Put your toddler to work

When the leaf blower gets to be too much work, delegate...

Arrrrrrrrrr!

Last night our church had its fall festival...Trunk or Treat. Nathan dressed up as a pirate this year because we could not find a Stormtrooper outfit in his size (his first choice - and he was specific too - not a clone trooper but a STORM trooper) Okay, Mr. Star Wars Purist! Anyway, we had a great time, despite the rain coming in heavy about 3/4 way into the night. I was busy helping out with registration, but I did get to float a round and see some of the goings-on. Early indications seem to show that despite the rain we probably doubled last year's numbers, we're not sure.

Photo Shoot 2009

Every year around the little guy's birthday, we try to take him for a photo-shoot. This year was no exception. The pictures truned out really good, as indicated above. We, like last year, bought the release from the studio so that we could legally post them on the web to share with others. Nathan has learned how to "fake-smile" which he tried to get by with in some of the photos. We were able to get him to put on the real deal for a few of them though. Our favorite is the one seated indian-style with the sepia edges. I hope you enjoy these. He's really growing up!

Nathan's G.I.Joe Review

After seeing his dad watch many Transformers toy reviews on youtube, the little guy wanted to get into the act. Our original webcam mic was broken, so we got out the clunky headset, which actually makes the little guy look like a tv pitchman. This is actually the second take. The first was a review of some Transformers figures, but it got a little long-winded and out cat Hunter blocked the view much of the time. If I can get that edited, I may put that on here as well, too.

And yes I'm the mayor........

Cool shades

Because of Nathan's eyes being dialated, he got the "cool" sunshades to wear after leaving the doctor. He got a good report overall, though. Maybe just a bit far-sighted. We'll go back in a year to follow-up.

Dialation

Looks like the dialation drops are taking effect. We're at the pediatric eye doctor in Charlotte today for a checkup. A few years ago Nathan had signs of a little bit of a lazy eye, but it seems to be corrected now. We just got back from the dialation drops being put in. The little guy is not a fan of drops. It was funny. He tried to diplomatically talk the nurse out of giving them to him. He said something like "You know, I don't like eye drops." and then "I like the older kind oif drops better. I don't want these. "