Sarah and Adam: The Next Generation

Jasper misses Seattle

We moved from Seattle to DC about 6 months ago (in September). In all of that time, Jasper has never complained about moving, or really brought up missing his friends - until about two weeks ago. Suddenly he realized that this wasn't just some kooky extended vacation, and he's brought it up - repeatedly.

Most poignantly, when I was breaking down the recycling, he asked me why I was getting rid of the boxes, "Because we'll need those boxes for our stuff, when we move back to Seattle."

He's also suggested that he'll live at Anna and Sylvia and Beth's house when we get back to Seattle, (he seems to have forgotten about Leander) and broken down in tears about how things were better in Seattle.

The other day when I was cutting some rosemary up, he explained that, "when we live in Seattle, I'll feed rosemary to Sylvia. That's what I used to do!"

All this, after 5 months without any real mention of Seattle!

The Flying Belgian Waffle

Jasper has been watching the Olympics with us this week (a special exception to our normal limits on television). Gus hasn't been that into it overall (in fact, he sometimes shouts, "TURN the Olympics OFF!").

Jasper's favorite event to date has been the snowboarding half pipe. He really likes Shawn White, who Jasper refers to primarily by his nickname, as in, "When i watched the flying tomato on his snowboard..." 

So, the other day Jasper built himself a 'course' in the back yard in the melting snow, and proceeded to take his sled down a tiny hill. Adam and I were momentarily worried that this might be dangerous, but then remembered which child we were dealing with.

Today at breakfast, in a conversation with his Uncle Justin, Jasper decided on what his eventual nickname will be when he, too, is a famous snowboarder. He will, of course, be named after the color of his hair, and he eventually settled on, "The Flying Belgian Waffle."  He explains, "When I makes my jumps, they will shout, 'THE FLYING BELGIAN WAFFLE!!!' "