Help. My boy has a nasty "2-soother-a-day" habit.
Wednesday, August 31, 2005
Thursday, August 25, 2005
My evening so far ...
Wifey left for a meeting ... so far so good.
Take kids on bike ride to playground - a quick 10 min's away. Technically, the girl rides the bike, the boy is pulled in a wagon with the snacks and a few balls we keep in the wagon.
Boy learns to throw ball out the wagon. Walk takes 20 min's.
No one gets hurt at playground. A good time is had by one and all.
On the way home, girl shows she's getting the grasp of this "look both ways" thing. But I just can't bring myself to thank the Wiggles. My praise emboldens her, so now she thinks she can ride with no hands and with her legs splayed out to the sides.
Kids actually agree to hop in the bath tub right away! Unprecedented.
Kids are cleaned up in record time, so I allow them play time ... (can you hear the background music turn dark and nefarious).
I'm putting their clothes in the hamper when I am called back to the tub with ... "There's Poo! Jakey went poo in the tub." Ok, no harm and just a little foul - but they're whole pieces and I can fish them out with their play bucket. I make a conscious decision not to fish it out with wifey's toothbrush - you'd think that would earn me pts.
Girl is sent to her room to get dressed. Boy is wrapped in towel and stood behind me to wait, while I begin the fishing derby.
I manage all 4 catches in less than a minute and all-in-all, execute a fairly clean catch and release .... only to turn around and find my boy with bath towel on ground covered in more (much less solid) poo. Apparently he thinks he can pick it all up before I notice.
... oh wait, I hear the car ... you'll just have to imagine the rest of my evening.
Wifey left for a meeting ... so far so good.
Take kids on bike ride to playground - a quick 10 min's away. Technically, the girl rides the bike, the boy is pulled in a wagon with the snacks and a few balls we keep in the wagon.
Boy learns to throw ball out the wagon. Walk takes 20 min's.
No one gets hurt at playground. A good time is had by one and all.
On the way home, girl shows she's getting the grasp of this "look both ways" thing. But I just can't bring myself to thank the Wiggles. My praise emboldens her, so now she thinks she can ride with no hands and with her legs splayed out to the sides.
Kids actually agree to hop in the bath tub right away! Unprecedented.
Kids are cleaned up in record time, so I allow them play time ... (can you hear the background music turn dark and nefarious).
I'm putting their clothes in the hamper when I am called back to the tub with ... "There's Poo! Jakey went poo in the tub." Ok, no harm and just a little foul - but they're whole pieces and I can fish them out with their play bucket. I make a conscious decision not to fish it out with wifey's toothbrush - you'd think that would earn me pts.
Girl is sent to her room to get dressed. Boy is wrapped in towel and stood behind me to wait, while I begin the fishing derby.
I manage all 4 catches in less than a minute and all-in-all, execute a fairly clean catch and release .... only to turn around and find my boy with bath towel on ground covered in more (much less solid) poo. Apparently he thinks he can pick it all up before I notice.
... oh wait, I hear the car ... you'll just have to imagine the rest of my evening.
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
I have arrived ... my first ever winning ebay auction. Got me one of these ...
... a Canon S2 IS to replace my ancient Fuji S5000 (now over 3 years old). The Pegger in me is quite excited that I paid less than other, presumably more experienced, auction winners for the same item.
Now to see if I'm any more patient.
Luckily, my kids can watch the Wiggles for 14 hours straight (proven).
... a Canon S2 IS to replace my ancient Fuji S5000 (now over 3 years old). The Pegger in me is quite excited that I paid less than other, presumably more experienced, auction winners for the same item.
Now to see if I'm any more patient.
Luckily, my kids can watch the Wiggles for 14 hours straight (proven).
Monday, August 22, 2005
I don't like birds ... I mean flocks of birds. It's a Chiller Thriller thing for me b/c of Hitchcock's Bird movie. The crows are back this season. About two dozen in the field across the street and as we drove up, they take to the roofs. Most like our roof, b/c it's the tallest of the 3 or 4 houses immediately around ours.
Maybe I'll send Jess out to take a picture and post it one day.
Maybe I'll send Jess out to take a picture and post it one day.
Saturday, August 20, 2005
Friday, August 19, 2005
Giving this blog a shot to see if it takes. Consider this post a pre-game stretch.
I flipped someone the bird yesterday. Won't go into the details of the situation other than to say it was in traffic. (That was likely obvious, but I don't want people to think I suffer from MacDonald's Drive-Thru rage or anything like that. Although the penchant for corporations to take license with grammar and spelling is really annoying.) But back to the finger at hand (heh) ...
I just want to say, he had it coming; he knew it was coming; it was given with grace and accepted in the intended spirit. I'm quite heartened by how civil the world is becoming.
I flipped someone the bird yesterday. Won't go into the details of the situation other than to say it was in traffic. (That was likely obvious, but I don't want people to think I suffer from MacDonald's Drive-Thru rage or anything like that. Although the penchant for corporations to take license with grammar and spelling is really annoying.) But back to the finger at hand (heh) ...
I just want to say, he had it coming; he knew it was coming; it was given with grace and accepted in the intended spirit. I'm quite heartened by how civil the world is becoming.
Jake The Voyageur
As he makes his way into the frozen prairie tundra, the hearty voyageur pauses to think of the life of Fruit Loops and Wiggles he was leaving behind.
Is he crazy for cocoa puffs?
Is he crazy for cocoa puffs?
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