Great waist of 6 minutes

if you have 6 minutes to waist, and love the vampire stories going round, this is well worth the look.

family get together

The past two weekends we have been hanging out with family, here are some pics of the boy and his cousins and two grandmothers.

A busy may

so May is come and gone already, wich is good in some ways, but man can time fly.
Here is a quick summmery of what we were up to last month.

Derby party, mothers day, ducks, parks, hiking, haircuts and swimming pool. In no specific order. Lets see if you can match the pictures with the events.

good joke

I heard a good joke yesterday, it goes to the "tune" of "knock-knock"

xavier: "uh-oh"
dad: "what"
xavier: "where'd go"
dad: "where'd who go" (or...where'd go who)
xavier: "off"
followed by a little boy laughing

repeat... for about 30 minutes.


more picture to follow later, including the great hair cuts, that is all three of us.

Happy Mothers day

SO we have had an eventful month, as i precluded to in the last post. We went to Florida for a week, went to the beach and the pool. We also have had a few family type get togethers at our house, and today for mothers day we went down to the canal and walked around and had a rocking lunch. Here are some pics.

I Can not wait!!

first, sorry about the no posts latly, we have been busy and i will fill you all in soon... Trip to florida, the pool, the beach, fun pictures and all.

but for now,
Call me a nerd if you want, but i can not wait until this show is on TV. It look fracking hilarious. I have a hard time fast forwarding through the commercials on the dvr when i am watching a fox show, that is how excited i am. Here is the full length trailor.

seweing, yard work, and eggs

SO this weekend has been nice, at least weather wise, the sun has been out, but the wind has been cold.
three picture groups to talk about...
i started a new thread ball, with some help from the boy

We worked the garden, and x got muddy.



we looked for some eggs inside.




and outside





and went for a push on the bike.

that is what we have been up to, how about you??

ph and here are some videos of...

the egg hunt,


and the bike ride,

funny video

He loves his cookies

interesting week

SO we have had a very interesting week, and i am ready for the drama to be over.

last weekend was great, Tim came to visit, down from Chicago, on Friday, and on Sunday we went out to see great gma boots, and my mom in K3. (pics to follow)
Then on the way home disaster struck. My car broke down about 60 miles from home. We had to get towed in. AAA was wonderful in the expediency of the process but horrible in listening to the fact that i had a 17 month old with me and would need accommodations for me and a car seat. When the tow got there, he looked at me as if i was a loon wanting two seat belts and was a second from asking me why a could not hold him in my lap. anyway, a very uncomfortable hour and a half later we were home. The next day i had baby transport/car seat issues again when trying to get to the repair shop and back. Well three days and a substantial amount of money later i get my car back the day before i we are about to get my house lifted (another long a painful story)
Well, now the lifting people are here and are concerned because we have a "steady stream" of clear water coming from our foundation, and no one knows where it is coming from. The side of our house that is having issues is the garage side which does not have basement under it, has no water pipes near it, and is on the opposite side of the house then where our well or our sewer system is located. So the plan right now is to dig out the foundation, pump it for an hour, and let it set over night (during which it is scheduled to storm) before raising the house. In the hope that the water will go away or at least stop flowing in a "steady stream." On top of that Arthur is due for his annual vet visit next week, with lots of shots, and lots of money due, along with a pediatrician appointment and a trip to Florida booked...
if only it were august.

now for what you want, the pictures.

a couple pictures

So before we get into the pictures... dose my son like sports?
I pose this question becouse 1)I am not a huge fan, and 2)I know the answer and it is yes.
We have some friends with children around the age of X, when we visit them or talk to them, the tend to go on about the latest noggin show,or playhouse Disney show, or the new children music CD that their little one is in to.
Xavier will not sit still for them. Bright colors, Children singing, slap stick comedy, none of these things interest him. However, if you turn on sports, he stops dead in his tracks. As i am typing this, he has spent the last 30 minutes watching golf. He claps, and cheers and rolls around. and when they focus on the golf ball, he points at the TV and yells ball. The same thing has happened in the past with tennis, hockey, basketball, almost any sport that i happen to pause on. it is all very weird.

oh and his other big like is Wheel of fortune

now for the pictures

At the zoo

Cooking with dad