This baby is funny

Mom's Birthday Party

We had a lot of fun. Thanks to readers of this blog who were there!


Some of the grandkids.











Drumming

Sledding in the driveway.

Christmas 2

Noah and Laura











Susi and moose

Christmas 1

Chan and Sara

The girls sing Shanendoah

Hehe fox news

I passed Russian

And all my other classes

Kam, no pictures from the tropics?

Our tree is up, too.

Mom made this egg back on Canterbury Road.

the tree is up and looks gorgeous

We went to the Euler road xmas tree farm, one last time, maybe anyway. The particular tree that was chosen by the 'up the hill family' is behind Noah.

Today there is a lot more snow. It has been snowing since last night.

This one has a better look at the goaltender after we score

hehe

What mom missed when she wasn't watching hockey at Cornell

We won this one 5-3.


Susi they say "rough 'em up" not anything else

We need to be more open minded

And accept other religions, I'll get us started with some Hanukkah fun.

Did you know that when a rhino sees a fire it takes it upon itself to put the thing out?

I sure didn't. The things you learn in movies.

elfyourself.

i made a few of these. they are all worth a gander.

calvins -- http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1314007848

caiolas -- http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1314137793

chhibbers -- http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1314403989

popop / grandma -- http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1314546431

there's a max of 4 people per elfyourself, btw.

Rachel turned 20.

New From Lexington

I went to see Padma speak at a symposium at Harvard's Sackler Museum today-she was an excellent speaker, funny, thought provoking and knowledgable. It was an interesting topic-whether South Indian temples were originally painted or were they monochromatic as they are now and how would that change our appreciation of their beauty if they were actually meant to be colorful (like modern Madurai which tend sto strike us as garish) instead of an understated sandstone that we find so tasteful and lovely.
Sophie was there with a friend from college. I got to chat with Padma a bit during a coffee break. It was an enjoyable experience. She mentioned that Elissa had some good news so I checked her blog and there is an update from Dec. 2, detailing her surgery ordeal-you should check it out. The good news, Padma says, is that on a scale of 1-10, with 10 being the worst, she had originally been told she was a 7, but are now saying a 4 and that she may not need IV Chemo at least for now.
The other news is that I found out from speaking to an admissions couselor that Eliza got into one of the colleges she applied to-Long Island University, CW Post Campus. It looks like a lovely campus, although Long Island is not her first choice for living. It is too soon to hear from the other schools, but we are happy and proud to hear this good news.
Cynthia's knee replacement went well and she is recovering well at home. Jim and I are off to Tortola Thursday, back on Sunday-am really looking forward to it.

don't know how many of you will care about this... but...

i know mom will.

the sex and the city movie trailer is online!!! ahhhhhhhh!!!

i can't wait.
it makes me want to go to new york.
which i am.
tomorrow.

Important Message from Jo rocks

Hey everyone!!
I have my first Jazz concert tonight, might be good. Quite frankly I have no idea.

definitely susi apropriate.

the end is the cutest part.

Snow

I've been asked to describe how the snow affects my life here at Cornell (So I will). Being from Rochester, I get to tell all of my friends that I am going to enjoy a mild winter. This is true. So far, I haven't seen anything too harsh. The only thing that really affects me is the ice on the hills. It makes walking up hills very difficult because I don't actually have any boots with me. Going down hills, however, is very exciting. On the way back from the last hockey game (vs UMASS which ended in a 0-0 tie; our goaltender had 45 saves) we slid the whole way to the dorms. That was a lot of fun. I can't find my gloves, either. I probably should ask for some new, nice ones for Christmas *cough.*

Also, if anybody would like to teach my to speak Russian before Saturday morning, I'd really appreciate it. All I know how to say is хорошо and ничиво, neither of which I know the meaning of.

It's dinner time, so I have to go.

Susi Don't Watch This

Susi Don't Watch This

Christmas

After delicious lunch at Saravanaas we picket up a tree. The crèche is also up, much to Chiara and Laura’s delight.

Beginning to look a lot like........

Last night walking home from Kalyani's math dinner party, there was a dusting of snow. This morning it was about 4 inches. Very beautiful, a bit inconvenient as I got snow in my ankle rubber no socks boots walking to the mailbox.

Ashwani cooked a delicious dinner for the occasion. I look forward to another one! The party was for Ali who is returning to Oman to be on the Oman karate team. Very nice, interesting group of people. I think the math discussions were in the kitchen, but not in the living room where we were.