Gainful Employment

McKay now has two chores he needs to do each day

• Put the change from Daddy's dresser into his moneypig (what he calls his piggybank)

• Line up the shoes by the front door

Comedy GOLD!

My son is part Buster Keaton, part Abbott and Costello.
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L: McKay, gimme high...four!

M: (puts four fingers up, smacks hands with Lorraine).

D: Gimme...high three!

M: (puts three fingers up, smacks hands with Dan).

Everybody laughs.

M: Daddy, gimme 'igh five!

D: (puts hand out for high five).

M: (smacks his eye into Dan's hand).

L and D: (collapse laughing)

Vote Early, Vote Often...

I've been bitten by the contest bug..

In addition to entering contests recently for trips to Australia, NewZealand and Scotland, I saw this one yesterday while ordering prints at shutterfly.

Vote for us!

Centennial, Millenium...it's all the same..:) And they won't let me go back and edit!

M.C. Kay

and his B-Boy Posse, kickin' it old skool.



Pump Up The Volume with this clip (and try to ignore that he's not dancing to Run DMC).

Big Hands I Know You're the One...

Making breakfast, waiting for pancakes to be done. Listening to tunes..

Blister in the sun comes up...McKay says 'this is my favourite song'.

That's my boy.

Gourmand

L: What did you have for lunch today?
M: Syrup....wait..... No. Ketchup........ And noodles.

sigh.

Man in the Yellow Hat...

We took McKay to his first movie today. Popcorn, Twizzlers and Curious George.
He's not heavy enough to keep the seat from popping back up, and we almost lost him a few times.
All in all a great time, the sound track (Jack Johnson) was good enough to keep Dan and I entertained.

Fly on the Wall

If you're in the right place at the right time in this house, you can overhear the most interesting snippets of conversation.

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M: Mummy, you have nice boobs.
L: Uhh, thank you, honey.
M: They're very strong.

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M: I don't WANNA have lights off!
L: Do you want me to tuck you in and sing you Hush Little Baby?
M: Yeah.
L: Okay. You have to lie down for me to tuck you in.
M: (lies down, then points at Lorraine) Start the hush.

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M: I like the waffle maker.
L: Oh, I'm glad.
M: It's like the computer.
L: (a few puzzled seconds of silence) Oh! You mean like a laptop. Yes, it is like a computer.

Bedlam and Alcatraz

• Progress on Dan's immigration, he received his "has no criminal history" report back from the FBI, and he goes for his physical this week. Then we just gotta give the Canadian Govt. several thousand dollars...and we should be ready to go! I wonder if it's tax deductable?

• Hard week on the old home front, McKay has decided that he is the boss of all of us and doesn't have to listen. This prompted a few actions;

• Mom set the time out timer for 2 hours instead of two minutes. (subliminal or hope?)
  
• An emergency trip to Barnes and Noble for parenting books.
  
• A trip to Greens for medicinal alcohol for the parents.
  
• Telling a 3 year old that when he's doing the "pee dance" it's his body's way of telling his brain he has to pee, and only ScareCrows don't listen to their brains (This was his input). We've had more accidents in the last few weeks then we did in the first few months of potty training.
  

• We're taking tomorrow off work for a mental health day, but they're predicting snow! We've got 9am tickets to the aquarium. Hope the city doesn't shut down too badly.
  

• Murphy (Hey Fat Kitty) has decided he is indeed an outside kitty. We've all been trying to convince him otherwise. McKay is especially particular about this and has shut parts of Murphy into the front door twice during escape attempts.