Small Thoughts for Small Minds

One of the characters in Dyson’s rotation is Superman.

As you can see, he takes it quite seriously. Sometimes improvisation is just as good as the store-bought costumes. (He actually requested that I use electrical tape to make the Superman symbol. It started when I was working on my brewing equipment while he was "helping" me. I used some of the tape on his chest - random patterns - and he really liked it.)

Superman costumes help you swim better, too. Dyson has been getting better at swimming - he’s currently swimming underwater with and without his mask. He is also jumping in from the side, but only with flotation assistance…

In addition to the two turtles, we have two cats and a dog. One of the cats, Oliver, appears to have some Maine coon cat in him. The dog, Barley, is a Golden Retriever. Both of them are major shedders. (And they really like each other…)

Oliver grooms himself (unlike the other cat, Seamus) quite well, which means that we frequently encounter 4 - 6" long fur turds.

Barley is a full time indoor dog. She only stays out for long enough to "take care of business". As such, she doesn’t have winter/summer coat, and doesn’t "blow" her coat in the spring and fall. Instead, she continuously sheds.

So, I tried using the mat buster rake and ended up with a pile bigger than the cat:

The measuring tape is showing 12".

One week later, I did it again. I only got about half the fur the second time.

Doesn’t seem to have any impact on the fur bunnies wandering about the hardwood floors…

Her fur does look much better, though…

While I was typing the previous post, Dyson walked up and told me, "I threw your present in the trash. Will you ever forgive me?" Well, of course, I agreed to forgive him.

Then he turned on the light and dug through the trash. He walked over and gave me the straw wrapper from his juice box.

"Never, ever throw that gift away!"

Alrighty….

When he finished the juice, he came back into the room and told me that he had another gift for me. He gave me the empty juice box.

He told me, "Never throw the gifts away. We love each other now. Never throw them away. Promise? Promise?"

Even though I promised, I still threw the stuff away when he wasn’t looking…

I like to set a good example…

Michelle took the kids back to Richmond for a few days last week. (And Kel & I got to spend the day together on Saturday. Doing adult stuff. Without kids….)

While there, Dyson watched the classic Disney version of Robin Hood. So, of course, he’s BEEN Robin Hood. He told Michelle that he wanted a bow and arrow. Michelle responded that, when he got home, his daddy could make one for him. He answered, "No. Mommy will do it. She’s the smart one."

Aren’t I the one that has spent cumulative months building the playground for him?

Sigh…

By the way, before I heard about this, I did make a bow for him….