It was.... soap poisoning
During our evening toothy-brushing last night, Cayden grabbed the foaming hand soap dispenser and gave a few hard sucks. He put it down and started to half cry and make some really weird gulping noises, all while appearing very distressed. "Ty! I think the baby is going to throw up". Ty comes running in and says, "Why?". "He ate some soap and doesn't seem very happy about it". At this point we were conducting our conversation with each others' reflection in the mirror, and Cayden openes his mouth to cry/ protest, but all that comes out is a gigantic soap bubble. Our gales of laughter did nonthing to calm him down.
It's more than just a name...it's a lifestyle.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Distractingly Cute
[jd]
As Cayden and I walk to daycare every morning we are getting sidewalk friendly with some of the other regulars. One elderly gentleman has been known to take his morning constitutional around the same time, and has been trying to get Cayden to high-5 him. Yesterday we ran into him at the intersection of 22nd & Tilghman, the busiest we pass through to get to daycare. Cayden finally overcomes his shyness to high-5 this guy, and the gentleman is so happy that he wanders out into traffic against the light. I was busy running across with the light (not that we were late AGAIN), but I didn't hear any squealing tires so I assume there were no casualties.
[jd]
As Cayden and I walk to daycare every morning we are getting sidewalk friendly with some of the other regulars. One elderly gentleman has been known to take his morning constitutional around the same time, and has been trying to get Cayden to high-5 him. Yesterday we ran into him at the intersection of 22nd & Tilghman, the busiest we pass through to get to daycare. Cayden finally overcomes his shyness to high-5 this guy, and the gentleman is so happy that he wanders out into traffic against the light. I was busy running across with the light (not that we were late AGAIN), but I didn't hear any squealing tires so I assume there were no casualties.
Friday, September 12, 2008
Silence equals Madness
[jd]
It has been a hectic couple weeks, hence the silence. I am wrapping up my third official week as "Professor Sprayberry", and am slowly adjusting. The first week was petrifying. I spent 20 hours writing my first lecture and promptly went through 50 slides in 40 minutes. The second lecture I added some material and went through 72 slides in 45 minutes. When I told my students that and said, "I assume that I am going too fast", they all nodded slowly in unison. With an expression on their faces akin to a deer in headlights. I told them to pause me, and since then things have been MUCH better. I have such a good class. They ask questions, get involved, and seem to genuinely want to understand the material. This is a blessing, because I can spend all my energy organizing lectures instead of reading up on fancy active learning techniques to get students to participate. Next semester I may need those, since I will be teaching a massive intro biology course, but for now I've got it easy.
Ty is also getting into the groove of his new school, and as always is collecting great stories that I will let him share. He has had 3 full months of no students and was getting really anxious and excited to get back in the classroom. Of course after three days of classes a tornado hit the school and they didn't have school for most of this week (no I'm not kidding).
And finally an update on who you all read this blog for. Roland is doing really well, his fur is growing back in and his arthritis flare up from the drive out here has faded. He loves going for walks again now that it is less than 100 degrees. He does, however, smell REALLY BAD. If anyone is in the area and wants to donate some dog-washing services we will take them. I am too exhausted at the end of the day to wrestle a 110 lb dog into a bath tub.
[jd]
It has been a hectic couple weeks, hence the silence. I am wrapping up my third official week as "Professor Sprayberry", and am slowly adjusting. The first week was petrifying. I spent 20 hours writing my first lecture and promptly went through 50 slides in 40 minutes. The second lecture I added some material and went through 72 slides in 45 minutes. When I told my students that and said, "I assume that I am going too fast", they all nodded slowly in unison. With an expression on their faces akin to a deer in headlights. I told them to pause me, and since then things have been MUCH better. I have such a good class. They ask questions, get involved, and seem to genuinely want to understand the material. This is a blessing, because I can spend all my energy organizing lectures instead of reading up on fancy active learning techniques to get students to participate. Next semester I may need those, since I will be teaching a massive intro biology course, but for now I've got it easy.
Ty is also getting into the groove of his new school, and as always is collecting great stories that I will let him share. He has had 3 full months of no students and was getting really anxious and excited to get back in the classroom. Of course after three days of classes a tornado hit the school and they didn't have school for most of this week (no I'm not kidding).
And finally an update on who you all read this blog for. Roland is doing really well, his fur is growing back in and his arthritis flare up from the drive out here has faded. He loves going for walks again now that it is less than 100 degrees. He does, however, smell REALLY BAD. If anyone is in the area and wants to donate some dog-washing services we will take them. I am too exhausted at the end of the day to wrestle a 110 lb dog into a bath tub.
Monday, September 01, 2008
The Game Preserve
[ty]
To celebrate our Labor Day holiday Nubby and I (mommy is working today) went to the Lehigh Valley Zoo this morning. It was not what I expected.
I'm a bit more used to the urban style zoos of Providence, Seattle and Tucson and this place was certainly not one of those. I suppose I should have been clued in by the fact that it was 2 miles into the woods on Game Preserve road. At any rate, it was a very farm-like zoo with a petting coral, pony rides, and feed the goats food dispensers. But thats not all. They had kangaroos in an enclosure that you could wander right into (only a single rope separated you and the roos), a Lorikeet enclosure where the birds landed on you and you could feed them, some invisible arctic wolves, and a whole bunch of birds-of-prey. Nubby was most fascinated by the Lorikeets (a very brightly colored, friendly and noisy cousin of the Parakeet) but he got pretty tense when I tried to put one on him. All told we had a really good time and I saw a small herd of Bison on the way out which always makes me happy.
Cayden in the Wolf's Den. There weren't any wolves around
so I figured it would be fine.
That rope is all that separates you and a potentially lethal Kangaroo.
I kept one hand on my knife the whole time.
We found a stream on the way out.
My kid trying to eat a rock. Again.
I think I'm going to frame this one and put it on my desk at work.
[ty]
To celebrate our Labor Day holiday Nubby and I (mommy is working today) went to the Lehigh Valley Zoo this morning. It was not what I expected.
I'm a bit more used to the urban style zoos of Providence, Seattle and Tucson and this place was certainly not one of those. I suppose I should have been clued in by the fact that it was 2 miles into the woods on Game Preserve road. At any rate, it was a very farm-like zoo with a petting coral, pony rides, and feed the goats food dispensers. But thats not all. They had kangaroos in an enclosure that you could wander right into (only a single rope separated you and the roos), a Lorikeet enclosure where the birds landed on you and you could feed them, some invisible arctic wolves, and a whole bunch of birds-of-prey. Nubby was most fascinated by the Lorikeets (a very brightly colored, friendly and noisy cousin of the Parakeet) but he got pretty tense when I tried to put one on him. All told we had a really good time and I saw a small herd of Bison on the way out which always makes me happy.
Cayden in the Wolf's Den. There weren't any wolves aroundso I figured it would be fine.
That rope is all that separates you and a potentially lethal Kangaroo.I kept one hand on my knife the whole time.
We found a stream on the way out.
My kid trying to eat a rock. Again.
I think I'm going to frame this one and put it on my desk at work.
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