Posts Tagged ‘video’

Aviva’s 5th Month Birthday

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

Hard to believe Aviva is 5 months old already! Lots to talk about over this past month. To start with, of course, our monthly photo with the giraffe:

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Over this past month, Aviva took her first visit to the East Coast (Baltimore and DC), along with having her first experience swimming, and then also starting “swim lessons” (more like organized play time in the water) at the pool down the street. She’s also become a ton more interactive and talkative. Pictures and videos show this best, of course: (as always, you might need to visit the actual post to see the videos)

Aviva as the talkative one:

Aviva’s first visit into the water, at the hotel pool in Baltimore:

Aviva’s first swim lesson:

And of course, pictures:

Tracking the Rainbow

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009

Joelle was having a fun time working on Aviva’s eye-tracking, when she decided to pull out the camera – it is definitely the most we’ve seen her have such tracking control yet. As usual, for videos, you’ll need to visit the actual post to view the video:

Pupcakes

Sunday, September 21st, 2008

I’ve been told (by an amazing amount of people – didn’t know so many people read regularly) I haven’t been blogging enough, which is true – for some reason, it was a lot easier to blog when I was stuck at home with the back situation. But, I do have a lot pictures to post, so lets get started with a quick post, more to come in the next day or so.


There’s quite a few boutique-style dog stores in Seattle; apparently, dogs like desserts just as much as humans do – or so they want you to believe. While we’ve tried our best to not get sucked in, occasionally (i.e. twice since we’ve adopted her) things are just too cute, and it’s hard to say no. This was the case one evening last month while we were downtown, and walked by the Three Dogs Bakery. They sell human-like desserts for dogs, and I just couldn’t pass up the doggie cupcake – i.e. a pupcake. They told us that technically, we could eat it, but it’s made without sugar, butter, or chocolate, and the texture would taste funny. We decided not to try it, but Molly sure liked it!

 

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Video as always:

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Time For Some Campaigning

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008

You might need to visit this post to view this…

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A Very Whidbey 4th

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Over the 4th of July weekend, we decided to take a trip up to Whidbey Island, for a few reasons:

  1. It is close, only an hour or so away (including ferry time), so it was easy on my back for travel.
  2. Our friends Shannon and Damon have an amazing house they built on the Island – and by that, I mean built by hand: “hammer, hammer, saw, saw”. It was great to see them and spend time with them, and their new son, Griffin (and their dog, Ebey). They are great college friends, who we do not spend nearly enough time with.
  3. Because we stayed with them, I knew I could rest as much as my back needed to; taking breaks regularly to lay flat, etc… and not feeling obligated to do too much.
  4. We happen to just really like Whidbey Island – artsy, beautiful, friendly, and close.
  5. And of course, get Molly away from the loud bangs of illegal (and legal) fireworks.
  6. In particular, Greg and Clodagh had called out, on a past trip, the wonders of Double Bluff Beach’s off leash dog park on Whidbey – a few mile long open beach for off-leash access. We wanted to get Molly into the water again.
  7. I have been cooped up in the house for a while now – I was looking forward to just getting out of here for a weekend as I move back into working more.

It was just what we needed – it fit all of those goals above, and we are really super-appreciative of the Arndt’s for hosting us. Molly had a fantastic time too – she got to run around their property, go swimming, get lots of fun new treats, and just be one happy (and tired!) dog.

Pictures – click for larger ones as usual:

People:

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Dogs:

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Arndt House:

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Videos – might need to visit the actual blog post to view:

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Office Play Date

Saturday, July 12th, 2008

Jeff, one of my co-workers at Pure Networks, along with his wife, Lisa, live around the corner from us. They adopted a dog, Dolce, just a little before we adopted Molly – in fact, it was them mentioning it that got us really thinking that it was time for a dog in our lives. Conveniently, they also found us the obedience class to take – also, just across the street. After we put in the fence, they’ve been coming over frequently to let the dogs run around, play, and, most importantly, get out lots of energy. Dolce definitely is the more aggressive one – Molly tends to lay down and just take whatever Dolce gives her… It has been very nice having them around – the dogs like each other a lot – another reason why putting this fence in has been a great decision for us.

Here’s a video of them playing – as usual, you might need to visit the actual blog article to see it.

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Voting: Republican. Not.

Sunday, July 6th, 2008

(Note: you might need to visit the actual blog entry to see the above video).

Video: Mainstream Jewish Services are so boring…

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

(if the video doesn’t show up for you, this is best viewed at averbuch.net/2008/04/03/video-mainstream-jewish-services-are-so-boring/)

Compared to Beth Shalom of Chicago’s that is (check out the video below – it is well worth watching all of it)… it’s amazing the differences between some of the excitement they get out compared to the average Conservative service (or Reform, or Orthodox), while still holding on nearly all of the traditions. It really shows the variance that groups can have in how to push forward the same basic practices and experiences – and still hold acceptance by mainstream Judaism (the Rabbi here is part of the Chicago Board of Rabbi’s)

(My brother is heading to Chicago this weekend and really wants to attend here – he’s utterly intrigued – as am I now, after seeing a few of the write-ups he’s sent me and watching this video)

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(thanks to mazel123.blogspot.com/2007/09/video-of-chicagos-black-synagogue.html)

Video: Molly and Steps

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Not the most exciting video, but here’s Molly running up and down the stairs…

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(If you are viewing this in email or in an RSS reader, you’ll likely be able to view it correctly only by visiting averbuch.net/2008/04/01/video-molly-and-steps/)