mike’s place

Do ya? Punk! Do ya?

Kathryn is giving us one of her famous looks. Kathryn and I play a game where she imitates the looks that I give her. This is one of my favourites. Photo taken December 03, 2005.

Daddy, are you enjoying the story I’m reading you?

Kathryn is reading me a bedtime story. Photo taken December 03, 2005.

…with my Mom.

Kathryn and DJ are taking a walk in the yard in the fresh snow. Photo taken November 27, 2005.

Hey! What’s with this white stuff?

Kathryn is taking some of her first steps in the snow. Photo taken November 27, 2005.

Mrrmmmmmmmppppphhhhhhhhh.

Kathryn is enjoying a cracker in a rather, ummm, unusual location. Photo taken November 12, 2005.

Raisins. Check! Cranberries. Check! My pockets are stocked, Daddy. I’m ready to rumble.

Kathryn loves her pockets for one particular reason — the ability to stock them with her favourite snacks — raisins and cranberries. Photo taken November 10, 2005.

Ok, I’m ready to go outside now, Daddy!

Kathryn is dressed and ready to go for a walk. Photo taken November 02, 2005.

Open wide, so I can give you your medicine.

Kathryn is administering Tylenol to her ‘Baby Boy’. Photo taken November 01, 2005.

Hey now!

When Mommie or Daddy try to pull a fast one on Kathryn, she usually squeals “Hey now!”. I don’t recall what DJ or I did, but it looks like Kathryn is letting us know that she’s on to us. Photo taken October 30, 2005.

Dad, I think I’m done cleaning out the pumpkin. Take a look!

Kathryn helped her mom get the pumpkin ready for Halloween. Photo taken October 30, 2005.

This morning Kathryn’s snack consisted of Cheerios, raisins, dried cranberries, and a mixture of rice, chicken, and tomato sauce. She had just about finished the rice mixture and asked me to “hold my spoon, Daddy”. This is what she asks me when she wants me to scrape the bowl. I scraped the remainder out of [...]

Here’s a shot that I’ve done a bit more than the usual processing on. I haven’t posted the original yet — I’m only up to July 2005, iirc. I think this photo has a bit of a ‘glamourous’ mistiness to it. This is especially true in the larger version — click on the photo to [...]

Holy moly! Kathryn is 2 years and one day old, and she’s just started to ask ‘How?’ and ‘Why?’ This evening, just after supper time, she asked me “Daddy, why baby sleep?” I explained that her baby doll sleeps because she’s tired and needs her rest. She then asked me “How baby sleep?” I told [...]

Cheeeeeeeese!

I think it’s somebody’s birthday today. I’m wondering just who that might be. Could it be — oh I don’t know — Kathryn? Happy 2nd birthday sweetheart. My how you’ve grown! Photo taken January 24, 2006.

Ok, so why hasn’t someone told us about this? Apparently there is a manual! And there’s one for toddlers as well! Who knew?

As mentioned previously, Kathryn has told us not to touch her butt. Here’s the audio…

Ahhhh, the joys of parenthood.

Dad. Honest. The fish that was nibbling on my toes was this big!

Well sweetheart - did you catch it? Daddy’s hungry. Photo taken July 29, 2005.

Just prior to dinner last night, Kathryn and I were rough-housing in the family room as we often do. Kathryn is almost 2 years old now, so some of her favourite words are “No”, “Don’t”, and “Mine”. Her vocabulary has been increasing by leaps and bounds and we can actually converse surprisingly well in relatively [...]

I think that I’ll be taping these 10 rules to our front door. If you think that you might like to date my daughter at some point in the future, you’ve been warned!

Happy Holidays everybody!

I’ve been on a bit of a hiatus on this site. I expect to get back to my usual schedule shortly. DJ and I echo Kathryn’s sentiment — Happy Holidays everyone! Photo taken December 24, 2005.