Birthday, David, Family, Spring, Video

I Have Mulch! Goes in the Hole.

04.26.08 | 1 Comment
Home Depot should take a few pointers from David regarding the proper use of mulch in your yard. It goes in the hole! Watch the video below for more tips. We love to listen to him talk. People tell us it's fun until he starts talking back. For now, we're hinged on his every word. As soon ... View More

Video, Winter

Snowbound, Snow Banks

03.09.08 | 5 Comments
Sure, I bet those friends and relatives -- living in warmer climes such as sunny, earthquake-prone California or hurricane-happy Florida -- may smirk, but we must share the weekend weather in northeastern Ohio. Seems like about 10 inches to 2 feet packed itself in over the weekend, starting Friday afternoon, and it wasn't until Sunday ... View More

Birthday, David, Video

Happy 2nd Birthday, David!

03.01.08 | 1 Comment
See more Birthday Photos in the February 2008 Gallery! A smaller gathering of close family and friends gathered for David's 2nd birthday this year. Ever since neighbors Anna and Sophia had their birthdays very recently, and with Anna's birthday song a regular staple on David's viewing list ("Watch Annah's Buthday Potty!"), David had been looking ... View More

Family, Holiday, Video, Xmas

Happy New Year 2008 from the Banks Family

01.01.08 | No Comments
Where have the holidays gone? And how fast 2008 has already gone by! This news item, which you will undoubtedly be reading much later than the date attributed to it, will provide a summary of the Christmas and New Year holidays. For those of you who didn't receive a copy of our Annual Holiday Letter with ... View More

David, Fall, Family, Video

Count to 10, Little Piggy

11.11.07 | No Comments
Last Sunday, David surprised us with his basic accounting skills, demonstrating he may already be helping Momma and Dada with taxes this year! Sure, he needed a little prompting, but it doesn't take much for him to impress us. Watch the video below. That day, we also visited Lake Metroparks Farmpark, so David could be introduced, ... View More

David, Halloween, Holiday

David Tiger, I Ain’t Lion

10.31.07 | No Comments
Halloween 2007 This year, with all the "rawrs" that David's been gleefully exclaiming for the past few months, Sheryl and I thought a lion costume would be a favorite for Halloween. Complete with a tail and mane, the outfit carefully picked out by his parents was emphatically refused by David, despite dress rehearsals by Mommy ... View More

David, Video

Red Sox, David, Sweep Series

10.31.07 | No Comments
[flashvideo file=http://media.banks-family.net/d/936-2/MVI_3612_2007-10-28.flv image=http://media.banks-family.net/d/937-16/MVI_3612_2007-10-28.jpg title="David Sweeps Series" /] David Sweeps Series It's too bad about those Cleveland Indians and Colorado Rockies, but if you really want to watch the best sweep series this year, take a peek at David helping us out with the vacuuming. He just wants to do what we do, and we've found that the day ... View More

David, Video

Phone Lisa, Close Doors

10.19.07 | No Comments
[flashvideo file=http://media.banks-family.net/d/559-9/MVI_3550_2007-10-15.flv image=http://media.banks-family.net/d/561-43/MVI_3550_2007-10-15.jpg title="David's Love of Phoning Aunt Lisa (Sasa)" /] David's Love of Phoning Aunt Lisa (Sasa) Today, we're trying out our new website journal features, sharing with you a new movie as part of that test, and let you know that we'll be adding photo archives to our Gallery in the months ahead. Here, David ... View More

Resources

Drug firms pull infant medicine for colds

10.12.07 | No Comments
From Cleveland Plain Dealer, Staff and wire reports As drug makers rushed to pull cold medicines for babies off the market across the nation Thursday, Dr. Haitham Haddad at Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital in Cleveland echoed a rising chorus of concerns about the safety of such medicines. "Cold medicine doesn't work on children under the age ... View More

David, Video

Toe Discovery Afoot

10.07.07 | 1 Comment
[flashvideo file=http://banks-family.net/video/MVI_3539.flv title="Toe Discovery Afoot" /] Here's a sample of some recent lunch conversation, the Banks Family enjoying Saturday sandwiches! Isn't life grand? With new web logging tools afoot with the Banks Family, we'll now be able to produce more video for our family audience — without exposing ourselves to the social networking glut of YouTube ... View More