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Lizards and snakes!
We bought a house this year. We now live against a hill that is almost completely undeveloped. This means that we have "wildlife" invading our back porch on a pretty regular basis. For those that grew up where I did, this is not anything particularly new or interesting. For both my son and wife, however, this is terrifying. My son has a deep ( Read more... ) -
The Bloody Bedtime Story
Maxwell, my son, loves books. Every night I have to cut him off at 5 books or I end up spending over an hour trying to get him to go to bed. One night I was reading him his then-favorite story: "World of Cars". As I hit the three quarter mark in one of the stories, I noticed a spot of dried blood on the page. I asked Max if he had an "owie" and he ( Read more... ) -
Maxwell Story repository: Cake blocking and violent kitties.
As Maxwell gets older, things get funnier. I love watching him try to acclimate to our world. You really get to see the learning process in action.
I have started a "Toddler Tales" whiteboard on my door at work. Most of these tales end up in abbreviated format there. Here's where I'm typing out the full stories.
Here are a couple:
"The Cupcake ( Read more... ) -
Bandaids
Maxwell was helping me build his new toddler bed when he cut his toe. It was bleeding all over, so I washed it off and put a Cars© bandage on it. Maxwell wanted another one, but I told him "No, you already have one ( Read more... ) -
A boy and his bed
Two days ago we dismantled the crib and put Maxwell's mattress on the floor. Thanks to grandma and grandpa he's got a brand new bed on the way and we thought we'd get ready. I was worried that he would not know what to do with all the new-found freedom afforded him by the lack of bars. Well, it's 9:41pm and he's in the living room with mommy, ( Read more... ) -
Toddlerised!
Last night is one for the record books. Not the inauguration, that was today. I am still elated by that. Last night, on the other hand, was when I realized how much work a toddler can be. In the space of two hours, Maxwell had drawn all over his legs and his potty chair with marker, peed on the couch and the carpet twice, and drank some ( ( Read more... ) -
Pee! And Colon trouble. Effluvium galore!
Another round of diverticulitis this week. I avoided being hospitalized, at least. The antibiotics the doctor gave me after my last hospitalization had one refill, so I started up the moment the pain got bad. That seemed to keep it under control. I should be fully healed in about a week or so ( Read more... ) -
Death
I'm flying down to Los Angeles tomorrow to attend my Grandmother's funeral. It's weird seeing that in print. It was not unexpected. She had pretty advanced alzheimers and had been bed-ridden for the last few months. She stopped eating a week ago. -
Night Lizards and Garbage Trucks
Maxwell (My Son) has a habit of waking up at around 1:30 or so declaring at the top of his lungs that he "Want Meelk!!" This is a front. Really he just wants to jump in bed with us. Being the suckers that we are, we aquiesce so that we don't have to put up with an hour of crying before we give in anyways.
( This is all fine and good except that he has started having nightmares. ) -
Want more DaDa Jump!
Maxwell spoke his first four word intelligible sentence last night.
We were watching Jack's Big Music Show on Noggin and playing "Freeze Dance". You freeze when the music stops, and dance when the music starts. He's pretty good at this for a two year old. He LOVES doing it, so we played it a few times. At some point I started jumping and he ( Read more... )