permalinkBig Birthday!
November 15, 2009
I had a huge birthday yesterday! It started just before midnight, when we got the call that our first Niece was born! Thanks to the time zone difference, Adeline Katherine Costello shares my birthday. I can't wait to explain this to her when she's going to college in California and wants to go to the bars a day early - "Really Mr. Bouncer, since it was the 13th in the Pacific Time Zone when I was born, you should let me in today".In the morning we want back to the doctor's office for another ultrasound after our second child was too shy to reveal anything earlier in the week. After waiting too long, we took a look, and pretty quickly saw the unmistakable sign of a boy! I love this. I can't wait for more Legos and Trains, a 3-1 vote to decide we'll be playing video games in the living room instead of watching reality TV, and choosing do to, well, anything, rather than go to the mall.
Finally, I got an email in the afternoon from Apple letting me know they had approved my iPhone App. It's a small app that makes it easier to choose where you post your status updates. Some I want on Facebook, some just on Twitter, and some on both, with no ugly #fb tags. I did the bulk of the work during our New York trip, and have polished it up a bit here and there when I've had time since then with a lot of help from Russell Tanner. It's primarily a fun/learning/resume-building project for me, but I hope some people find it useful as well. Get it here, and don't be shy hitting me up for a free promo code.
Vince
permalinkPre-School!
September 14, 2009
I know it's been a couple slow months on our blog, we've been getting back to normal after our trip to New York. I've joined a new Internet start-up (citizennet.com), and Jonalyn and Devin have spent a lot of time back in New England with family over a couple visits (I joined for them for a bit at the end).
Today was another big change, as it was Devin's first day in Pre-School! He was just promoted along with a couple other "classmates" from the toddler room. He was a little scared as we dropped him off, but in no time, he was running around with his old friends, and making some new ones. When I returned to pick him up, he was happily playing in the middle of a big group.
Vince
permalinkNot Guilty!
June 26, 2009
Back in January, I received a red light camera traffic ticket from Culver City. A visiting friend had gotten a little over-eager on a left hander when borrowing my car, and here was their face on my traffic ticket. The ticket listed several options:
- I could give up the driver, which required gathering personal information about them I didn't have. (What if they weren't a good friend and wouldn't give it up?)
- I could plead guilty, with or without traffic school
- I could fight it
I decided to fight it. The picture obviously wasn't me, and I don't think it's my job to track down the driver for police. I wanted to do my part to make them more diligent when handing these tickets out. I took the option of "trial by declaration". This just involved filling out a form, and writing a statement explaining my not guilty plea, which mostly consisted of the picture of the driver and my driver's license picture. I mailed it in and waited, and waited, and waited, until today I finally got the verdict back - not guilty! The clerk is going to mail back the bail, and hopefully the police will look a little closer next time before blindly issuing tickets.
Vince
permalinkThings Devin Likes
June 16, 2009
Thought I'd give a quick snapshot of what Devin's up to, especially the things he loves.
- Water. Any form. Bathing, swimming, drinking, washing his hands. He rarely comes home dry.
- Trains (choo-choo). Carefully driving his trains around the tracks. Riding on trains.
- TV. Elmo, Barney and Thomas. Now that we're back home in LA, it's much easier to limit this.
- Flirting. Especially with young, single women. He's very good at this. He specifically picks out his target, smiles and points, and then tries to act shy when they acknowledge him. He's available for rental. Email me for availability and rates.
- Scooters and any other outdoor toys he can ride. It's LA, why would he walk?
- Music, especially live music. His favorite time at day care (that we can tell) is when the musician stops by to play songs for the group. He doesn't like dad's xylophone playing as much, though.
- Plants. Devin loves touching them, playing in them, rolling around in them. He can hardly walk down the sidewalk without stopping to hug a tree or pet some plants.
permalinkGoing Green
June 12, 2009
No, we haven't switched to electric cars or installed a solar panel on the roof, but the work on our lawn is moving along well. When we left for New York, April's work on the stone wall was done and the sprinklers were almost working. By the time we got back, our dirt lawn was replaced with lush green grass. Devin loves playing in it! Now we just need some more plants for decoration, or so I'm told...Vince
permalinkBack Home
May 31, 2009
permalinkNew York Celeb Sightings
May 29, 2009
permalinkOne month in the city
May 01, 2009