When you decide to have a child in your forties as
para_cynic and I have done, you have to start grooming them early to take over the heavy work. Dammit, we're old! (OMG! What the hell were we THINKING!?!?* Seriously, we have friends our age who are grandparents!)
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OMG!
para_cynic's feet!
That crackling sound you hear is freezing rain. Welcome to the frozen North, kid.
Oh, and that boo-boo on his upper lip is a library injury. That damn book shelf came right up and bit him! Warn your loved ones!
*We were thinking: "Jeebus, we're OLD. We better have a kid before we're OLDER!" Hey, there are worse reasons to have a kid.