I haven't posted here in quite a while, so I'm late to publicly wish my brother and new sister-in-law congratulations on their recent marriage. We all had a lot of fun, I was honored to be part of it, and the kids even took part (hey Jeremy, where's the box with the rings you're supposed to be carrying?).



Also, instead of a first dance, the new couple fittingly rocked out instead:

I've been wanting to get back into shooting photos lately. The recent snowstorms provided a good subject, but my dislike of cold + laziness kept me inside. But I really have to keep practicing, so I had the kids show off their favorite stuffed animal while I played with the off-camera flash.

Amelia drew a picture and told the story of Mighty Snake. I took her drawing and recorded story, then put it all together in iMovie. You can see the result here...

Seeing as baseball season is fast approaching, here's Amelia doing her version of "Take Me Out to the Ball Game."

Well, at least two-thirds merry...

While talking about Sesame Street...

Amelia: Why does Oscar always tell people "Get lost"?
Me: Because he's a grouch.
Amelia: Well, he should say "Get lost, please."

I added a new video of Amelia finally getting to use her sled. I hope to add new videos of the boy soon...

I've discontinued the kids' websites on .mac (since I'm not going to renew my subscription) and now host them here. You can see the latest photos of them at amelia.kieranchapman.net and jeremy.kieranchapman.net. (The videos are there, too, but I haven't added new ones...yet.)

1. "Amelia, can you please smile so we can take a photo for the Christmas card?"
2. "Look...if you smile so we can get a picture, you can have a mint."
3. Smiles come fast and furious for 5 full minutes.
4. Amelia celebrates receiving mint with "the yummy dance."

The kids' websites have been updated with new photos from this summer: Amelia | Jeremy

Amelia got some new umbrellas for her birthday, so she and Brian tried them out.

Random updates and links:

• New websites for Amelia and Jeremy are up now.
• Everyone's seen Stephen Colbert's speech at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner by now, but still...
• Since I rarely update the Photos section of this site, I'm trying out Flickr to see if that gets me to take more photos. (My new camera is definitely helping.)
• Crossed of my list of "things that I should have been doing a long time ago that my friends probably assumed I was already doing": joined Netflix. After way too many scratched DVDs from our local Blockbuster, we've converted to Netflix and so far we've been very happy with the service and selection. (Plus it's nice to get some non-junk mail every once in a while.)

Here's a little clip from Amelia's 2005 DVD: a little Irish stepdancing (of sorts).

Happy Halloween!

Finally, some recent photos of Amelia...

Several people (non-family members, if you can believe it) have "complained" that Amelia's site hasn't been updated in a while. Very true ... expect some photos and/or video in the upcoming weeks.

Some Halloween photos...

For friends & family: a new video of Amelia is available.