in preparation for the last day when he'd wake up and go to Johnson Park and the last day (after 16 years straight) when I'd take a kid to elementary school. The next day, we came down and the kitchen counter
and sang some songs even as Suzanne was putting Ben to sleep
in preparation for the last day when he'd wake up and go to Johnson Park and the last day (after 16 years straight) when I'd take a kid to elementary school. The next day, we came down and the kitchen counter
that had come in the cereal as Ben
was ready to go and Jane
but Ben was not participating. After admiring the statues Sarh bought in Greece
we headed to school where Dr. Ginsburg was talking to the PTO mothers
until it was Ben's
and then Stephanie Klockenbrink's
Ben and Jeremy posed
and then Ben showed us the planting
he had done around the school. On the way to the car, I ran into Ed Percarpio
who were practicing for their later life. Once home, Jane and Ben were on the couch
and Suzanne was glad to see me
with Ben
Sarah
and picking up Ben from the sleep over when he showed me his injured toe
which looked better
came over and Ben played his game
as Nathaniel posed
spurring Ben on
to greater heights. The games must have been inspiring because both Jane and Ben were sound asleep
when we returned home that night. On Sunday June 12, we went to Small World for coffee and ran into Bob Cava and David MacMillan
tried to make sense of Ben's test scores as Ben played PS/2
and Jane worked on her picture editting
and Ben (who tried to escape)
shared antipasta
Laurel Harvey (Administration) came. On May 27, we went out for sushi for dinner. Ben
Suzanne
was our waitress. Saturday morning (May 28), as Ben
chose his clothes, Matt Traylor
Saturday May 20 dawned as a beautiful day so Ben
and Suzanne
and Polly and Ben Straus
before Ben
Suzanne
settled in for chocolate chip pancakes (Ben)
mushroom omelet (Suzanne)
decide to act like we were band performers much to the amusement of Emily and Ben
before the bus came and I departed to catch up with Brad Barber, my former student,
as Benjamin
hid in the other room and Justin
Tess Edmonds, Jane Dobkin, Youngmin Yi, Lucy McKeon (can't see), Jen Lerner, Lauren Santiago, Caitlin Rhoades (can't see), Younjin Yi, Liz Gale-Bentz, Lauren Engelbert, Catherine Marchetta, Christina Jones, Raisa Ahmed, Elena Fabiano as the conversations continued
and the food stood
assembled with Ben
on the sidelines as Doris Shea
watched. Next Ben's band
(he's on the left) played and I captured a broad picture
as well deserved flowers appeared and we checked out Ben
and headed off
might be what she captured. On Friday, May 13, we gathered Ben
and Suzanne
all of which happened as Ben
tied his bandana and
so we went to see Ben's artwork with him
and then headed home and soon after Claire Mulvey
made Ben fly by and the flowers
highlighted an excellent dinner as the table
give their flute concerts as Ben and Jane
were ready for celebrations afterwards. The next day was the next Behrmann dinner. So as we had done in we put on our fancies and Suzanne posed with Ben
and then Ben and Jane
and then Jane
and Ben
shooting
before heading home to assemble the troups for the annual Mother's day lunch. As we'd done in previous years we went to Main Street where we sat at the same table but in different seats as Ben and Sarah were one side
Suzanne was at the head
even as Ben
posed for a few more pictures. We began with Bloody Mary's (as we did last year)
Ben had the burger
Sarah had the salad
seemed more appropriate. Ben and I headed off to FristFest where we met ChefRon
out of uniform and this gentleman (whose name I forget)
Ben
and I
enjoyed the quiet with a good book though some of us put the book down for the photos. That evening, we left Ben and Nathaniel
and put on our formal gear
taken by Ed even as he posed. It was the afternoon of the first evening of Passover and so we had to start thinking about a Seder as we had recorded in But first, Ben and I continued on our project to get pictures of all of the paperweights by adding these
to the collection before I peeled the apples
to drop off Sam and Ben gave his birthday present
and even in the second take
Ann had brought while Ben
went out and brought in the mail. Sarah and Devon arrived
and opened it for tasting. Ben
emerged and we left the matzah ball soup aside
where we read from the haggadah ( No, Ben is not asleep )
and then had chicken
and Ben
was practicing
cleaning things up at Trinity. This inspired Ben and me to start our project of photographing the paperweights
though the final images will appear elsewhere (on the paperweight page). The next day, I took Ben to Flemington for a chess tournament. If you look carefully at this picture
you see this image of him hard at work. Afterwards, the award ceremony began
and Ben waited
until he was called up
as Ben was amused
as we got ready to enter Rats
Ben posed
and then got amused
to pose as Left to Right: Josh Goldstein (Woodrow Wilson School and Sociology), Alexandre d'Aspremont (Operations Research and Financial Engineering), Michael Bender (Geosciences), Katherine Newman (Woodrow Wilson School and Sociology), Mona Singh (Computer Science), Gaetana Marrone-Puglia (French and Italian), Susan Taylor (Art Museum). Then, on the way home from work, I saw the new bust of Albert
who was chatting with the man with the newspaper
involving Ben. The next day was party day. We were having a crowd of hundreds (well, maybe 100) and so it was good that Don
was starting to get things ready and the wait staff
who headed out with Ben to start the basketball game
which became part of the board game party. As I recorded the welcome window
I recalled previous Ben birthday's including and 2001 birthday and and 2000 with the sad observation that in 2002 my camera was broken and there was a shortage of new digital cameras. at which point it was time to return to the basketball game
as Betsy and Bobby Sands
finished up as Ben Strauss
joined the game
as Ben got
and opened
the one gift that would be relevant to the party. Afterwards, some watched the Incredibles and some played Apples to Apples. Being in the latter group, I gave up my role as photo journalist. Three days later, it was Ben's real birthday, I began my celebration by meeting with Sukru Hanioglu
of Near Eastern Studies and Ted Rabb
of History. Coming home to see Ben
int he birthday hat was a step forward as the decorations
were set and Ben opened the diet snapple
for Suzanne
and Ben performed
to the amusement of Jane
and set things aside waiting for Ben's twelfth birthday. On March 23 at the first lunch after spring break, the attendees were
Left to Right: Brandice Canes-Wrone (Politics and Woodrow Wilson School), Sanjeev Arora (Computer Science), Cornel West (Religion), Emily Pronin (Psychology and Woodrow Wilson School), Sophie Gee (English), Claire Kremen (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology), Philip Nord (History) THe next day, I had a Kodak (or actually a Canon) moment on the way home from work when I ran into Ms. Sanderson's baby
recommended against Ben's
better judgment though Jane and I
thought Ben kept hiding
and Suzanne was caught unawares
aimed at getting a good picture of Ben and not just his water glass
as Suzanne
almost got Ben posed
thought he hid
from the tour Suzanne and Ben had taken. Ben
got his meatball sub
Ben (incognito)
and I
Ben had his food
and Suzanne
from the couch as Ben read jokes
and Suzanne
by wearing the magic hat before Ben took a few pictures of the family room
and we sent Meredith out, camera in hand, to record the duckling family
as Ben decided to take a too close
and too low
as they made various drinks and once Ben
finished eating and I tried a self portrait
before I took a picture of Ben
and he took one of me
for a picture of Ben
as the gates led the way
though Ben decided to climb
up
to pass through and more pictures of Ben
and the tree
to this structure where Ben took this picture of me
and with some more marching
where Ben posed
and then showed off his new hat
for dinner. The next day, we all went to On The Border where Jane and Ben
and Jeremy
Paul Benaceraf (Philosophy)
Diana Fuss (English)
and many too many pastries on the plane ride home. It was January 18 and Ben Elman (History AND East Asian Studies)
came to visit. Then I went to lunch with Walter Lippincott (Princeton University Press)
who is the head of the Crisis Ministry. On Sunday January 23, we awoke to lots (15" worth) of snow on the driveway and so the shoveling began. Ben spread the salt
along the path
and then Ben and Sarah
showed our excitement about the game that was going to be such a dissapointment later. The Hutner-Flemer's
that looked like it would never be cleared. Ben
admired the house
was quite something as I walked behind Ben and Sarah
as we made our way past this water valve
as Ben discovered this ice rock
and SUbway was closed
to climb. All of this called for a good meal. Ben
settled in at Zorba's Brother's as I got this collection sign
to make the cream greenish. After Ben finished stuying the menu
I got my veggie burger
from Molecular Biology who brought an interesting idea with him that will just be too hard to do. Then, it was time to depart for warmer climes as we had done in and so we said good bye to Ben
and Jane
and headed to West End where Suzanne was talking to Ben on the cell phone
as the sun began to set
