hindu Kush mountains on the way back to Kabul from Kunduz in the North.

Friday, October 21, 2011

More helicopters for Gavin

Just cause he loves them:

And here's what a fuel tanker looks like on fire from the air:

Friday, September 23, 2011

For Gavin and Ruby - Daddy's ride

Here's a little video for Ruby and Gavin to watch. I took it while on a trip in a helicopter this week. There were two helicopters - the one in the video, and the one that I'm in when I'm taking the video. Love, Papa!

Friday, September 2, 2011

It's a Girl!

Ruby and Gavin are pleased to introduce the newest addition to our family

CLEO! CLEO! CLEO!

And yes, we just might be a little crazy. But we love her!

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

To Ruby on her First Day of Kindergarten

Dear Ruby,
This morning was so much fun, wasn't it?
There are far too many ways to be profound and self reflective and to mourn the passing of your baby years, but I chose today to embrace the beauty of the moments. The beauty of you and Gavin wandering up to my room at 5:30am because Gavin wanted to snuggle with you, you didn't want to, so somehow all of us ended up in my double bed. The beauty of discovering the alarm hadn't gone off and rushing to make it to school on time with less than 15 minutes. The beauty of getting completely ready in six minutes flat, only to realize when I grabbed my phone to take the "First Day of School" photo for posterity that Gavin had changed the time on the alarm and we still had another hour before we had to leave.

The beauty of holding your hand while you got up the courage to stand in line and make new friends, again.

The beauty of picking you up and discovering not only do you love your teacher, but you'd already made a friend you could hardly say goodbye to! The beauty of understanding that sharing your day with you as a spectator and not as the stage director is a wonderfully satisfying evolution of our relationship.

I love you forever and always,
Mama