Fatherhood

I saw this infographic on BoingBoing recently, and it really struck home for me. This is even more painful when you have an impatient child that just wants to watch their DVD and doesn't understand why they have to watch previews and can't skip things.

I've always wondered why movie studios think that it is a good idea to annoy and harass the customers that have paid for their product. To me that seems like a great way to drive away customers. Perhaps for my kids DVD's that we have bought, I should make a backup copy that allows me to skip the unnecessary previews and ads.

The worst previews are the ones that advertise movies coming "this spring". Once the DVD is a couple years old this just sounds silly.

via BoingBoing

Happy Birthday my son. Today you turned 4! I still can't believe it.

We had a fun day today with presents, a tea party, your train cake, cookies, grand parents, friends, and auntie too. The funniest part was you playing outside in the sandbox with a new toy for probably close to an hour, completely soaked the entire time. Great day for a special son.

Today was supposed to be an errand day for me and Amy. It started off well enough, but on our way to our second appointment I noticed Amy was starting to fall asleep. We were on our way to Costco and were driving along the highway.

A couple moments later I heard a wet splashing sound and looked in the rear view mirror to see Amy puke a few more times. I pulled over and stopped but we were at the side of the off ramp with traffic whizzing by very close. This was no place to try and clean her up. Thankfully I knew Sox was close by at a coffee shop with a friend so I boogied over there.

There was puke from head to toes and beyond. There was also no change of clothes for Amy. Sox and I cleaned here up as best we could and dressed her in a jacket and a pair of Elliot's pants.

Rather than spending time out in public with a sick daughter, I packed her into Elliot's car seat and we headed home. She had a small snack then insisted on a nap. She was sleeping before 12:30. She seems happy enough and doesn't have a temperature, so who knows what is going on there.

I then had the task of cleaning off her car seat. Ewwwww.

On Saturday we headed out to Goldstream park for a walk. That park is always so lush and green, and with all the rain we have had lately, the park seemed extra wet too.

The kids had a fun time and the picnic lunch was well received. We stopped by the nature house and explored around inside. Elliot liked using the microscope that projected up onto a TV.

I had fun taking a few pictures along the way. All the pics are available here.

People that know my son, know that he likes to play with cars. He has some pretty interesting scenarios that play out during car sessions too.

Today something struck me though. He has lots and lots of Hot Wheels cars, yet every time we play he grabs my least favorite/crappiest POS car he can find and gives that to me to play with. I am not allowed to choose my own car.

No fair!