At the dentist

Aizay has been installed in his child pacification unit.

Dentists are very brave.

Clean teeth are the best. 'specially with chocolate toothpaste.

Movin' out

Hard to tell from this angle, but this is the first time I've seen Coraline get up on her hands and knees. We've also seen her nearly pull herself to standing several times, and she can soldier-crawl pretty well.

Fashion Show

Here you go, Diane


Aizay thinks the uncooperative model is such a prima donna.
Coraline also appreciates the tasty chew toys.
We better take that book away from her before she learns to read.
What a beautiful face...

At long last spring is living up to its word.

Sproing!

Aizay recently gave us a lesson on dinosaurs. Here is an excerpt:
A pterodactyl has four wings. One drinks the water, two blows bubbles, three holds things and four writes a note.

Happy Dos de Mayo!

Aizay update

Aizay met a T-rex skull at the library today...

You know, Aizay wears big boy underwear and goes to the potty by himself. Soon, we'll get him his celebratory potty-success bicycle.

Aizay has many many sight-words and has occasionally read whole sentences. Can I lie and say he is 5 when he turns 4 so I can send him to kindergarten early? It would save a lot on childcare.

Aizay quote: "I don't want candy! I want water!" he screamed while we were stopped in the candy aisle. What kind of alien child do I have?

You're never too young to wear a house dress

I really wanted this one but they didn't have her size.

Whew!

Christine just called to tell us she's landed in Cedar Rapids. In an hour or so, my time alone with the kids will be over. It wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it would be, particularly getting Coraline to sleep. Nevertheless I'm relieved, even though I know that once Christine is home I will once again be chopped liver in the eyes of my daughter.

Single dad time again

Christine has gone to a conference in San Diego, so I invited this vagrant off the street to help me with the children. Once she sobered up, she was very helpful.