Happy Birthday Mom...

We love you Mom, wishing you a wonderful birthday...all our love, Eric, Laura, Henning & Sig
and from your grandchildren...

Thanksgiving '08

Our foul Maine weather didn't 'fowl' our Thanksgiving day plans...Mount Desert Island was buffeted by a wind storm on Tuesday evening that left us without power for the better part of a day and a half. With a 62 mph wind gust recorded in Bar Harbor, we were lucky to have our power restored by late Wednesday evening to begin meal preparations.

We were joined on Wednesday afternoon by Grandma & Grandpa Reinholdt, who brought not only armfuls of food and treats but the skills of many a Thanksgiving meal to our kitchen of novices. The first version of trussing the turkey was borderline S&M, but we worked out something a little less violent in the end.

The meal was a wonderful coda to a day spent cooking together, visiting with Kim, Patrick and the guest of honor, Hunter for his first Thanksgiving meal. The video below shows him clearing the runway for the meal to come. On Friday, our annual hike was shortened a bit by a road closure and ultimately a sideways sleet. We warmed ourselves by playing RockBand, eating leftovers with the Howells and quenching our thirsts back at the Longhouse. Hunter proved his genetic line by sleeping through searing versions of 'Blackened', 'Dead or Alive', and 'Down with the Sickness', all but the 10th reprise of 'Eye of the Tiger'. He did throw metal in his crib though, that's a fact.

Saturday's hike up Bald Mountain more than made up for our short trip on Friday, the weather was near perfect. Thanks to Mom & Dad; Kim, Patrick & Hunter; for making the long journey to Maine to share the weekend with us. For all our family and friends we couldn't be with, we hope to see you soon.

working it out

mom & dad...young lovebirds

cousins

advent calendars

our sig...

mmmmm.....beer.

the millennium falcon

beech cliffs + sleet on the camera

thanks dad...best of health

Jedi 2.0

Halloween 2008
Ledgelawn Avenue in Bar Harbor...two Reinholdt Jedis join one Howell Jedi for a sugar fueled romp about the town. Sig still thinks it's Halloween and asks if we can go trick-or-treating on a nightly basis.

No sleep 'til

Brooklyn...



Four Reinholdts joined three Ermlichs in NYC this past weekend, we enjoyed every minute. Mom & Dad treated all of us to a day at the Bronx zoo on Sunday. The tigers were a favorite as were the skycars and a colorfully narrated monorail ride through the park.

In awe...

Butterfly exhibit

eyes to the skies

navigating the subways

a park in kim & patrick's greenpoint neighborhood

hunter & henning...owning the slides

" stay behind the yellow line at all times"

exceedingly difficult hay maze

sig & dad on the monorail

tiger sighting

me and my girl and patrick massaging my head

sig and his mum

not related to us

Ever been to Storyland?

It's a great place, really...an adult beverage stand would be a welcome improvement for the legions of tired parents...but that's a minor detail.

Sig's favorite ride was the whirling turtles, while Henning was decidedly less interested in the ups and downs of the park's only roller or should I say, 'Polar Coaster'. He favored Alice's Tea Cups and the Clockenspiel, I think Auntie Lee was close to a liquid yawn on the Clockenspiel, not totally sure but it looked like it.

Storyland's sprawling park kept us busy for the better part of a day and a half over an extended weekend. We shared our time with Grandma Kathy, who made for a great ride companion for our boys, and of course Harry, CJ, Auntie Lee & Uncle Ed...whose prior visits gave us fair warning for what to expect. Thankfully, pure chance left Uncle Ed in probably the wettest seat on the Geyser ride. Sig had more than his fair share of ice cream which made a repeat appearance overnight on Saturday and I have a new found interest in hula hooping thanks to the Russian Royal Hanneford Circus, air condition that tent fellas. Sig obviously lacks an appreciation for trained domestic cats walking on tightropes but that sophistication only comes with age.
I think we can safely say, "We'll be back."

Threescore

Happy 60th Birthday Mom...

sixty? already? we'll check our math, in the meantime...
we wish you threescore more in good health and happiness.
All our love,
+The Reinholdts Four+

Action shots of Grandma...

Branching out...

The family is 7# 9oz. heavier. 100% USDA beef. Welcome, welcome to the metal fan in training, Hunter Allan Ermlich born Sunday March 9th, we've been expecting you.

Kimmy braved a c-section and probably close to 20 hours of labor to bring this little guy our way, we couldn't be more pleased to welcome him into our family. Kim & Patrick, newly minted parents, we're proud of you, love you both and can't wait to meet our nephew and cousin.

Where are all the black swaddling blankets these days?

Congratulations!

+the reinholdts four+