I finished playing the Force Unleashed last night. I think that's the first time I've managed to play a full video game since I had kids. Yay! It was in one or two hour intervals over several weeks but hey ( Read more... )

Xander now has sheets on his bed. He's always slept just on a covered mattress with a blanket ... mostly since he isn't that interested in the blanket and kicks it off. But we decided to go for it ( Read more... )

I heard a guy on NPR this morning talking to his grown son as part of their "StoryCore" thing. He said something about how when he saw people walking with their small children that he missed those days so much he almost gets choked up ( Read more... )

Xander loves penguins. And therefore he loves the movie Madagascar. It's a fairly cute little movie, featuring a side plot of evil penguins. So we figured what the heck, and Sunday we took him to the movie theater to see Madagascar II. We got him a little popcorn and soda, and went into the theater. (Piper was home with a babysitter ( Read more... )

The library showcase was yesterday. That was a pretty interesting experience ( Read more... )

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A different post for more normal pictures. Not as AWESOME as Trooper Xander, of course. These are pictures from Halloween up until now.

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Let's start with the most awesome one first. The one so awesome that the WORLD must see and share. Xander as a Stormtrooper.


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Xander went to bed pretty well last night. He was a bit upset that Mommy wasn't there (she was out partying with her mom at a Neil Diamond concert that was evidently the awesome) but overall was fine ( Read more... )

The boy has been pretty decent at this potty training. Not perfect, but not bad ( Read more... )