[Albert Sokolowski--home movies] DVD 3

Date1956 – 1962

OtherDVD assembled from a transfer by a different lab. Items out of chronological order.

Donor-supplied Notes1. Karen and Linda watch Dad put together a swing set. In the basement of the house, before the basement was built out. 2. Karen's 5th birthday. May 30 1956. Mom is pregnant with Mary who was born on July 29, 1956. 3. Sadlowski (Mom's side of the family) family gathering at the Hank and Jo Piekarski's home in Seymour, Ct. 4. Mary Sokolowski. Born 29, 1956. 5. Linda's 4th birthday. Linda gets her own fishing pole! November 1956. 6. Xmas Eve 1956. Sokolowski extended family gathering at our house in Middlefield. 7. Mom and baby Mary. Dad, Karen, Linda with Mary. 8. Karen's 6th birthday. May 1957. 9. Mary's first birthday. July 29, 1957. Outside the house (before patio was put in). Mom pregnant with Diane (Born November 10, 1957). Karen has cowboy hat on. 10. Karen, Linda and Mary playing outside. Linda's 5th birthday. (Mom had Diane 10 days before.) Ice skates! Diane makes an appearance. November 1957. 11. Xmas 1957. The basement is built out (or enough, at least, to be used!) All by Daddy's hands. 12. Karen's 7th birthday. May 1958. Look at that new kitchen down in the basement. (Old kitchen upstairs becomes Diane and Mary's room.) 13. Mary wakes up in her new room and comes downstairs for breakfast. Later that day, Mary's 2nd birthday. July 1958. 14. Diane's first birthday. November 1958. 15. Linda's 6th birthday. November 1958. 16. Xmas 1958. Mom, Karen and Linda have curlers in their hair. 17. Mom cooking. 18. Karen's 8th birthday. May 1959. A new bike!! 19. Karen's first holy communion. Ceremony at St. Peter and Paul Catholic Church. Wallingford, CT. 20. At the beach. Most like East Beach in Rhode Island. 21. Mary's 3rd birthday. July 1959. 22. Swimming in Lake Beseck in Middlefield. 23. Linda's 7th birthday. Nov. 1959. 24. Xmas 1959. Diane plays records in her and Mary's room. Linda is working hard in her and Karen's room. 25. Karen's 9th birthday. May 1960. Dziadziu starts joinging us now that Babci Sokolowski is gone. Karen get's Barbie!! 26. Mary's 4th birthday. July 1960. Joined by the Piekarskis (Mom's sister Jo's family). 27. Diane's 4rd birthday. November 1961. 28. Linda's 9th birthday. November 1961. 29. Xmas 1961. 30. Karen's 11th birthday. May 1962. Karen gets a baseball!! And mitt!