We're havin' a heat wave...
Another weekend gone...

Holden and I got our hair cut on Saturday Morning, then had breakfast at McDonalds. Holden was the hit of the Hair Saloon, having no less than three of the ladies there (which I think was actually all that were there at the time) following him around watching as he sweeped the stalls with the two full sized brooms he hauled around.

A quick trip to the grocery store not only gave us food for the week, but also gave Holden the opportunity to ride in the Helicopter in front of the store. Two rides actually, once on the way in and the second time on the way out.

We hussled home to get out of the heat, give the little guy a nap and wait until Julie got home from work.

After the nap, we dropped Holden off with Grandma and Grandpa and we headed off to the dinner and a movie while they headed to Uncle Doug's house for dinner and playing with cousins.

Julie and I saw The Wedding Crashers. A two second review: Good movie, haven't laughed that hard in a theater in a LONG time. Be warned, this one isn't for kids, but if you enjoy comedy that's written completely for adults, you'll probably enjoy this one. It's refreshing to see someone make a comedy that is rated 'R' and not just another movie that's hacked up to try to get a 'PG13' rating.

I made a 45 minute 'dash' through the front yard with the mower Sunday morning, though with the heat and humidity it felt like it was at least an hour and a half. Fortunately, I started at 9:00 AM and was only feeling woozy by the time I came in. Having not advanced to the "nausea and blacking out" part of heat exposure.

Julie picked up Holden and the rest of the day was spent inside, relaxing and napping (for Julie and Holden).

More later,
T
- posted by Tony @ 11:22 PM 0 comments

 
Just an update
Busy week for us. We printed and mailed (with the help of some of the other parents at Holden's Daycare) approximately 300 donation solicitation letters for the 2nd Annual Arlington Care and Learn Trivia Night.

As we were folding letters, licking envelopes and organizing all of the letters, the T-Shirt fundraiser Julie spearheaded got the shipment of shirts in, so we weren't able to take the evening we were planning to have "off".

Now that these are done, we're waiting and hoping for donations to start rolling in. Also, I need to get in contact with the other folks who have volunteered to write questions and get started on the meat of the night and make sure that all of our categories are lined up.

Julie will be working again this weekend, it's been a tough few months for her, but she's getting a lot of recognition at work for all that she is doing there. Plus the extra cash from the overtime has garnered a lot of recognition at home.

Holden and I will have another "dude" day on Saturday with a run at the Hair Saloon for a Father/son haircut... including a scalp massage for me.

The only other bit of news is that I'm going to be writing a comic book for Dark Elf Designs, the company that is supposed to be publishing "The Sorrow" comic book.

There isn't much to tell about it yet, but it'll be a new title set within the realm of Greek mythology. I'm looking forward to digging into the old stories and putting a fun, adventurous slant on them.

That's all for the moment...
T
- posted by Tony @ 11:03 PM 0 comments

 
Science is Fun!
Holden, Julie and I spent a few hours at the St. Louis Science Center today. Initially we went there to see the circus exhibit that they had, but we ended up going to the discovery room instead. Holden had tons of fun playing with the race cars, the dinosaurs, the water table, the tee-pee, and the marble tower. Not to mention he had lots of fun watching the killer water course that I built on the water table... much to Julie's amusement.

We played around in the Human Experience and Cyberville, but the big draw of the Science Center was undoubtably the Big Dinosaurs. Anyone who's been to the Science Center knows the pair we are talking about. The T-Rex was a bit intimidating at first, but it didn't stop us from having to go back to view "her" over, and over, and over. The triceratops was the "baby dinosaur" and was "sleeping". We didn't feel the need to explain the whole dinosaur circle of life thing to the little guy just yet.

After leaving the Science Center, we stopped off at Union Station. We stopped off to get all of us some lunch, Mommy some fudge, and Holden REALLY ticked off. Apparently they've closed the Disney Store there, which might not have been a major issue except that we had been hyping going to the "Buzz(Lightyear "Toy Story") and JoJo(Tickle "JoJo's Circus") Store" and to get him away from the "Big Dinosaurs".

Fortunately, we were able to bring him down with the help of Mint Chocolate Fudge and a dollar's worth of fish food to be dumped into the pond.

He didn't make it across the bridge before falling asleep on the way home.

Later,
T
- posted by Tony @ 10:12 PM 0 comments

 
Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday, Mom!

Have a great day!

Love,
Tony, Julie and Holden
- posted by Tony @ 8:06 AM 0 comments

 
Keeping busy
The three of us have been keeping busy. Julie's been putting in long hours recently including working at least one weekend day each weekend for the past month or so. This has given Holden and I some fun special Saturdays and Sundays hanging out together.
Holden is on and off, literally, with his potty training. He's talking constantly and sometimes gets to far ahead of himself. He's taken to "reading" books along with us and has developed a "Snuffy" fetish. Snuffy is, of course, Mr. Snufalufagus, the big hairy elephant-like creature that occasionally shows up on Sesame Street. The one video we have of the character has Snuffy acting out "On Top Of Spaghetti" while the song is being sung. This has caused Holden to relate any spherical object, especially if it has a reddish or brownish tint and has a textured surface, to the "Meatball" from the song. And if you know the song, you know that the meatball rolls away. So at anypoint during Holden's concious day there is a 75% chance that he's holding, talking about, or pushing then chasing a 'Meatball'. All of this topped off with the chanting of "Meatball, roll away". With all of the rolling meatballs, Holden stays VERY busy.
I'm working and writing and playing Guild Wars, but otherwise there isn't too much to report from my end.

Julie and I are working on the Arlington Care and Learn Trivia Night again this year. I'm heading the question committee and will be the MC for the night while Julie is soliciting the donations and will be in charge of collecting and organizing them as they come in. Naturally we'll both be helping out each other a LOT.

That's all for the moment,
T
- posted by Tony @ 9:00 PM 0 comments