Dad Enters the 21st Century

Dad enjoying the wonders of a tab.

I Can Dress Myself

It was one of those days when I had a million things to do and a million things seemed to be happening to prevent me from doing them.  I'm not sure what led to William having to change clothes.  He probably went "tinkles" in his pants for the umpteenth time.  I told him to go change and that,  "yes he could play outside", but not in th,e "red dirt", as we like to say.  We live in a new subdivision, and the lot next to us is undeveloped.  William loves digging in the dirt, or I should say clay.  However, it had rained for several days hence the "no red dirt" command. 

After finally getting Katie and myself ready for a quick dash to the store during her "happy" time, I went to load up William.  See below for what I found.  Oh, the "red dirt" is about the most elevated spot in the subdivision.  I'm sure he must have brought a smile to the face of at least one of the many construction workers there that day. 

Oh No It's the Elephant!

I find the following video to be hilarious for several reasons. One of which is that it encapsulates an experience that I'm sure will be played out over and over in the course of our lives as parents. We will think we have discovered the perfect toy, activity, book, event, friend, etc. and eagerly bring William in on the find, only to discover that far from finding it to be a perfect fit our son finds it to be completely the opposite. And, despite seeking to understand, we will be utterly baffled by his insistence to defy all reason, logic, common sense…

We, that is Russ and I, were so excited to get this toy! I had been looking for some fun toys for William and came across this one. It seemed great in that it had a lot of things to hold his interest and it also helped develop some hand eye coordination. I’d been anxiously awaiting this toy since I’d ordered it and it came on the perfect day-Saturday, so even Russ could get in on the fun.




After we took the elephant head off, he really liked. He plays with it quite a lot and he especially likes the balls, so all is not lost.