Putting the right amount of pressure on toddlers is key to unlocking their full potential. In the picture, a cheek-to-forehead ratio of about 3:2 and the slightly protruding tongue show Andreas to be close to optimally inflated, and just about ready to deploy his neck.
This was taken in Garching in 1999, before our most recent
move across the Atlantic. The picture shows Irene (right, bald) and Andreas (left).
The big child in the middle is Marianna. The white spot on Irene's cheek
is not a wisdom tooth breaking through, or a marshmallow affixed by her brother
but a defect on the print.
Irene has now grown some hair, and Andreas has grown unmanageable.
Below: after the move to Pasadena (Fall 2000). The quality of public transport in the L.A. area leads us to explore alternatives.
Below: Irene, more concerned with her photogenic appearance than
with the welfare of her dependant.
Andreas, visibly satisfied by his newly conceived plans for donating
his sister to a museum.
So many books, so little time. Here Andreas is caught in a deep meditation
on the letter "L" (the only letter he knows) and the meaning of its various
occurences throughout the book.
"I am ready for more food !"
Eight years and innumerable meals and diaper changes later, the kids show their real faces...
Globalisation: German grandma buys nightie printed in English and made in China: "Sweat Heart" ?
Juvenile obstinacy can, at times, closely mimic the symptoms of disability.
Moving displays of filial piety richly reward us for our parental efforts.
Personal growth benefits from exposure to carefully chosen educational experiences, like post-soviet ethnic strife or uncontained radioactivity.
A photograph taken at Irene's college graduation. The individual on the right effortlessly projects the "afternoon off from the witness protection program" style, and demonstrates that a simple Hawaii shirt can successfully mask incipient corpulence and other appalling fashion choices.
There is a straight trajectory from the decade-long trauma sustained by verbal altercations at the dinner table (aggravated by the mediterranean custom of talking over each other at the top of one's voice) to a career in law.
Putting the right amount of pressure on toddlers is key to unlocking their full potential. In the picture, a cheek-to-forehead ratio of about 3:2 and the slightly protruding tongue show Andreas to be close to optimally inflated, and just about ready to deploy his neck.
This was taken in Garching in 1999, before our most recent
move across the Atlantic. The picture shows Irene (right, bald) and Andreas (left).
The big child in the middle is Marianna. The white spot on Irene's cheek
is not a wisdom tooth breaking through, or a marshmallow affixed by her brother
but a defect on the print.
Irene has now grown some hair, and Andreas has grown unmanageable.
