Someone to Watch Over Me!

This isn't the best picture of Indy, but i liked the way his Dad's Army photograph showed up on the wall behind him, like his Dad is watching over him.

We were pretty busy this day. I had to babysit both the neighbors little girl and Zac for a couple hours while Zac's regular babysitter went on some errands. Later in the day we took Indy's aunt Moo shopping to all the local department stores while we searched for a video game called guitar hero. We had no luck finding it, but the hunt continues.

Mr. Innocent

Indiana has perfected the "I am SO innocent" look. He can be HOLDING the evidence in his grubby little hand and look up at me like "I didn't unplug the lamp". He has a thing about cords. He likes to unplug them from the wall. He also likes to hold the vacuum cleaner's cord while I use it. He is nothing if not helpful.

The thing he is sitting on here is another one of those serious deals I am so fond of. Our local Fred Meyer department store has a sale going on with an additional 40% off of the lowest clearance price. So, we got this 30 dollar plush sleeping bag (complete with dog head and feet attached) for just twelve dollars! The top cover is a side closure velcro deal so it is totally child safe! And as bonus... He loves it.

Double Cheese Burger and Fries, Please.

Perhaps I was hasty when I decided not to get Indiana into modeling. He could seriously be the new poster child for Wendy's restaurants, or McDonalds, or Burger King, or Dairy Queen... The list goes on.

His aunt Moo went out and got herself a burger and brought him some fries. He ate his fries, and her burger. Now we just have to teach him napkin etiquette to get that little bit of mustard in the corner of his mouth.

Wacky Bear

I was just over at one of my favorite blogs and she was telling about the Wacky Bear, and how it is traveling the world for a friends school project. Its a neat idea. Go check out Telfair's Blog to read more about this great educational bear!

I know it is ten days into the new year, but I would also recommend dropping by Dakota's Blog and saying Happy New Year to brother duck!

A-OK!

Indy went to the doctor today to get checked out to be sure he was all better. He got give Dr. Bartlett's seal of approval and is officially all healed!

The doc said Indy is looking great; energetic, healthy (20lbs 11 oz) and very happy!

10k

Thank you to everyone who visits us, we made 10, 000 + hits!

Sure, it isn't ten thousand different people. BUT...
I am just stunned by ten thousand clicks on Indy's page.

We are very proud!
We have made some wonderful new blog friends in the process, too.

Here is to ten thousand more!!

Wolf!

What Is Your Animal Personality?
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I got this quiz from over at Caroline's Thoughts. No one who knows me could be to surprised with these results!

Big Ole' Box-O-Toys!

Indy's big box that we keep in the living room was very tall. I chopped it down (badly) and now it is at a level where Indy can sit in front of it and pull everything out. He likes that.

I will get around to getting him a plastic tub for his living room toys one of these days. I have just been lazy about it. Now, however, the sheer ugliness of the box might force me back to wal-mart.

Play us a song, Mr. Piano-Man.

Buzz Bee Toys (hk) has created a wonderful "baby classics piano" which Indy really enjoys. We picked it up at wal-mart yesterday. It has 8 keys which play a full octave with just his touch. If he presses the piano symbol it will play a nice Mozart Melody.

I love it because I think it makes him look Shroeder from the old Peanuts cartoon strip.

Official Cookie Taster

Our local grocery (Albertson's) is a wonderful place. I have no idea why we went today. Okay I do know, we needed eggs. We came home with cool whip, vanilla ice cream, root-beer, and a bunch of bananas. I digress.
The bakery at Albertson's will hand out free cookies to children, if they are cute. I admit it, they give cookies to the homely ones, too. Indiana went to the store in his official capacity (He wears the shirt like a uniform; like a badge of honor!)

Honestly, he loves cookies. He eats them. He crumbles them. He throws them like frisbees. Had anyone so desired, they could have followed his trail of cookie pieces thru the store from the bakery, through produce, around the dairy case, past the wine section, and up to register two, where our favorite check out guy awaited us. Is it sad that even the grocery clerk thinks Indiana is growing much to big much to fast!?!

Best Blond Joke Ever!

Moo Alex turned me on to this, the Best Blond Joke Ever

we laughed so hard!

Brush My Hair, Please!?!

I just love this expression. We had gotten out of the bath and into our pajamas, but had yet to brush our hair. He decided to roam around a bit before he came up and inquired of me, not whether he could get his hair brushed or not, but how much of my cookie he could weasel out of me. However, we eventually got all of his silky blond hair dried and brushed and he was free to go .

Once we finished, he crawled around in search of cookie crumbs in the carpet. Not french frys from lunch nor cookie crumbs from desert nor Cherrios from breakfast that have fallen upon the floor are safe from the roaming, nibbling bandit! I will admit, my housekeeping prowess is proven by the fact that at least what he finds on the carpet to munch on is (usually) from today.

Refrigeration:

The Lobster Messiah, affectionately known in these parts as "tlm", recommended this on his blog. I played it. I LOVE this. I will never ever again get anything accomplished. Click Here to waste the next half hour of your life in delightful "fridge letter" bliss.

(I have had a few questions about this. I will tell ya what I know... Chose your language, then when it loads you will see a bunch of letters moving around... The idea is this: the screen is a giant fridge with letters on it for you to form words and phrases; other people are attempting to do the same thing. Stealing letters from one another is preferred. Generally being goofy is required. I am easy to entertain.)

Indy's Toy Recommendation!

Indiana is NOT a "sitting still" kind of child. He is loud and active; busy all of the time. Getting this child to sit still long enough to cut his nails doesn't always happen. Unfortunately his little nails get SHARP when they get long and he will inadvertently scratch himself. So, for now we have a little "ouch" on the side of his face, under his eye.

I await his next nap with the nail clippers at the ready.

Anyways, this is a great toy he is playing with. It is a big plastic wagon filled with brightly colored oversized blocks. I LOVE this toy and so does Indy! It has no flashing lights, no computerized sounds, and no batteries. He will crawl around dragging it behind him, or stand up holding on to the back and walk behind it as it rolls across the carpet, yelling out his joy to get my attention. He will haul out every block and merrily toss them all over the room, or he will pull out just one block and chew it happily for several minutes, taking time out only to chatter delightedly at me!

I am not a toy reviewer nor am I a toy salesperson. I do, however, know what we like, and we like this toy a lot!

I'm Batman!

I have always had faith in my favorite actor's ability to make a really bad film. Last night, on a cable channel numbered higher than I can count (with my shoes on) was Val Kilmer, playing the worst "Batman", ever. I love Val, but 5 minutes of that movie was 20 minutes too much.

Our Indy, as a defender of Gotham, is ever bit as cute as Val, but his lines ("da da da" and "ma ma ma") are more inspiring than any ever written for the Batman movies, most especially "Batman 3, the curse of the atrociously bad sequel"!

Indy is currently stretching his language skills. We often hear him chattering "da da da da da". He will call his dad "da da" but then turn around and call his stuffed gator "da da", too. He has started "mama" recently, as well.

His newest word?

"duck duck"

Melody

Every now and then the spirit of my best friend enters me.

I get the irresistible urge to curl up with a plate full of pizza rolls.

YUMMY!

Thanks, Melody!

The 26 footed centipede

Caution... If cursing offends you, just enjoy the picture.

There are some toys that appeal to boys of all ages. Unbelievably, this bug is one. Leap Frog puts out this cute little bug with 26 feet brightly colored in yellows, greens, reds, and blues. Each foot is labeled with a different letter. There are several settings. One setting plays a different song for every foot (this is the setting that Indiana prefers); Another setting names the colors, another the letter.

Then there is the FUN setting.

Brother Duck and also friend Daniel enjoy this OTHER setting. And I am just low brow enough to admit that I, too, laughed quite a bit over the antics! This setting makes the letter sound. So when you press the F then the U then the K you should get .... Yeah, you don't. The little bug will giggle and say "that tickles" before pronouncing the K. How, you wonder, do I know this? Because 13 year old brother spent 30 minutes trying to get this bug to cuss. Later that same evening, 23 year old friend (and bosses son) spent 45 more minutes also attempting to shake a curse word loose from the smiling orange caterpillar. Eventually they had to settle for the one curse word they could get out of it (which was Shit). You also can not make it say ass; not even jackass. I should not KNOW this kind of thing. Now, I do wonder, how many of you are going to be in the local department store making the bug say" shit"!?!?!

So, I learned something this week.
What is that you ask!?!
I learned that Boys really are the same at 23 as they are at 13, just bigger.

Alcoholism is not something to joke about

My first rant of the new year...

Christmas was barely a week ago, why then, am I already ready to remove batteries from more than half of Indy's new toys?

he will, yet, drive me to drink!

A More Refined Palate

Teeth are a wonderful thing. Indiana has two now, which is two more than his grandma donkey.

One of the really fun things is that Indy can eat lots more kinds of food. Sure, he gets applesauce and pin wheels and things like that, but now he gets chicken nuggets/tenders and fish sticks and French fries and pizza rolls and all manner of pastry and ice cream and cookies! It is so fun to watch him eat and experience new flavors and textures. He likes everything, including pickles and bread and spaghetti (not the baby spaghetti, but the real kind I make)!

Happy New Year

A little bit of alcohol, a few friends, and some wonderful illegal fireworks.... That's our holiday.

Happy New Year, everyone!