Cruisin' around town

Lennon is certainly not wasting any time getting moving.  He is already cruising around the furniture.  He went all the way around the changing table and turned the corner and was hanging on to a DVD tower when I had to stop him cause I was afraid he might pull it over on himself.  We are seriously going to start babyproofing stuff now.  We're going to have to attach everything to the wall and put all the little stuff waaaaay out of his reach.  I can't believe he is already pulling up and moving around!  The bad part is that now every time I lay him down in his crib he wants to practice standing up.  So naptime has been a little difficult, but it's coming along.  He took two great naps in his crib today and was in a pretty good mood all day which worked out well because we went to this thing at a store called Cambridge Naturals today where they were doing a free photo shoot.  There is an organic cotton clothing company called HappyGreenBee out of California - of course - and they are just basically trying to get free models I guess, but they did a free photo shoot of kids ages 0-3 in their line of clothes and then they will send us a 5x7 in the mail and also it will be downloadable on their website as soon as they get it all uploaded.  Lennon looked so cute and had his classic tongue poking out of mouth look.  Poor little Jackson though didn't have as good of a day.  We had to wake him up from a nap to make it on time for our appointment so he was not his usual smiley self.  It is sooo fun having Hillary and Jackson here!  The boys are so cute together.  Anything Jackson has is instantly more interesting to Lennon.  He will crawl across the room to get a piece of puzzle that he previously discarded if Jackson finds it interesting.  Luckily, Jackson is so easy going that Lennon can grab stuff out of his hands and he doesn't even notice.  He just moves on to the next thing that will inevitably be stolen by the older and yet smaller cousin.  

Mia is LOVING having both little babies around.  She is just so awesome.  They pull her hair and scratch her and she just laughs and gives them hugs and kisses.  Tomorrow we are going up to the mall to take some pictures of all the cousins together in their Easter clothes.  I'll post them as soon as I can.  

I just cannot believe Lennon is moving so fast.  Mia didn't crawl until she was 8 months old and then didn't walk until almost her first birthday.  This is craziness!  Although his Granmommy did apparently walk at like 7 months or something like that, so I guess if he's following in her footsteps then we can just expect good things from now on!  Kids are so fun!

OH also, with daylight savings time we are now putting Lennon to bed at 7 instead of 6 so now Shelby gets to see him at the end of the day when he gets home from work for a while.  He is loving it.  He was starting to get sad that he never got to see Lennon cause he was always in bed when he got home.  7 is so much better than 6.  6 was just soo early but he kind of put himself on that schedule early on.  Oh yeah, and Shelby just got an awesome mid semester review in his studio class.  Pasted below!

MID SEMESTER GRADES (PHASE ONE)

SHELBY FANCIS

EFFORT

HIGH PASS

PASS

LOW PASS

FAIL

CONTENT

HIGH PASS

PASS

LOW PASS

FAIL

This mid-semester grade is to inform you of your status after Phase One. If you continue to work and produce at

the same level in Phase Two, this will also be your final grade. Keep in mind that the Boathouse Project is

weighed more heavily and is a longer project than the Transformation Project, so you have the opportunity to

improve your grade substantially in Phase Two.

Shelby,

You have been very creative and rigorous throughout Phase One. You have so many ideas, and

are clearly willing to put in the time necessary to investigate and test them. Your drawing skills are also exceptional. These are great qualities to have as an architect. Your ability to “step out of the box” and be genuinely creative with your ideas and your presentation makes your work dynamic and exciting. You were successful at understanding the concepts put forth in the Translation Project and presented an innovative language through which to filter (test, understand) architecture. Our main criticism is that you tend to get ahead of yourself and lost in the vastness of information you generate. You rigorously measure and calculate and produce, but it is almost too fast for verbal explanation to catch up. This is not a problem, but just something to learn to harness. As you dive into the next project, make sure you remain cognoscente of being able to explain your work. You have all the tools necessary to be successful in Phase Two and are clearly passionate about architecture. We look forward to seeing what you can do for the Boathouse Project. We are here if you have any questions or issues and encourage you to come to us if you with any concerns you may have.

Chauncey Herman

Matt Morong