Break on through

Jim Morrison as a 5-year-old.

Water Park Adventure

OK, so this isn't the most exciting clip of all time. I included it for two reasons: 1. To show my kids snuggling after a hard days' excitement at the water park; and 2. To show proof that I let my kids watch "The Year Without a Santa Claus" on TV. Those of you who know me, know of my aversion to Santa Claus. But I couldn't let my kids grow up without knowing about Heat Miser. Now that would be cruel.

We had a great time at the water park (The Great Wolf in Williamsburg, VA). Even the 5 hour car ride wasn't so bad. (Not that I'm ready to do it again, but having the portable DVD player really saved the day.) The water park itself was awesome. It was indoors, for starters. And there were lots of great rides that both kids could go on. And considering that we were there for pretty much two full days doing almost nothing but the water park, we didn't get bored once. The kids both loved it. There were only two down sides. First was the fact that we didn't sleep very well, being cooped up in the same room. Second was when Sadie vomited in the hot tub. Soen and I (conveniently) weren't around for that. We were too busy going down the same slide over and over again. Oddly enough, when Soen and I went looking for Wife and Sadie and I happened to notice that the hot tub was closed and my first thought was, "I wonder if Sadie was responsible." I guess I have a sixth sense when it comes to my kids' bodily functions and closed pools. I wonder if there's a way to make money off of that?

So-Doh No Mo'

People often ask me how well they kids play together. This is pretty typical. The other cool thing about this video is Sadie calling Soen "Soen" as opposed to "So-Doh," which was her name for him for the past year or so. It was usually a pretty funny comedy routine. She'd call him So-Doh and I'd say, "Hey Sadie, can you say 'So?' " and she'd say "So." Then I'd say, "Can you say, 'En?' " and she'd say "En."
"Right! So... En"
"So... En"
"Right! Soen!"
"So-Doh!"
But about two weeks ago she made the switch. I guess the joke got old.

P.S. That's "The Cat Came Back" my son is humming, which is a popular tune in our house. Right up there with "Little Bunny Frou Frou." Nothing but the classics, for my kids.

Poor Sadie

Her parents won't let her rest until she performs on cue.

Bathtime!

Not much to report; just found this pic and thought I'd post it. You gotta throw the grandparents a bone every now and again.

The Butterfly Whisperer

Soen the Lepidopterist.
Sorry for the fuzzy photo. This is what you get from a beat up cell phone. I took this photo from a recent trip to the science museum in Raleigh. We spent literally an hour in this one room that featured living butterflies. He was so psyched that he could have these huge butterflies hang out on him he didn't want to do anything else. It was very cute. He'd get one of these big Owl butterflies to sit on his finger and he'd walk around the room showing off his friend to all the newcomers. We originally went to this museum to see their dinosaur exhibit but nothing could top the butterflies. He told me he wants to be a butterfly scientist, which displaces Spanish Moss scientist as his new future occupation.