Reader, Rule Breaker, and Picture Taker

Miriam has been up to a lot lately. She has taken quite and interest in following the news although she is still having a hard time figuring out which end is up. (Of course, a lot of us have a hard time with that here in DC.)

She's also become quite a rule breaker. The family recently visited Brookside Gardens, a beautiful local park with flowers all over the place. Since Miri can't read yet, she didn't pay too much attention to the signs. (If you can't read it, the sign says "Please do not walk or climb on the walls).

Finally, Miri loves the camera (taking pictures, not getting them taken of her). If she got her finger out of the frame it would be a great shot of her foot!

New month

May is behind us, thank goodness. From Lightning (lost) to Daddy's car (drowned in a flash flood) to the Caps (defeated in the playoffs) to the Nats (0 for the month, it seemed), to blog posts (2 for the month), May was hard on the Asch family. Miriam, at least, seems to have emerged into summer unscathed. Baseball's been a big part of her life of late. She went down to Nationals Stadium twice, first to see the Nats lose (again) to the Phillies, then to watch Daddy's alma mater, Wilson High, win its 17th straight baseball title. She was particularly happy to see that the backup second baseman was a girl!