Finally, after all these years, I got permission to grill our Thanksgiving turkey! After hours of preparation and careful attention while cooking, it turned out perfectly. And how much better did it taste? Not much. A turkey, it seems, is a turkey.

Peter's here!

Leah classroom video

Here's a Quicktime video of Leah reading in her classroom.

Look! Martha has new shoes!

Leah: our pro.

Hey, John John!

Leah's comic book.

Leah decided to write her own comic book, called "Jewelry Rules", about a girl named "Jewelry". Here's the first page.

I saw this very cute high school girl.

Here we are together, caught in a surreptious moment.

Leah had her final soccer game of the season today. She played very aggressively and we were so proud!

Leah kicking

Happy Halloween!

Nathan kicking

Read my blog, please!

From the Cincinnati Enquirer, courtesy of Kevin Dugan, Tom Murphy, and Trevor Cook.

Finally, I got to see Nathan at his martial arts studio. His school does a great job motivating the students, and he really gets into it.

Seattle had wondeful eclipse-viewing weather last night (as you can see in this Seattle Times photo). Leah was particularly interested because they've been studying the moon for the past month at school.

Froogle does merchant reviews

When you do a Froogle Search, the results come back with a link to reviews of the merchant. Makes it much easier to comparison shop.

Hypo-allergenic cats

Allerca | is selling genetically-engineered cats that don't cause allergic reactions. By eliminating the gene that produces a glycoprotein, Fel d 1, secreted by the sebaceous glands, they promise to wipe out allergic reactions.

Cost is $3500 per animal.

The whole family helped get our pumpins ready for Halloween.