Earth Science Fun

Whilst browsing the Dollar Spot at Target, Maureen and I noticed these little santa and snowman planters. Last week, John and I planted the seeds. In only a week, you can see the fruits of our labor. More grass is growing every day and John is just so excited every morning when we look at the new blades that have sprung up over night.

Methinks He's Trying To Be A Conductor

I wonder if they'll put up signs around the city that say Electrico like when Gustavo Dudhamel took over from Esa Pekka Salonen.

Froggy Goes for a Walk

I purchased this froggy well over a year ago. I was on a Melissa and Doug kick and saw this at Tuesday Morning in Simi Valley. John just rediscovered it and decided to take it for a walk as we were heading to Grammy's house today.

Johnny Gets in the Spirit

He may be wearing a Grumpy shirt, but he's already in the Jingle Bells Spirit.

Someone Is A Bit Of A Boss

Nicholas enjoys sharing his birthday presents with his John. Unfortunately, John tends to think that Nicholas' gifts are his and that baby has to ask John for permission. Listen to John tell Nicholas to be nice. I think it should be the other way around. Don't you?

Someone Ruined His Brother's Birthday Dinner Last Night

He may have a sweet smile, but he's a bit of a devil. Last night, he was in quite a mood. We stopped into Village Pizzeria for a nice early dinner. Guess who didn't want to sit still and eat? No, Nicholas was excited to be eating the ravioli. Our John kept on screaming and saying that he wanted to go for ice cream. Needless to say, we didn't have ice cream at 31 Flavors, but we did buy him a cupcake at Crumbs. We couldn't be mean and give a cupcake to Nicholas and have John crying. That would be criminal.

The Handy Man

John is quite good when it comes to tools. He loves to play with a screw driver. He'll climb under a toy and tinker with it as if he is fixing something. He gets so excited that he does his happy/excited dance.

The Caillou Effect

John really loves watching Caillou. Maureen and others don't like Caillou, but I like to watch it with John. Anyway, there is an episode of Caillou where he is afraid of the dark. John loves to watch this episode. He's not scared of the dark like Caillou, but he likes to watch Caillou talk about the Scratchy Monster that turns out to be a tree branch. The other night, he hadn't fallen asleep when he cried out, "Daddy! Daddy!" Being the sucker that I am, I went in and he said, "There are monsters." I told him, "No, there aren't and go to sleep." Sure enough, he fell asleep in no time.

Sunday in the Park

As you know, John is quite fond of going to the park. He loves to play at the fountains, but he also likes to go to the PLB putting green to take a few whacks with his clubs. I used to want him to be a soccer star, but maybe he'll do quite well as a golfer? It's worked out quite well for Tiger Woods...well on second thought, maybe he can be like Calvin Peete, a nice boring professional.

It's Been A While

Sorry for the delay, but things have been crazy in our neck of the woods. John is as delightful as ever and he has a new obsession: Flashlights. He sleeps with three of them. He's not scared of the dark or anything. He just wants to hold onto the flashlights. I don't get it either, but he seems to be ok with the extra light. He gets rather upset if I take them away.