Standing tall

He's just figuring how how to stand. And climb. Pretty soon it will be running, jumping, throwing, and crashing...


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Is it a good or bad thing that his older brothers are making muzzleloaders from their pop guns and AA batteries?

Load 'er up...




Tamp 'er down...


And fire away (directly at dad's noggin, of course.)


I did not teach them any of this. Totally figured it out on their own. Took their flashlight apart to get the batteries. Next thing I know, a AA goes zinging across the playroom.

(And yes, once again they are barely clothed. That's just how we roll around here...)

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At dinner tonight, Noah refused to eat his fish sticks. He's never once tasted one, but he was convinced...

"Fish sticks taste awwwful!"

"Noah, you've never even had one, so how would you know? Now eat one bite."

He eats one "bite," in reality a small nibble, consisting almost entirely of the breaded coating. Miliseconds after it touches his lips...

"Ugghhhhh, tastes awwwful!"

"Noah, the taste hasn't even made it from your tongue to your brain to tell you if it tastes good!"

Approximately 60 seconds pass, with him making goofy faces...


"Wait a second.... this tastes delicious!!"

Levi, from the peanut gallery... "Why would anyone want to eat a fish anyways?"



It's a good thing I like Calvin and Hobbes when I was younger. Only then, I identified with Calvin... not his poor parents...