North is a music kid. He loves playing his little drums and poking on piano and keyboard keys and most of all, singing and playing guitar. Often we hear him singing away in the other room while horsing around on some instrument or another.
Last night while we were hanging out in the living room, Alan was poking around on his guitar and North started to make up a little song of nonsense syllables---I grabbed one of our phones and got a bit of it on video.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Painting
North loves to paint. And I love the paint your own pottery places. And so recently Alan had the brilliant suggestion that the 3 of us head to a paint your own pottery place near our house--it was such fun for all of us and we got two great (although admittedly a bit ugly) new bowls. North painted the insides of each bowl all by himself and helped us with the outsides.
Of course there were times when it was necessary that North convert his paintbrush to a lightsaber. Thankfully the paint was all washable.
Our finished products waiting to go into the kiln.
Afterword painting we went to a movie--North loves the 3d glasses and so we never are able to recycle his--he's building a collection and has started insisting on wearing one set OVER another set of glasses.
Unrelated but on our photos from that day, North has also started combining his 2 great loves--Tron and Star Wars-- by insisting that Sam Flynn and Rinzler ride in starships and Star Wars guys ride on lightcycles or motorcycles. Admittedly, Darth Vader does look quite appropriate on his little black bike.
Of course there were times when it was necessary that North convert his paintbrush to a lightsaber. Thankfully the paint was all washable.
Our finished products waiting to go into the kiln. 
Afterword painting we went to a movie--North loves the 3d glasses and so we never are able to recycle his--he's building a collection and has started insisting on wearing one set OVER another set of glasses. 
Unrelated but on our photos from that day, North has also started combining his 2 great loves--Tron and Star Wars-- by insisting that Sam Flynn and Rinzler ride in starships and Star Wars guys ride on lightcycles or motorcycles. Admittedly, Darth Vader does look quite appropriate on his little black bike.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Other recent(ish) adventures...
We haven't taken many photos lately but have been enjoying the first few months of 2011 here in Virginia.
We've seen lots of movies, and gone to lots of restaurants, and just generally been enjoying all of our favorite indoor winter activities.
North still has his killer smile.
And is pretty well potty trained now (thank you grandma!!!!) although we do still put him in a pull-up when he sleeps or we go out. He's been great about not having accidents although, while out the other day when we asked if he would like to use the store's bathrooms he informed us he would "never EVER poop anywhere but our house," so that's going to be a problem.
We have used extreme bribery in our potty training efforts, including lots of Tron and Star Wars toys. A favorite (which admittedly was really more for Alan than North) is a radio controlled light-cycle from Tron--it lights up and can drive up walls and on the ceiling.
Alan playing.
Grandma has been out for a couple of visits--during each of the federal holiday weekends--which has been great. During a previous visit we visited the National Aquarium in DC (much smaller than it's Baltimore counterpart) and had a great time. Last week she was here all week and potty trained North! Her timing last week was particularly welcome as I have a broken bone in my foot (our cat tripped me on our stairs one evening) and having the extra help while I'm not very mobile was a dream come true.
Before the broken bone we took a trip downtown one weekend to check out the Library of Congress (sadly our only trip downtown in months).
Enjoying the chilly day downtown.
And that's it for my photos. More to come as we take more...
We've seen lots of movies, and gone to lots of restaurants, and just generally been enjoying all of our favorite indoor winter activities.
North still has his killer smile.
And is pretty well potty trained now (thank you grandma!!!!) although we do still put him in a pull-up when he sleeps or we go out. He's been great about not having accidents although, while out the other day when we asked if he would like to use the store's bathrooms he informed us he would "never EVER poop anywhere but our house," so that's going to be a problem.
We have used extreme bribery in our potty training efforts, including lots of Tron and Star Wars toys. A favorite (which admittedly was really more for Alan than North) is a radio controlled light-cycle from Tron--it lights up and can drive up walls and on the ceiling.
Alan playing.
Grandma has been out for a couple of visits--during each of the federal holiday weekends--which has been great. During a previous visit we visited the National Aquarium in DC (much smaller than it's Baltimore counterpart) and had a great time. Last week she was here all week and potty trained North! Her timing last week was particularly welcome as I have a broken bone in my foot (our cat tripped me on our stairs one evening) and having the extra help while I'm not very mobile was a dream come true.
Before the broken bone we took a trip downtown one weekend to check out the Library of Congress (sadly our only trip downtown in months).
Enjoying the chilly day downtown.
And that's it for my photos. More to come as we take more...
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