Amateur Hour

We had a barbecue on Sunday, and set up our backyard with a little pool and sand table to entertain the under-8 set.  Charlie got to try out the pool for the first time – he had a total blast!

This commercial is too cute.

Do they make carpet that is the color of crushed Cheerios?  The next time we buy carpet, I’m going to bring a handful of Cheerio crumbs with me to the store and say, “This is what we want.” 
Charlie has developed a fear of the vacuum cleaner.  He doesn’t like the noise, and whenever I turn [...]

was a wealth of amateur moments.  The other day I cut up half a banana for Charlie to eat with his breakfast.  Charlie recently added “nana” (banana) to his repertoire of words.  He loooves bananas, and after he finished what was on his plate, he asked for more.  I handed him the other half of the [...]

I got to ride in Joe’s jet today (an F-15E.) Today was “spouse taxi day.” Its against the rules to take us up to fly, so they do a high-speed taxi instead. We got to sit in the jet, learn a little bit about how it works, and make the radio calls to the tower (which [...]

So Charlie loves his car.  Well, its more of a love/hate relationship.  He plays with it every day.  He has figured out how to get into the car by himself, but he can only go in reverse.  He’ll climb in, scoot backwards until he runs into something, and cry until I either reposition him so [...]

Are you kidding me?  Whose bright idea was this? 

I noticed this intersection across the street from the school where Charlie takes his Kindermusik class. Ridiculous, and yet somehow I can’t say that I’m surprised, given where we live. 

Its small, but it gets great gas mileage! Charlie is totally in love with it. When we brought it home, he was so excited he tried to climb into the picture on the box. We took it out of the box, and upon seeing that the wheels were not on it yet, [...]

I have been meaning to begin a series of posts about where we live, because it is a source of endless amusement (and exasperation) for me. I must be prescient. The other day, Joe heard something on the radio that motivated me to get started. Apparently, the 25th Anniversary Edition of the Places [...]