We don't have any fields to sow but why not have LT help out with some of the more modern day work tasks? He seems to do well with a little filing (above). Maybe I can teach him to write software and, better yet, attending meetings! I wonder why no one has thought of this already?
And really, as long as he's happy, what's the harm? Having a job builds character!
Sofi came over to play the other day, much to LT's delight.
LT tried several times to steal her passie even though it was clipped securely to her shirt. Funny thing is that he hasn't even used one for several months - but when he saw that Sofi had one, he had to get it from her.
LT also tried to grab and pull Sofi's hair (again) but this time Kar was expecting it and acted quickly to thwart the attack.
Sofi, LT, Kari, me, Hailie and Bowen all went on a walk. It was a little cold outside and Sofi didn't have a jacket with her so wore LT's. It was huge on her and LT seems pretty pleased about her having it on.
Most readers likely know who Sofi is by now but if not, this post about My Brother's Bar has some of the back story.
Although now that I look at that picture it seems we suffered some collateral damage during dinner in the form of one missing sock.
It is party time!
And when the party slows down a bit, I know it's time to wrap things up. We get out, dry off, get a clean diapie, put on some 'calming' baby lotion, and then into our dino-jams and off to bed.
According to the 'page view' statistics provided by the advertising on the blog, the posts about "all day daddy daycare (ADDD parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7)" drew the most visitor traffic in one day that the blog had ever seen up to that point. I appreciate all of you readers out there tunning in to track my progress into uncharted teritory (uncharted for me anyway) - I assume you were all on the edge of your seats all day and fully expecting to be whiteness to my my demise. Somehow, however, me and LT made it thought the day relatively unscathed and, mercifully, Kari's didn't have to report for her second full day at work which would have been the weekend before last. Tonight, however, I wasn't so lucky - Kar is working from 3PM - 10PM tonight which leaves LT, the dogs and I home alone to fend for ourselves.
Looks like they played with some blocks and built towers. Z is analyzing a star.
Shawn has a play table, but the boys seem to be more interested in the legs of the table when they are taken off rather than the actual play part.
First Z took a nap at our house (Landon doesn't really like to be held while he is sleeping, so this was an extra treat for me!). Shawn and Albert didn't know it, but we were going to put their son to work while they were out having fun so Z needed to rest beforehand.
Z needed to get some stuff done on the computer (and tell his mom and dad that he was fine and not to worry).
He then had over an hour of labeling and stamping to do.
Sarah and Joss, LT and mom, Mia and Anna.
Shawn and Z (Z is eyeing that glass, as far as I know, he wasn't able to actually steal any wine that day, but you never know with little Z, he might have had a taste when his mom wasn't looking).
This balloon was given to Mia by her grandfather but LT didn't waste a moment grabbing it to 're-gift' it and pretend he'd brought it special for her.
Undoubtedly Mia saw though LT's poor attempt at chivalry but she still seemed to appreciate the effort (misguided as it may have been).
Always the fashion diva, Mia expressed some concern over LT's choice to wear white socks with his brown lion shoes and brown pants. Unfortunately for LT, with me as the primary male role model in his life, he's pretty much screwed in this regard.
She also straightened up his dog sweatshirt a bit to make sure he looked presentable. Again, the poor guy doesn't have much hope here thanks to me - if it wasn't for Kari, I'd probably leave the house everyday with my fly undone and my pants tucked into my socks.
Poor LT is parallelized with nervous fear as Mia gets a little closer. Better than many of his encounters with the ladies but not exactly Don Juan either.
Apparently being gentle is a lesson that is applicable to more than just interacting with the dogs. LT is shocked and surprised when Kari intervenes to stop him from smacking Mia on the head.
This week LT had tofu for the first time and even seemed to like it. I have to admit (hate to admit?) that I do eat tofu myself. However, I don't think I had my first taste of the stuff until I was 25 and, if not for Kari, I probably would never have tried it at all. But here is LT, not even a year old, and he's eating tofu. I know I've already used the blog as a forum to present a few conspiracy theories (purple blueberries and baby terrorists to name a few) but I can't help but think this whole baby tofu thing is bigger than just little LT - perhaps part of the vast far left wing agenda*. I can't prove it but I'm pretty sure Peter, the suspect looking vegan who sits near me on the rare occasions I go into he office, is somehow involved in this tofuspiracy.
Z catching some much needed sleep on the bed.
LT admiring his fans.
The crew that showed up for the bath time.
For months now we've been anticipating the arrival of LT's first tooth. From some of the older babies who'd already gotten their first teeth we'd heard stories of some difficult nights leading up to the big event. So we were trying to prepare for the worst with some morbid humor and told LT that we were ready for the big "all night toothers is coming party." Fortunately for us, however, it never happened. On Sunday morning at The Market we noticed that his front right bottom tooth had broken through the skin - and he'd even slept well the night before! I declared that our Sunday morning coffee trip was the official "the toothers came party" - a welcome alternative to the all night event we'd been anticipating.
of his life. We have been talking about going for about a month now, but with Landon's irregular sleep schedule and Brian's regular coffee schedule (immediately when he wakes up), the timing hasn't worked out. However, on Sunday, we convinced Zack to wake up at the same time as Landon and bring his parents down to enjoy some coffee and discuss plans to go to Mexico together. Landon enjoyed it so much that he planned his sleeping to be able to go again Monday morning with Brian (he would work and we would read the newspaper and climb on the chair). Here are a few pictures from our mornings at The Market.
LT is trying to get Z's attention.
When all else fails - just give him a good hard yank!
