Byzantine Empire and a little ipod

My little ipod is a lifesaver when it comes to my 50 minute commute everyday. While I have been enjoying an influx of new music thanks to my russian music site, I also listen to many different podcasts. Lately, I have found some interesting lectures.

Mr. Brownworth teaches History at The Stony Brook School on Long Island, New York and provides a great overview of Byzantine history as seen through 12 of it's greatest rulers. While it is hard to imagine that this could be an exciting audio adventure, surprisingly it is. Enjoy the ride and visit his site or visit his podcast on itunes

Cars

Jack is obsessed with the movie Cars. He will come out of the blue and tell you "cars", which means "Hey I want to watch Cars". I made the mistake several months ago showing him the trailer to the movie and he wanted to watch it over and over again. Now that the movie is out, he finds the dvd and drags it around the house wanting you to play it.

Uncle Brian this week showed off his new ipod which plays movies. We put the Cars movie on the ipod and Jack had a new toy. Within 20 minutes, Jack figured out how to play and pause the movie and how to put on headphones. He was totally enamored. Don't worry he will not be getting an ipod for Christmas. I think we will stick with the analog joys of dumptrucks and firetrucks.

From Annaka and Jack

Thanksgiving Drop

You can't beat WKRP...here is one for the Thanksgiving Holidays.

Ohio State Wins!

What a game! This afternoon Jack wore my old shirt to help in his own way. It appears to have worked.

From Annaka and Jack

Better Days

It's been awhile since I have gone through any of our video. One evening I edited this short movie from about three months of video. We have not been taking as much video lately but its always fun to go through and remember some of the things we have taped.

NC State Game

Before the NC State Game last week, Jack and Annaka got to explore a helicopter that landed on Bowman Field. Pretty Cool! Jack really liked sitting in one of the jump seats.

From Annaka and Jack