Monday, December 25, 2006

Merry Christmas all (burp). This was finished at about 11:30PM Xmas eve. It's a puppet theatre / store front for the kids.



It was supposed to be red and yellow but apparently I brought home a quart of decade old paint - thank you HD supply chain - your stock velocity is underwhelming. Good thing our local Wally's world was one of those open for 24 hours for your holiday convenience. Bad thing, they only had this brand that, instead of drying in 30-60 minutes, was rated to dry in 3-5 hours which translated into the degrees Kelvin we use to (not) heat our house, takes a good day and a half.

And of course, the thing I had the most difficulty with, was the store bought curtains and curtain rod.

I think next year, they're getting a playstation 7 or whatever they're up to / taking pre-orders for at that point.

Monday, December 18, 2006

The elves


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Originally uploaded by Lao Er.
This would have been the Xmas card if it wasn't for the cutlery in the background and the evidence of child safety issues. (I was going to ID that for you, but let's play "spot the hazard".)

Canon PS next


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Originally uploaded by Lao Er.
A few reasons why I need the next model up from my Canon S2 IS ...

- relatively low ISO capability (tops out at 400)
- silly 1GB file limit/2GB SD card limit - which is a real problem because I tend to use this as my camcorder
- my mom has the S3 IS

Xmas concert


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Originally uploaded by Lao Er.
From the evening show of the girl's school concert. This was the big Vegas finish - that's her on the bottom right (in green circle). Hard to tell, but she spent most of her time on stage looking for us in the crowd.

Friday, December 15, 2006

Mine!


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Originally uploaded by Lao Er.
This is now designated as the girl's yak-bucket. No one else gets to use it or play with it; it's been marked.

FWIW - The boy has learned how to run to the bathroom if he thinks he has to chow.

Thursday, December 14, 2006

This past Saturday, we took the kids to my workplace's kids Xmas party - Santa vs. The Snowman - in 3D IMAX! Kids, this is not your older sibling's 3D effects with the cardboard glasses that gave you paper cuts over your years and resulted in an inability to engage in strenuous activities, drive or otherwise direct large vehicles.

This was almost as good as the T3 3D show at Universal Studio's (the last 3D show I saw). Good enough to make the boy recoil and pull his glasses off every time something shot out of the screen at him. 2 for flinching, boy!

Anyways, I'm a convert - we'll see if the boy likes the Polar Express in 3D.

BTW - Kids Party Santa? DENIED!

Friday, December 08, 2006

sweet


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Originally uploaded by Lao Er.
Carry!?!? You punk-*ss, meglomania'd, whistle-toting, no talent, tri-focal wearing ...

Monday, December 04, 2006

Pretty fly for my little guy ...


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Originally uploaded by Lao Er.
Cross my keyboard, but the boy made progress this weekend in the potty training arena ... wasn't that the name of the old engineering building on campus?

Saturday was ... messy. But he did great on Sunday and only had one mishap early this morning. Made it through daycare and all the way to bed time!

To think, all it took was Thomas Train gitch ... so what if they cost $30 a piece?