While the rest of you are freezing your rear ends off, we're enjoying what for someone in Maine is a mid-summer day. Yes, you have read correctly, while you shiver through -21 or whatever it is, we have been enjoying 75 degree highs. I anticipate getting some feedback on this, but that is only if your Internet (spellcheck told me this should be capitalized, that doesn't seem correct. Comments?) connections haven't frozen solid. Speaking of that, if you haven't seen "Day After Tomorrow" which came out a few years ago, don't! I'm pretty sure Al Gore, who, thank goodness has fallen off the media map recently, was the executive producer and somehow some storms collide and the northern hemisphere re-enters an ice age and everyone south of the Mason-Dixon line tries to flee to Mexico.
Back to the intended subject of this.
Parker, our adorable, kind-of-little (compared to Brandon Stephens or other people who could play in the NFL), 10 month-old has discovered that he can play the kazoo. After Cole goes to bed and Parker can safely roam around the place he really comes alive. He will crawl around chasing the cats, scrambling over us and playing his kazoo. He will talk, sing and burp through it. He loves the attention so we have gotten some good video of him doing this. Sometimes he will play it when Cole is awake and Cole thinks it is pretty funny. The interesting part of it all is that while Cole tries to blow through it and only occasionally gets it to work, Parker has figured out that he has to make noise for it to function.
Meanwhile, Cole is getting faster. A couple of weeks ago he hurdled a curb. It was pretty cool looking and he was quite proud of himself. Yesterday he helped me move the car before and after working on the motorcycle, which he also wanted to be involved in and was heartbroken when he was brought inside, and had a blast driving.
Maybe a little later I'll get some videos of Parker playing the kazoo uploaded.
Well, it is time to get going. We're off to one of the museums today. Jack said he can't wait for us to leave so he can sleep in peace.
One last thing. We don't know what the cats have been eating lately, but they've been nuts. Maya has actually been playing with Jack. She chases him around, bites him and pounces on him. One of the funniest things she does is jump straight up with all four legs about 12-18" and then run off. Sometimes Jack will just sit and look at her like she's nuts. She is, and that is why she fits in around here.
(There were some minor errors that needed fixing, so that is the reason for the re-post.)
A Serious Case of the Blahs
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Sure, talk now. We will sooo be on different sides of this conversation come summer!
So Cole sleeps through the kazoo playing at night? That's great! I am not very daring with musical toys-- if I do get one it usually "goes missing" pretty quickly. Enjoy your weather-- we aill try to think up some way to feel morally superior for braving the snow and ice. :)
Cole will sleep through a complete change of clothes, Parker excitedly whacking him on the face, Parker playing the kazoo in the living room when Cole is on the sofa, and all kinds of other things. But, he will wake up to sirens and come running into our room to tell us about his excitement. He also wakes up about 50% of the time when he hears the motorcycle leave in the morning.
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