What Did Thanksgiving Mean To You?

To us Thanksgiving means…

Don't forget to bring the turkey! (The paper bag one.)

Didn't the pilgrims drink Martinis?

Apparently Thanksgiving means drinking BIG martinis to some of us.

But don't worry- we were traditional too- Will carved a really lovely turkey.

We all had a great time eating and laughing and playing.

There Are No Volcanos Along The Hudson

Simon has been very interested in volcanos recently. We aren't sure why. He was near to tears the other night when he realized he'd never seen a volcano. When Will and I reassured him saying that we'd never seen a volcano either he seemed to feel a bit better. His fascination was so deep that we decided to find a good video to watch. We didn't find any children's ones that were offered for streaming so we figured watching a PBS Nature show would be fine. Well it was. Sort of. Great film of lava flows and eruptions and all things cool about volcanos. And several very sad stories about people dying.

So he's been sleeping with Ellie recently.

We went on a hike today. Simon needed lots of reassurance that there are no volcanos. We promised that we would not see lava anywhere. We didn't. But we did have a nice hike up Anthony's nose. It was probably the most challenging hike Simon's ever done. It wasn't that long, maybe 2.5 miles but there was a ton of vertical and the dry leaves piled everywhere made walking tough. They hid roots and rocks and were super slippery where it was steep. Still he was a hiking trooper and up we went.

And made it to the top.

More Marathon

A few few cool pictures of the marathon that we thought might interest some of you.

First-

This shows the three sections where runners start from in each wave. Will would have started in the one to the far left in the second wave. Will said that while you are in the chute you have no awareness of the other sections.

Here's the same thing from the other side, showing the path ways to get to the chutes.

This is a cool shot of how the runners come off the bridge in three different paths. Will would have been on the far left. He told me that as he ran over he wanted to make a joke about avoiding getting on the belt parkway.

And finally a cool picture showing the runners on both levels. We hear that the lower level is awful because it feels very dark and sometimes people pee off the top level and it blows! Yuck!

Marathon UPDATED

Photos and video from the Marathon. Julia thought I should have said more about the pictures...

This is at the 10k mark (on 4th Ave at 18th street). There was a photographer on a boom lift over the course... I wanted to make sure they got my picture.

I'm not sure where they took this picture.

Crossing the finish line. While I was run/walking during the last few miles, I managed to run the last half-mile through the finish line. I am still running here... admittedly, with a very short stride.

Next year I will work on my after-race photo pose. (You have to hold your medal off your bib or else they'll never find your photo).

3:54:32 (Ignore the Wave 1 clock above the finish line).

Calm Weekend

We've been much calmer this weekend.

Some shopping, a show at the New Vic, and

A lovely visit to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

(as pictured below.)

Marathon!

We don't have pictures of Will running yet- but here's what we do have.

Will's official time was 3:54:32. Very exciting. Very.

Here's Julia with two of her signs. They are both kind of inside jokes so don't worry if you are scratching your head.

(The reason I am smiling so much is I just saw Will go by for the final time and he really looked like he was going to make it.)

And what is this you ask? Why is there a picture of ice?

Because this is our bathtub- and this is what Will did when he got home.

Brrrrrrrrr.

Promise that pictures of Will running will be coming soon, we're just waiting for the photo company to process the millions of photos they took..

We Are Getting Excited Around Here

Simon found Will's running shirt this morning and put it on.

He then ran and ran around the house.

Yup- we're getting excited.

Here He Goes!

Less than 48 hours until the marathon!

Here's Will getting his number and proudly wearing his shirt.

He's feeling great and relatively calm. GO WILL!