2010 blog

Some photos of 2010

Mike and Jojo and the Princesses from Laura Bootsy Boutwell on Vimeo.
Untitled from Laura Bootsy Boutwell on Vimeo.
Hair Drama from Laura Bootsy Boutwell on Vimeo.
 

Random utterances that are currently cracking me up:

"I like rainbows."

"Daddy soooo sleeping. Oh, Dad!"

Jojo's imaginary friend is Romy. She takes the form of any doll who happens to be any Jojo's arms, but usually she's just a patch of air that Jojo talks to. Here's a conversation we had at a playground today, after Jojo had sung Happy Birthday to her.
---How old is Romy today?
"5 years old."
---What does she like to eat?
"only milk, mama, she only a little baby!"
---Oh, I see.
"That's okay, Romy. You wanna cookie? [beat]
Mama, I have a baby in my tummy."
---Wow, you're pregnant? Congratulations! When are you having your baby?
"Um, three days. Romy have a baby in her tummy, too."
---

Springtime in New York, 2010

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Making Cookies

Making Cookies with Sprinkles from Laura Bootsy Boutwell on Vimeo.

More Random Videos

Untitled from Laura Bootsy Boutwell on Vimeo.

Oregon Beach from Laura Bootsy Boutwell on Vimeo.

Untitled from Laura Bootsy Boutwell on Vimeo.

Hair Drama from Laura Bootsy Boutwell on Vimeo.

Rockaways Days

Hi everybody, note the Full Screen button for better viewing!

Rock rock rock rock rockaway playground from Laura Bootsy Boutwell on Vimeo.

She's got a future in Tech Support from Laura Bootsy Boutwell on Vimeo.

The Oregon Trail

We had a super-wonderful time with Ron, Kate, Jenny, Rubi, Shilo, Breanna, Matt, Elsa, Anders, Janet, Dickie, Julie, Dave, Harrison, Lauren, Phoebe, and Tessa (whew) in the beautiful blazes of Ashland, and the Snails, Cyndy, Doug, and Lindsay in a madcap night in Portland. Thank you all for all the wonderful fun stuff that you organized - the ballet, the shows, the hotels, the big breakfasts, the picnics, the chitchatting, the shows, the airfare, oh, everything! It was such a blast. A few photos are here, and for those of you who liked the whole pictures of pictures thing, here ya go!

The Virginians are Coming!

A big hearty thank you to Lauren and Juliet for coming to visit, and persevering with aplomb and elan through a bitterly cold long weekend. We were so pleased to enjoy the Children's Museum, the snowfall, and warm and cozy times inside just hanging out. Have a look at the photos and a few little movies below. We can't wait for Harrison to come visit, too!

Happy New Year to all our friends and family! We hope you had a wonderful holiday season, and if you'd like to share with our quiet one, here are some photos. This was our first real Christmas in New York, and we established the new tradition of the disco Christmas tree, made some cookies, and had fun chatting with relatives on Skype.





Here is a video from Josephine's school show:

November 2008

Hi. We had a quiet vegetarian Thanksgiving, and went to the Central Park view, did some crafts around the house, and went to some unphotographable public art in a Manhattan park. Plus, Grammy and Grandpapa (whom Jojo calls "Popop") came in for a cameo! Enjoy!

Cousin Lauren Cooks!

Hey y'all, here is a cute little vid from my sister Julie of her kids Harrison and Lauren, to interested parties who may have missed it. (Looks better if you keep your browser window small.)

Doctor's Visit

Quick note to let you know that Josephine is 36.5 inches tall (ie able to see tempting things at kitchen counter height) and 30 pounds, which are both 97% for height and weight. According to online calculators, Your girl will likely be 5 ft. 11 in. at age 18. Wowza, no need for heels!

Anyway the more salient issue is that at the doc's, Jojo got a flu shot, a TB test, and a blood sample withdrawn. So, three needles. I was expecting the worst, but she dispassionately watched the needle go in each time and never cried, never winced, never whelped, nothing. The nurse said she'd never seen such a great reaction in her thirty years of jabbing babies... such a tough kid!

Halloween 2008

Here are our halloween pictures (among a few others). First Josephine's school had a party and a parade through the neighborhood, then our co-op had a big festival. Too much sugar!

Hey Ya'll

It has been a loooong time! What happened was is that our camera broke - slightly untrue, we stupidly let Josephine "hold it" and it lasted all of about 10 seconds of that. Anyhoo, we're back on track with a new one and have a few random snaps for your perusal; more to come soon as we figure out the dials and whatnot.

Also, we have birthday pictures, too. There was also a little party at school - it has been a sugarlicious month so far. We are now getting really serious about toothbrushing.

Movies to come ASAP!

It's been a while!

And we have missed you all. Here are a couple of movies made in the month of May - we had a lovely one.



And here's this one:

April 19, 2008

Hello. We've got a mess of photos here -- our friends Robert and Mary at a rawk club, a visit with our neighbor Roe, dangerous play with Quinton the cat, a squirrel enjoying a slice at our playground -- but most of these were taken on the way to and in Battery Park City in lower Manhattan last weekend. JoJo saw a good many boats, tall buildings, sports, and white people. Most of these are still a mystery to her, but I think she's catching on. The Pope was in town, which for some reason made the helicopter traffic heavy (Popemoflies? Holycopters?), and that occupied a lot of J's time.

Lots of good Mother/Daughter shots here, for a change! Enjoy.

Spring is coming, we think

Hey everybody,

How's it going? Jojo says "hi" to everyone. We have pictures of all of you guys (the only people who see this website are familiy) so Jojo is getting to know you, as every night we wave to every person in the pictures before going to bed.

New pictures are available here - it's getting harder and harder to take a picture of the child, as she is getting quite grabby with the camera. Gotta sneak up on her.

Jojo in the snow

A few days ago most of the USA was awash in a sea of intense winter weather. Here Mike documents Jospehine's take on the matter.

Catching up!

Ah the whirlwind end of 2007! First we have for you a few pix of ole everyday life between Thanksgiving and Christmas, including a very nice south indian meal with friends, and then we hit the road again to visit Grandma and Grandpa at the farm in PA. They of course thoroughly stripped our camera of hundereds of images, so this is but a smattering of a prodigious number of pixels of our trip to the wonderland known as a mall, walking around the farm, and all sorts of whatnot. We also had a lovely Korean BBQ meal at our dear friends Christoff and Ashley, in which Jojo crashed at 8PM in their bed, and we all had champagne.