The Brookston Family Blog

One of Alice's favorite new things to do is cruise over to the CD rack and start pulling out discs. Porter liked this game once, as well. I, on the other hand, hate it. I'm more than a little bit anal-retentive about my CDs. Think Daniel Stern's character in the movie Diner, trying to get his new wife to understand the importance of keeping his record albums in alphabetical order. That's me. Well kids have a way of upsetting that sense of order in a big way.

On a side note, as I mentioned Porter used to clear entire rows of CDs off the shelf when we lived in Oakland. In an ironic twist, now he's become the protector of the discs. Defender of the Realm. Anytime Alice starts for the CD rack, he tries to stop her from pulling them down off the shelf. Cries of "no, baby" can be heard as he attempts to keep her at bay. If she does manage to pull some out, he gently pushes her away and then starts putting them back all by himself. It's so cute to watch. His first spontaneous act of cleaning up after his sister. I've watched him do it several times now, so it's no fluke. He doesn't always get them back in the right spot and occasionally they even end up jammed in sideways. But he always gets them off the floor. My hero. Next, we'll have to start working on his alphabetization skills.



At least she has good taste. That's Aaron Copland's 3rd Symphony by the NY Phil., conducted by my boy Lenny Bernstein she's got in her hands.