Ancient history

I've been reading some of Blaine's old stories because we are thinking about writing a book together, and I stumbled on a story he wrote just 2 years ago about a family trip we took to San Diego. The headline was "Simple Pleasures for the Sippy-Cup Crowd."

It included this excellent photo of Arno, who was really, really, really into pirates (and donuts) at age 2 1/2. He has since become serially obsessed with Superman, Spiderman, Batman, Star Wars (Luke and then Anakin Skywalker), Transformers and, now, Ben 10.


I'd forgotten most of these details, and it was an excellent reminder of how far we and the children have come as a family. They're older and more interesting, we're older and more patient - and we're all better at managing adventures and travel uncertainties together without having to deal with naps and, for the most part, tantrums.