Napping is so last season

I used to be a great napper, and now I'm turning into a crappy napper. It takes me a long time to fall asleep. I guess I am like my Mommy in that way. Here's some video from one of my naps this weekend.


ABCs from meandertail on Vimeo.

Obviously, I was practicing singing the ABCs. Its a little bit muffled because I also have my pacifier in my mouth. I have been learning to sing lots of songs and I practice them all the time. I'll try to get some more on video for you soon.

I color.

Well, I have a new favorite thing to do right now. Color! I would color 24 hours a day if that were at all possible. Unfortunately, Mommy is mean and does not let me take my crayons into bed with me. Hm.

One place that you might think I wouldn't be able to color is in the bathtub. The Easter Bunny brought me some special crayons for the tub though, so I get to color there too! Here are a few examples of my work.




Mostly, I draw flowers, as you can quite clearly see.

I have also begun experimenting with other mediums. Here are some of my recent explorations with stickers.

The rest of my busy weekend

Okay, I know you're all a little bit creeped out by my yearbook photos.

So we went to the Museum, which was fun. We walked ALL AROUND for THREE HOURS. And I am a big boy now, so I walked the whole thing by myself. I went up the stairs into the train car.


I looked at the big pig.


In the butterfly house, there were some birds RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.


OMG! Where did the birds go??


Later we went to Duke Gardens for a picnic with Gil and Sheri. Here I am playing in the rose garden area.


Then we sat on a blanket and ate our dinner.


I also opened a container of pesto and spilled it on my white shorts. Well, I am one.

Yearbook yourself!

For an explanation of this post, please see Mommy's blog.

Owen in 1954...


in 1964...


in 1970...


in 1974...


in 1976...


In 1982...


in 1988...


in 1990... (the mullet years)


in 1992...(I think every boy I went to high school with had a sweater like this)


in 2000...

Busy weekend, part 1.

Since it was Labor Day, we decided to do as much as we possibly could - to suck all the life out of summer!

We went to the Farmer's Market with our friend Anna, which was fun. I saw lots of dogs there.
We also went to my friend Carson's first birthday party! I was the oldest kid there. I felt like a real grownup. Here I am explaining Carson's new big kid toys to Carson and Tristan.