Silas and Rosemary: October 2012

Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Aftermath

The storm hit New York City pretty hard, but the worst damage was to the boroughs and lower Manhattan.

Inwood fared quite well -- we never even lost power.

Local businesses in our neighborhood are all open today, though schools are closed and Meredith and I were told not to report to work.

Many trees fell here, but as far as I know, no one's home was hit and there are no injuries reported so far in Inwood.

The tree pictured at bottom is from the back yard of our apartment building. We are glad it fell across 214th Street instead of the other way (into our building).

More pictures from the storm are here.

Monday, October 29, 2012

Frankenstorm

Pictures from this morning -- winds around 20-25 mph at this point. We were in the park for a bit until the rangers drove up and asked us to leave.

10/30 update, 12:01 a.m.: Unlike lower Manhattan, we still have power. The wind is loud and we've heard three times what sounds like trees cracking apart. But the kids are sleeping through it and our apartment is cozy.

Friday, October 26, 2012

Grandparents - Part Two

Grandpa Ray and Grandma Charlotte spent a week with us and were here for Silas's fifth birthday.

Grandpa Ray taught Silas how to fix Ikea chairs with a screwdriver.

Rosemary kept sharing a bunch of Silas's birthday balloons with Grandma Charlotte.

The kids had a great time and were thrilled to see all four grandparents in the same month.

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Silas is 5!

Silas turned five today!

Here are a few pictures from his birthday party. More are here.

And here is a picture of Silas five years ago.

I'm sure most people think five-year-olds are little kids, but to us, today, five seems incredibly old.