Alex February 13th, 2008
Mommy and Daddy decided that it was time for me to start doing some chores around the house. So I helped Mommy with the dishes after dinner tonight.
Mommy says I was big help!
I have to go. I need to vacuum my bedroom now!
Alex February 12th, 2008
Mommy and I had a snow day today. Actually, I was supposed to go to daycare late (it didn’t close), but Mommy’s government office was closed. Your tax dollars at work. This meant I got to spend the day with Mommy and I even got to try out my snow suit and boots. That snow was awfully crunchy! Here are some pictures…
Daddy April 22nd, 2007
All of you with children know that bedtime can be quite an adventure. Sometimes you will get the sleepyhead that falls right asleep. Other times you’ll find yourself with an ornery little rascal that won’t sit still. You just never know what you are going to get.
One of Mommy’s techniques for calming Alex down is using the tried and true method of reading him a bedtime story. Sometimes though, it backfires and just gets him wound up even more. That’s what happened this night as Mommy read Alex The Grouchy Ladybug. I heard the giggles all the way downstairs and had to get it on tape. Excuse the video quality, but I didn’t want them to know that I was filming them.
Mommy February 6th, 2007
Mommy got to come home from work early today because of the snow, so she thought she should take Alex out to show him what it was all about.
Here we are before:
During:
And after our little outing:
Mommy must have looked funny carrying Alex down the middle of the street in blustery snow, because one lady peeked her head out of her door to ask if we were ok! We were fine, Mommy’s just a little crazy!
P.S. How about those Indianapolis Colts? :)
Daddy January 28th, 2007
Whenever you are down and you need a pick me up, just do what Alex does and dance, Dance, DANCE!
Alex loves to stand now. He gets quite upset at times when we won’t help him get up. We keep telling him that he needs to learn to crawl before he can walk. He tells us not to waste our time with such old, tired clichés. He’s not even talking yet and already he’s smarting off to his parents. Usually when he gets up into the standing position, he looks a lot like Elvis, or at least a young Forrest Gump teaching Elvis how to dance.
He’s also trying to walk a lot now. He’s working his way around furniture slowly, and invariably the second you take your hand out of catching mode, he falls to the ground. But if he isn’t willing to crawl first, then he’s going to have to take his lumps going the hard way.
One other note about the video, you’ll notice that Alex’s ultra-hip mom is already teaching the young lad some classic 70s disco tunes. It won’t be long before he’s wearing white leisure suits and strutting down the street like John Travolta.