and a trip to the Menil with Daddy to build a snowman:

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Houston Night Timelapse from Helsinki Films on Vimeo. (I saw it on Swamplot first.)

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Squelch, squerch, splat, splot:  the music of the wetlands in the fall.   Tap-ta-tap-ta-tap-tap-tap:  the music of happy feet in the garage in November.  (The plywood is down because the rough concrete will scratch the taps.  David is beating out a rhythm like the drummers he has seen at previous dance performances.)

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(Post/video by Matt) Longer video of our new favorite pastime.

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(post by Matt) On Sunday, C&D asked to ride their bikes to the local Fiesta grocery store with me.* I thought through all of the reasons that this was not the best idea – the total lack of knowledge of traffic laws, the fact that they have trouble keeping a tricycle on a straight path, [...]

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It’s nearly noon but dark and quiet, with a cool rain falling outside.  C&D have been inspired to work on a project involving dozens of pictures cut from coloring sheets, workbooks, stickers (which have been applied to scrap pieces of paper, and then cut around) and coloring books.   Bits of paper, glue, scissors, and crayons [...]

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