Just two days ago I wrote about instilling a dislike of chocolate in kids by giving them unsweetened chocolate at first. If you'll recall, I lamented that we hadn't thought of this in time with Anthony, and so he likes chocolate. We limit it, at least, to special occasions.

So yesterday's special occasion was that a slice of chocolate cake would go bad if someone didn't eat it soon. (So much for my credibility!)

Kids can be much better about eating then adults: they stop when they're no longer hungry. He didn't finish the cake before getting full, so he [...]

I've been asked for the last month when I'm going to post fall-foliage pictures of Kyoto. Well, for the last month, I've been wondering when the fall foliage season will start!

Some of the leaves are finally starting to turn. I took a short stroll today and snapped a few pictures. (They are all geoencoded, so you can use something like my image-data viewer to see a map of where they were taken.)

The picture above was taken from the middle of Nijo Street, facing east. Some of the trees have started to turn, but none are really brilliant, and [...]

This past summer, we all traveled to Ohio for my brother's wedding. I'm finally starting to get around to properly processing the 3,000 pictures from the trip, and have started with those taken at my folks' place.

It's really hard to pick ones to show, because almost all of them fulfill at least one of the litmus tests for a photo to appear on my blog: be a generally pleasing image, assist in telling a story, or show Anthony being cute.

I have an informal 10-pics-per-post limit, so what follows are the 10 I picked. At least I've got them [...]

I haven't posted lately because I've had a cold for the last week, but I feel good enough today to continue with the Anthony birthday-presents posts. On his birthday, he got to pick a present for himself and a cake. The next day, he opened a package of gifts from his Aunt Natalie and Uncle Alan. This brings us to the third day.

We hadn't really intended to make his birthday a multi-day event, but I like how it's turned out, with one present each day. It lets him concentrate on the one present, and appreciate it (and its givers) [...]

Anthony turned four years old yesterday, but it was a long day, so we put off opening the present sent by his Aunt Natalie and Uncle Alan until today. (We still have presents from both sets of grandparents to give as well.... more fun for another day!)

Natalie and Alan put together a wonderful set of surprises for Anthony. I'll let his face tell the story....

The pictures ended here as he wanted me to read all three books to him, which I most happily did.

I still have my cold, but watching his joy made me forget about it [...]