Stone Barns

Yesterday we drove from from New York City to Pocantico Hills (near Tarrytown, NY) to visit chef Dan Barber's Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture. The farm is a remarkable place. It showcases a dynamic, locally-driven, and ultimately sustainable approach to agriculture and food. It's also a lot of fun. Jack got up close and personal with turkeys, sheep, chickens, Berkshire pigs, and even honey bees. Then he gobbled up some tasty lunch in the cafe. What a great day!

Swingers

Many of you have been asking about Evie, Jack's BFF with whom he spends nearly every day (when she's not jetsetting off to Arkanas and flinging blueberry YoBaby all over her fellow airplane passengers). They are two peas in a pod and always seem to greet each other with a smile and a partial word of some kind. Note Jack's hallmark hang dog leg crossing.

Strike a Pose

As you can tell from these photos, Jack has no trouble recognizing himself in the mirror these days (the source of this trait is a matter of some debate). Here, he strikes a pose for his adoring audience (and the camera, which you can see on the left).

What's for Dinner II

Sauteed green and yellow rings, with a farm fresh (plastic) egg. Working with available ingredients, building flavor. That'll be $23.95, please.

What's for Dinner?

Jack is already a fine cook (as you'll see from the next post). If only he could see the top of the stove. Way to go Bug, standing tall!

Gone Fishin'

For those of you who feel like this at 2:07 in the afternoon. You can almost see the imaginary fishing pole in Jack's hand as he snoozes his way through Turtle Park's May Fest - his second annual.

Dunk City

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Who would have thought Lebron James would be watching the Eastern Conference Finals on television while ex-Raptor Vince Carter put up 23 in Orlando's Game 1 loss to the Celtics? Maybe the Cavs could have used Jack. For the past few days, he's been dunking on everybody his new family room, thanks to this sweet hoop set-up from Uncle Dan and Aunt Stephanie. I'm not even sure we showed him what to do, but here he is doing it. Workin' on a scholarship...

The Difference Between Mommy and Daddy

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Son wants beer, asks Dad, Dad gives Son beer. Simple. Son wants beer, asks Mom for beer, Mom denies Son beer. Son says, "Bah!" and chugs his water instead. All this took place at Poe's in Charleston (on Sullivan's Island) where, despite not having any beer, Jack freely socialized with the locals. Stay tuned for visual evidence of that.

Bathtub Idol

Hi everyone, sorry there haven't been many posts lately. Three weekends of travel and the homestretch of the renovation have us running around like chickens. Oh, and we're increasingly having to chase and monitor Jack - he is an adventure seeking speed demon. Here he is in the bath, thinking about standing up, even though he has been told this is "inadvisable."