This past Friday I took my kids and also my nephew Fred to see Marvel Universe Live: Age of Heroes. My kids and I had seen the original show when it came to town a few years ago, so I had resolved then that if it ever came back to town, I would take the kids again and also include Fred. Fred is very athletic and acrobatic, and he's also little, so ( Read more... )

Len had his first soccer game of the season this weekend. He had a little trouble remembering that when you're goalie, you're probably better off watching the ball than fussing with your glasses or posing for anyone who might happen to be taking pictures of you. Heh ( Read more... )

Very short 13-second awesome video of a serval. I babysat Fred last night and he and I watched a bunch of cat videos before I put him to bed, including this one.

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Fred and I finished up the video-watching with a play of the bike stunt video I posted a few days ago, and then he went to bed.

Len's cousin Fred, my sister's son (yes, like Ebenezer Scrooge, I have a "nephew Fred"), is a total fanboy of Len. He follows him around all the time, grins hugely even when he just sees a picture of Len, etc.

My sister just emailed me this:

"Lennon"

Fred just said his first correctly pronounced word- with the "L" and two distinct syllables :) ( Read more... )