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Father’s Day 2008
I was fortunate enough this year to have the boys all weekend for Father’s Day weekend. We spent the entire time having fun together, which included playing with lots of toys, wrestling, going outside, watching Saturday-morning cartoons, playing in the water sprinkler, playing Mario Kart Wii (the boys LOVE the WiiWheel), learning and practicing new [...]
Ribbit Ribbit
The other day I had the boys in the back yard with me while I was watering some plants. When I put the hose up, I noticed between my hot-tub up and the wall of the house was a frog! I don’t think the boys have ever seen a real frog before, only [...]
Forest the Deceiver
For a long while now Forest has enjoyed a little game where he will pretend to feed you something (like a cheerio, french fry, etc.) and then right as you go to bite down on it he yanks it away and eats it himself. He thinks it’s incredibly amusing, giggling as he eats the [...]
My way, Right away…
For my Birthday last week, May 27th, Dawn and the boys took me out to Burger King, my second favorite fast food place, for some flame-broiled goodness. While Dawn ordered our food the boys and I played in the little-kids area of the indoor playplace. The boys tried to go over to the [...]
Pockets and Blocks
This morning I watched the boys while Brad drove Dawn to the oral surgeon. I pretty much wear cargo pants exclusively, and have for years. The boys are fascinated by the two big pockets near the knees on my pants and every time I come to see them they have to open them [...]
Differing Tastes in Music
While having the boys this weekend I decided to perform a little experiment. During play times this weekend I put the TV onto the cable music Electronica and Rap; HipHop stations (my favorites) and took mental notes of what types of music the boys danced to. From my observations, there’s a fairly definitive [...]
Eggcelent!
The other day while watching the boys so that Dawn and Brad could go to the Orthodontist, I tried to teach them how to hunt Easter eggs in preparation for Easter Sunday. They had around 10 colored eggs and a couple of buckets they had been playing with, so I gathered all the eggs [...]
Trade
Lately there has been a lot of “stealing” going on between the boys. Logan always seems to want whatever Forest has, and Forest has no problem taking something back that Logan had just taken from him. In an effort to make things more civil, I’ve tried to make a game out of it [...]
Dream Talkers
Last night I had a dream where I was playing somewhere with both of the boys. It started out as normal, both the boys playing with toys, pointing at things and making sounds… Then out of nowhere both of the boys just started using full, well articulated sentences. They were talking to [...]
Robot vs. Toddler
Forest loves to push buttons. If there is anything around with buttons on it, he’s there pushing them. A month or two ago, I purchased a Roomba robotic vacuum cleaner to run a few times a week and help keep my floors clean. It being a robot and all, it has lots [...]
