Blue Moose HANGING LOOSE

Blue Moose is enjoying his stay in New York. The heat and humidity of New York is somewhat of a concern for Mr. Moose. Last night he took a break from keeping young Noah company and enjoyed a sink bath. After the sink bath, Blue Moose went hanging out and enjoyed the New York air until the wee hours of the morning.

Arrived

The Buddha mobile, aka Kermit, had a checkup before our trip to New York. After a few hours in the mechanics bay, Kermit got a clean bill of health. The Green Chariot carried us safely to New York, even negotiating a drop off in the pothole-ridden streets of Sound View.
We arrived at the parental units’ residence at 12:30am; Grandpop was waiting patiently downstairs. He carried the sleepy bloke upstairs where he somehow mustered up the energy to run around for three and a half hours before going down with a record setting bedtime of 4am.

CAKE LOVE

Do you remember what it was like to be young? Can you think back to how excited you were when you knew you were about to spend the day with that special relative or family friend that allowed you to get away with anything and spoiled you with every thing your parents forbade?
The bloke has been enjoying the presence of Uncle “Good time” and future Aunt Sally. Over the last 72 hours the bloke’s palate has experienced a medley of flavors that were previously alien. The bloke’s stomach has been the unfortunate sufferer as it has struggled to digest the likes of Cool Ranch Doritos and Remix Birthday Cake Cold Stone Shake. The list of non-Organic / Father condemned foods is too long to type. Lets just say, cheesecake chased hotdogs, a happy pamper does not make!

UNCLE ALEX IN THE HOUSE

The bloke celebrated the arrival of his Uncle Alex and soon to be Aunt Sally by breaking curfew and rolling around Harris Teeters with a farmer hat on!!!! This will be an interesting weekend as he tends to see his uncle as the gateway to rule breaking fun!

"WHO YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO" -Week 2 - Ayo

Nigerian father + Romanian Gypsy mother= Seductivly Soulful Music

NOAH NOAH NOAH the EXPLORER

My son likes nothing more than the great outdoors. Whether in the woods or on the balcony, the boy wears a smile ear from ear when he is allowed to roam free.
I’m going to find him a shirt that says FREE RANGE KID!
My boy’s love of running free does put in perspective some parents choice to use a “kiddy leash”. I couldn’t even imagine strapping my kid into one of those harnesses, but I find joy in chasing the bloke around. I see some parents get so frustrated when their child doesn’t stay in place like a well-trained puppy. Do we as a society go overboard, and as a result stunt our children’s natural extinct to explore?

THE FACE OF A BULLY?

Yesterday my wife blogged about her morning trip to the children’s section of Barnes and Nobles. She vented about the embarrassment caused by the Bloke behaving like a bully. She was mortified after seeing him push kids and snatch toys. This could not be! Noah? Buddha Bear?
I have been to the children’s section of B&N with the bloke before and he never behaved in such a manner. The Wife has taken him there numerous times and his previous behavior has always made her proud.
So what got into the bloke? What caused this bad behavior?

Here is my theory…. Noah is normally a very patient young man, but on the morning in question, as he walked up to B&N he realized , “Its about to storm!”. Noah knew his playtime would be cut short as mom would soon realize the change in weather and hence rush to leave in order to beat the storm home. Noah felt he had no time for politeness, grabbed Thomas the Engine, and tried to complete as many trips around the train track as possible.

Even if my theory is true, Noah’s behavior was unacceptable. I have already had a conversation with him about his behavior. Sadly, I think he only understood 70% of what I said.

To commemorate this unfortunate but educational event, I have created a new photoblog called “ABOUT TO STORM”. The url is abouttostorm.blogspot.com . The site is still under construction.
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