There’s a big backlog of videos, which will take a while to work through.\u00c2\u00a0 Here are videos from before our trip to the US.<\/p>\n
Joseph enjoys spinning all manner of things, among which this toy<\/a>.<\/p>\n Joseph’s quite the imitator, which sometimes extends to things beyond his age, such as deodorant<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 I’m glad I’ve so far managed to keep the spray out of reach.<\/p>\n He is continually expanding his list of names.\u00c2\u00a0 Here he’s saying “G\u00c3\u00b6tti Alain<\/a>.”<\/p>\n He’s also fascinated with the United States<\/a>, although watching him here serves mostly to show how much he’s improved since.<\/p>\n Before going on vacation, Janet told him we’d take a bus, take a train, take a plane<\/a>, and take a car to see Grandma and Dad-o.\u00c2\u00a0 He started repeating that – here’s one short instance.\u00c2\u00a0 Here’s the full litany<\/a>, on the morning of the flight.<\/p>\n We started using a new cream on his dry facial skin.\u00c2\u00a0 Bappe took to calling it “Supersalbi<\/a>” – “super cream” – and Joseph immediately latched onto that<\/a>.<\/p>\n Vivienne has a pretty tight grip<\/a>, though in this video her hands are slippery and she doesn’t hold on to Bappe’s thumbs for long.<\/p>\n Here is Joseph counting to 100<\/a> before turning two.\u00c2\u00a0 Here he is counting to 100 with the dots book<\/a> – at least I think so, because my internet connection keeps conking out before I can finish watching.<\/p>\n Vivienne’s first forays into mobility<\/a> come just before vacation.\u00c2\u00a0 Success is varied<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Here’s another example of her efforts<\/a>.<\/p>\n All the while, the little neighboring houses (Schindlerh\u00c3\u00bcsli) are being torn down.\u00c2\u00a0 Work is painstaking, because the siding contains asbestos and the different components need to be separated and recycled.\u00c2\u00a0 Here’s the first pass: Untile my roof<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Here’s more noisy construction<\/a>.<\/p>\n