2 Years: Travellin' Man: - Part Deux

Remember this post, where we outlined the boundaries of where August had been in his life? He was only 6 months old when this was the bounding box of his earthly travels (rule is: the area never "indents", can only be expanded outward like a blob... all inner angles are less than 180°):


Well after all the travel we've done in the past 9 months or so, the map has grown impressively:


If you look carefully, you can see the old area in bright pink at the top-right... he's a travellin' man indeed.

Update
A bounding box for August's extreme N, S, E, and W points:

2 Years: Heritage

Two photos of August's heritage.

The first was discovered while browsing for name ideas in "Watson Family Notes" - a family memoir written by August's great grandfather, Robert C. Watson. This was one of the houses in Washington, DC that was built by his father James (August's great great grandfather), probably somewhere between 1900 and 1910:


A quick trip to Google Maps and Street View shows the house still standing, no noticeable exterior renovations:


16th St. & Park Rd, NW, Washington DC. The Mt. Pleasant neighborhood, in which "the residents, particularly the young, could live happily" - according to Grandpa Watson. When I was a boy growing up in the DC area, and probably well into the 90's, the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood was a bit iffy. Looking at this photo it looks as if it's doing quite well. More power to Mt. Pleasant of yesterday and today.

2 Years: Birthday Party!

August turned 2 on the 29th and we had a special birthday party for him here at his grandparents' house.



With Grandpa and Auntie Chris - "fish cake" awaits:






The whole party culminated in a kitchen dance-party, with music by Duke Ellington (August's current favorite):


Earlier that day:


Not from the party, but a good photo of August with Grandpa:

23 Months: Winter Fun

Winter fun for August, a few days before his second birthday.

23 Months: Déja Vu

Kids tend to really like to do the same stuff over and over again. Especially if they see video of themselves doing that thing. Check out this video, from tonight. Keep in mind that the footage from the previous post is from two nights ago.

23 Months: Backpack

The kid likes to travel. Day after we returned from our Hawaii trip, August started thinking about getting on a plane and taking his next trip.

"Hatta" means both helicopter and airplane. Hard to tell what he understood during our many previous trips, but this time around he definitely did understand that he was in an airplane — HIM! — up in the sky... one of those shiny things he watches from the window with such interest... a hatta!

Here he is preparing for another trip. Did this kind of thing all day for a couple of days after our return.

23 Months: Post-Beach Progression

Here's what a vigorous beach outing can produce when followed by 30 minutes of driving: