Singing the Blues

Lately, Heather and I have been singing children's tunes to help Isaac calm down and go to sleep at night. Heather and I will both be the first people to admit that we were not blessed with good singing abilities but my confidence took another hit recently when I was attempting to put Isaac to sleep with a soothing rendition of Twinkle, Twinkle little star. Isaac rolled over and I thought to myself, "Awe, he wants to see his daddy singing him a song." That is when he reached out and put a hand over my mouth to stop my signing. Man, even a 18 month old child doesn't like my singing. He has since done the same thing to Heather so I don't feel quite so bad.

Party Animal

One day we noticed that we hadn't heard Isaac making noise for about five minutes which normally means trouble. We found him in our bedroom, with a bottle of wine, going through my wallet. He had money and one of my credit cards in his hand when we found him. This does not bode well for the teenage Isaac.

What? I was just gathering the necessities.

Fun in the Snow

We are at the Grandparents house getting ready to take Stanley for a walk and Isaac for a sled ride. Its hard to see here but he was eating the snow.

Here he is on the sled that I used to ride as a kid. He enjoyed the ride but he started to fall asleep toward the end and we had to catch him numerous times as he feel asleep and started to fall off the sled. It was quite funny.

Fun with Sour Cream

Isaac has recently been on a condiment binge. Before, if you put anything on his food he wouldn't eat it. Now, we have the opposite problem. If we don't put ketchup, sour cream, or hummus on his food he ignores it. He also tends to lick the ketchup or hummus off the food and just use the food item as a spoon to put more of the condiment into his mouth. Here are some pictures of him attacking a small cup of sour cream.

Yum, I like sour cream.

I don't think I can fit anymore in my mouth.

Ooo, this is tasty and fun.

Lets see if I can get any more out of this cup if I use both hands.

Chucky E. Cheese

Motto: Where a kid can play with filthy toys in a room that is 128 degrees.

We thought it would be fun to take Isaac to Chuck E Cheese on a cold winter Friday night. So did 150 other parents. The place was packed and it quickly turned into a heat box. It made me think of the boxes they put Navy seals in during the summer months for training.

The test...I used to (and still do) hate Barney with a passion. It started in middle school when he was at his most popular and in every commercial. I always feared that one of my kids would like Barney and I would be forced to watch and or listen to Barney shows. Isaac had his first exposure to Barney and.... he could have cared less. Yeah me!

Isaac driving with Bob the Builder.

Isaac loved being behind a plastic wall. He put his mouth on the wall. God only knows how many kids that done the same thing. I think all kids need a tetanus shot after they go to a place like this.

A game where you pretended to call someone. Isaac really enjoyed this game.

Here he is trying to take the receiver with him.

That is when the temper broke out. When he reached the end of the chord and it pulled back he decided to let the machine know who is boss. Here he is about to hit the machine with the phone.

Then he dropped the phone and washed his hands of the whole thing.

He was absolutely enthralled with the animatronics. I think he was trying to decide if he liked them or if he should run away screaming. I have to admit, those things are a little creepy, especially when some of their parts don't work.

Jackpot, he loved pulling the handle on this game.

Daddy's Boots

Isaac put my boots on and was attempting to walk but was unable to lift them off the ground. On the plus side, he was also unable to fall over as the boots were heavy enough to keep him upright.
Yummy, spaghetti. I think he had more fun attempting to eat it then he actually got nutritional value from it.

Vacation Prep

We were starting to gather things for our upcoming vacation in Florida. Isaac was helping us unpack as fast as we could pack. He finally found his aqua socks, so he wore them around the house for the rest of the day.

Don't they go great with my red monkey PJ's?

Stiff Neck

So this is why I wake up with a stiff neck and bruises on my Adam's apple! Isaac's feet are exactly were my face is supposed to be, so after getting kicked in the face for the 20th time in ten minutes I decided to document the offender. I know what your saying "Why not just put him parallel to you and your troubles would be gone." If it was only that simple. The second I put him parallel he does this ninja move where he walks up my chest until his feet reach my face, then he proceeds to kick me until he finally hits a sensitive spot and I either fall out of bed or just get up in the morning. I can tell you what, getting kicked in the nose is one of the worse ways to wake up in the morning. Second only to a groin shot.

Isaac loves vacuum cleaners...as long as they are off. Here he is in a basket, taking apart the vacuum.

Mechanic Isaac checking under the hood to see what is the problem. Hmmm, seems there is a toy are in here instead of an engine. Guess me and my trusty rain boots will have to provide the thrust.

Look mom, no hands.

Pure Entertainment

BUSTED! Caught red handed removing Christmas ornaments. But it is hard to be mad when he isn't wearing any pants and is wearing rain boots.

Look, I put a cheerio in my ear. I am hilarious!