1) I walked the short loop through the park twice this morning, which totaling over a mile, is more that I walk in a work week. I'll probably lose 10 lbs. if I do just this every day. The bike signs along the trail remind me to get my first bike in 15 years. 2) Mommy reads to Cianna. 3) This is the first move where I've arrived at a place with more than enough room for my belongings, in this case with garage, basement and attic virtually empty. But here's the first cartload of detritous from Target to begin the process of re-cluttering the house. 4) Spending some time in the garage figuring out trash and recycling prodecures. 5) We are already chasing Cianna around the yard. She is the only baby on our street, and our neighbors are once again enjoying the sound of a small child laughing. 6) Sunset through the forest behind our house. Impossible to capture with any camera I have are the thousands of blinking lightning bugs. 7) Dad catches a naked baby who just ran out of her bath ... 8) carrying her plastic bug lantern.

- mike lee - wheaton, md