The cat is out of the bag. Caleb wants an orange skateboard and he is going to get one. It arrived in the mail today (he’s already mastered a few moves) but when we were in Pennsylvania a few weekends ago, my Uncle bought him a top-notch and fire-laiden skateboarding helmet (complete with elbow and knee pads). He couldn’t wait to get the skateboard and tried everything on in my Aunt and Uncle’s family room:

And then here’s a photo of him looking far more innocent in the back yard:

The posts here have been pretty light (er… nonexistent) for the last few weeks. The primary reason is that we have been traveling so much, though when the weather is nice around here it is equally hard to sit down at a computer and ramble on for a bit (even more so when Caleb happens to be asking to play baseball every few seconds). Two weeks ago we took the train down to Washington D.C. for my Aunt Katherine’s graduation ceremonies (congratulations Katherine!), and yesterday we returned from a trip to the Philadelphia-area for the birthdays of two of my nephews, Giovanni and Vincenzo (happy birthday guys!). Whew!

Here are a few photos from the DC trip to tide you over while I work on a more complete post: