Picture of the Day: Monument Circle

In the middle of Moument circle downtown Indy sets the War Memorial. We climbed every step up and down. I'm not sure how many steps there are, but the stairwell was clear. The elevator line was loooong. Pretty good view but kinda stuffy.

Here's a picture of the

memorial

Youtube Test

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuZQwRRnpS8

Picture of the Day : Charlie

Sam is Three and Charlie is Here

Sam has just turned three on Friday April 25th 2008. We had a tea party to celebrate. Actually more of a strawberry lemonade party with a butterfly cake.

And to top it off, our family went feline. I really didn't want this to happen. Reluctantly I folded to the persistent imploring. I figure the best I can do as a parent is to give my kids lasting experiences, even if it is with a cat. Well, experience is exactly what we got.

Sam has the intention right now of man-handling this kitty. She is quite brutish with him but is learning, ... I think. I'll admit I did have to raise my voice a bit when I saw her carrying Charlie around by his collar. She hasn't done that since. Charlie himself has either accidentally, or perhaps purposely, placed rather pungent gifts throughout the house in the first few days of his arrival.

Things have calmed down a bit now as we expected some excitement. Charlie is actually growing on me although he distracts me when he tries to attack the cursor on the computer monitor. And the camera strap. And my shoestrings. And my fingers and toes. But I think he will fit in fine. And there have been no classic dog-cat disagreements thus far. I guess we'll have to keep him. He's a heck of a lot easier than a new puppy.

T-Ball

Eli is now playing T-Ball.

Actually the "T" is only used when a kid repeatedly misses the pitches from his coach. So far Eli hasn't had to use the "T". He really does have a nice swing( what father wouldn't say his kid didn't have a nice swing?) and when he connects, he hits the ball pretty hard. There are no outs, lots of runs, and lots of errors. But thats the point.

" I like to hit it really far and hit a home run"- Eli

Art - Replay of butterfly

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Time for a New Helmet??

There are times in my life where I have seen kids look, well, ... rather ridiculous. And I'll comment aloud or even in my head "I will never allow my kid to look like that". And now recently I've found myself telling Eli to put on his helmet. No, he isn't the kid that has to wear a helmet to protect himself from running into walls.

It has just become very obvious that he REALLY needs a new helmet.

Sam is just really cool, Eli is just, well,... born into a family where his Dad gets a kick out of such stuff. At least for a picture or two. Time to head to the helmet store.