No, they didn't last the entire speech. After all, there was homemade noodle soup on the dinner table, the lure of which Obama could not speak against. But we adults listened to it over the slurping noises the boys made (table manners are a distant dream of mine...)
Comment: Obviously, you don't get Germans going wild by asking them to send troops somewhere, even or maybe because they already have troops on the ground (Afghanistan). However, ask them to join for peace and equality and a better future, and you will be celebrated.
(And no, Jacob's knees are not that horribly skinned that he needs two bandaids on each. But you see, they are Dora bandages, and he had found the box in the drawer earlier that day...)
Hi Claudia,
Jacob is certainly turning into a handsome boy.
[Doug, on the other hand, looks like a younger and fitter version of me.]
Congratulations on the homemade noodle soup. It sounds like an irresistible force of nature!
Posted by: Nich Hills | July 25, 2008 at 03:30 PM
I'm sort of curious what the American reaction will be when the first Obama-puppet is hanged and burned by a European crowd in some anti-G8 demonstration a few years from now.
On the plus side from the American point of view, that should definitely unite even the extreme right behind the new president.
Cheers,
J. J.
Posted by: Jussi Jalonen | July 25, 2008 at 03:53 PM
Hey Nich,
If you are referring to the second picture w/ Doug, that's Alan. Jacob is the one pointing to the TV, and David is sort of lounging on the floor. Better pix are coming up soon (along with my long-planned series of before-and-after photos of the house!).
But thanks! I like to think my men are rather nice to look at. ;-)
Jussi - you are always full of good cheer!
Posted by: claudia | July 26, 2008 at 12:26 PM