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With my little eye..
On the way to school in the morning, Chase likes to play "I Spy". It's a short drive, but at this point we've spied pretty much all there is to spy between our house and his school, so the turns go pretty fast, and we can get a lot in.
"Ispywithmylittleeyesomethingthatstartswith S!" (Chase doesn't like to dilly-dally with the part of the sentence ( Read more... ) -
Disney trip photos!
Only a month after the fact; though in my defense, there was an intervening computer replacement. :)
You can find them here:
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Connor's Dance
Last Friday I stayed home from work with a cold (which I still have), but Connor had his heart set on going to a school dance that evening, so I took him ( Read more... ) -
The language of playtime.
So the kids are playing pretend a lot lately. It's indoors, but still more active than watching TV or playing video games, so I'm all for it ( Read more... ) -
Yikes.
I had a weird dream last night where I was watching a space battle. That in itself wasn't weird, as I'd been reading Weber's Honor Harrington books. But then a new ship showed up, and a crewman said "That's an Auror ship ( Read more... ) -
Dahl-eks
While reading Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator to Connor, it occurred to me that at least the first few chapters are very reminiscent of Doctor Who, with Wonka as the Doctor and the titular elevator as the TARDIS. Since the Doctor had been on television for almost a decade when the book was written, I have to wonder if Dahl wasn't influenced ( Read more... ) -
Vacation accomplishments
Summary of the tech assistance supplied by me during our trip to parents' for Thanksgiving:- Unpacked their new (first) digital camera; instructed Dad in the use thereof.
- Installed memory card reader on Dad's Mac for use with above camera.
- Set up their voice mail; instructed in the use thereof.
- Explained operation of their new cordless phones
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Jody's Princess Party
Jody's parents were in town and wanted to have a belated observation of Jody's birthday (which was at the end of July). Her mother asked Connor what kind of party Mommy would like, and he said "She's a girl, so a princess party!" So we threw Jody a Princess Party! Click the pic below for more photographic evidence. :)
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Connor's first day of school!
Jody's blogging about it even as I type this over at mightybear. Plus we have pictures (click the one below to see the whole set)!
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