Me and my shadow

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Duke has discovered his shadow, and I think it's his new best friend. I mean, who doesn't love a shadow? They will do just about anything you want to do, and you can't ever be lonely. However, it is kind of hard to share your toys with it, or talk to it, or even know what kind of mood it's in since you can't see it's face. But for narcissistic 1 year olds, I guess that doesn't matter as much as having a captive audience, be it willing or not!

Animal of the day: "Dillo" (arma, that is). And for your info, they can fit inside a cinder block. Well, their front half anyway. And apparently their tails look like a snake. To a one year old that is.
Joke of the day: "Knock, knock, knock. Who's there? Daddy. Daddy who? Mamma!"
If you get it, please enlighten me. I'm going to see if my shadow wants to fold the laundry with me.

Rain, rain go away

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

We're now in day 2 of Tropical Storm Fay. Over 12 inches of rain have fallen, but fortunately other than that it seems to be relatively mild. We are so thankful our power is on after having suffered that in 2004! However, it does get a little trying being locked inside all day with a little boy who want to go "siiie, siiie". Our car can't get through the water, so Darrell took the truck today and almost didn't make it. Last night he had to stop while a family of ducks swam across the road. Here's a clip of what used to be the entry road to our subdivison...

We'll be off to Nonni's in a bit to do some baking and change our scenery. Thank God she lives so close!!!

Extinction

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Usually a negative word associated with animal species. In our case: a necessary and painful method of solving a new sleep problem. It would seem that someone has decided that he doesn't want to go to bed. And so he screams until we come in, at which point he promptly stops and starts chanting "book, book, book". He had our number. Until today, at which point there will be no "positive reinforcement" (i.e. we ignore the screaming) and he will eventually (I hope he's a quick learner) realize that no one is coming to read him more books until the morning.
I plan on spending my evenings on the pool deck- it's the only place you can't hear him. Pity the neighbors.