Gone for a Dip
Well, we are in the midst of a bad drought spanning several years here in the North Carolina Piedmont. Our local recreational lake (yes, we have our own recreational lake in Mebane) is rather low as a result. In any case, my brother and I took the kids up there to the park Saturday while Paul was working, and Jay and Isaac were very excited to see all the water. Isaac was a little bit TOO excited, if you ask me, because he headed down to the lakeshore where Todd and Jay were and, gathering momentum on his descent into what used to be part of the lake, didn't stop until Todd caught him by the waist and his face was underwater (for a split second). As you can imagine, this was not what he had anticipated, and I got to hold the soggy muddy toddler and comfort him in his whatever (I'm not sure whether it was distress or disappointment, but his feelings were strong). In any case, once he was comforted, he headed right back to the lake and waded in (again it was Todd who retrieved him). Crazy tiny boy!

And on a completely unrelated note, for what is probably the first time in our marriage, both our football teams (the Redskins and the Lions) are 2-0! Wow!!

Labels: boys, Football, summer

- posted by Gary @ 11:33 PM |

 
Negativism, or That's My Boy!
May as well go with a Rocky-and-Bullwinkle-esque title when you can. So Isaac was practicing saying "no" at the dinner table tonight, and Paul saw an opportunity.

"Isaac, do you like the Cowboys?"
"No no no"
"Isaac, do you like the Packers?"
--pause--
"Cwackers, cwackers!" (looking in the direction of the Goldfish bag)

For some reason, this struck both Paul and me as hilarious. At least he got the important question right.

Labels: baby talk, boys, Football

- posted by Gary @ 8:18 PM |