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OK, OK! I’ve been a little lazy in the posting department, but I have quite a few posts lined up and ready to go that need a little more tweaking. Until those start popping up next week, I have for you here a fun little vid of Sam and I doing a little improvised ballroom dancing. Trouble is, I can’t help be the clown, so I threw myself around a little bit more than required in traditional ballroom dance, but Sam loved it and that’s all that matters.

Before playing the vid below; however, I would like to warn viewers that the auditory content of the video might not be suitable for everyone. No it’s not hardcore gangsta rap, an excerpt of an Andrew Dice Clay stand-up routine, high pitch, whiny static or even Celine Dion… It’s me “singing” off key. So watch at your own risk as I guarantee that whatever discomfort you endure at my hands will surely disappear the moment you hear Sam’s reaction to my clowning around.

What can I say folks, being a Daddy to a giggle-pus of a kid has made me even goofier than before! Wow. Goofier than before.  What’s really cool is that even Melissa is getting on the goofy band wagon, so I’ll be sure to put some mildly embarrassing video of her doing something foolish up on the blog soon. MUHAHAHAHAHA!

Enjoy!

OK folks! I know it’s almost December and we ALL KNOW what happens in December… But before we get into the the jolly fat man season, I submit to you, a final, last ditch effort of fun and recognition to my favorite holiday: Halloween!  Yeah, I know I’m pushing it, what with the shopping malls all decked out in the holiday cheer with their music, Santas and sales! Some of you might even have the tree up, if that’s your thing, I know we do   So please bare with me for this post, I got lazy and it took a while to throw this vid together, but I guess it’s better late than never!

This is the definitive Ingrid Witch video, I’ve put in some Halloween night footage of what the kids see when they opened my door, I’ve got some day footage as well to see more detail and finally, I’ve got some uncensored footage of Ingrid in the buff! That’s right people! Get and eyeful and see sexy Ingrid without her witch’s robe! Boing!!!

Anyways, it’s is a little long, but I wanted to put everything in as I wanted to give anyone else who might be inspired by Ingrid to have a little insight on how to build their own. After all, I too was inspired by a somebody else’s stirring witch prop, so it’s only fair to pass on what I’ve done!

Enjoy and Merry Halloweenmas!

Some Ingrid Stats / Shopping list:

• 2 motors (car wiper for the stirring and a rotisserie for the head)
• Over 18 feet of 1 1/2″ PVC piping
• 6 feet of 1/2″ PVC piping
• 3 feet aluminum stock
• countless nuts and bolts and screws
• 1 ping pong ball (cut in two for the eyes)
• 1 styro foam wig head
• 1 cheap Walmart witch mask (or mother-in-law likeness)
• 2 red LEDs with a 9 volt battery in the head
• 2 stings of orange LED lights (cauldron embers)
• 4 cans of Great Stuff expanding foam ( embers, cauldron overflow)
• 1 voodoo skull (but any skull will do)
• 1 string green LED Christmas lights (inside cauldron)
• 1 55 gallon drum (that’s the cauldron)
• 5 cans of spray paint (flat black, copper, brown)
• 2 pool noodles (arms and stirring stick)
• 10 plastic Bic pens (the fingers)
• 10 feet of Chicken wire (body cage)
• 30 tie wraps
• 3 meters of fabric (shawl and robe)
• 2 monster mitts from walmart (her gnarly hands)
• 1 computer power supply
• 1 CD payer (yes they still exist, thanks Norm!)
• 1 set of speakers
• Estimated 60 hours of trial and error, shopping, and work!!!
• Oh! and 1 witch hat!
• Estimated cost… Ummm about… Oh I’m guessing… carry the five… about: NONE OF YOUR FREAKIN BUSINESS!!! Just trust me on this one, you don’t want to know! But she was worth it! Now, what to do next year? Hmmm….

Most importantly, however, a caring and understanding girlfriend, that knew when to help and when to walk away leaving the mad scientist to do his work. Thanks babe! *Smack*

Sam and I were alone together in the house last week, which might be cause for alarm as we do some pretty cooky things when Mom’s out.    While feeding Sammy-boy his supper, I noticed he was in a giggling mood. Everything I did, he would giggle.  So, naturally, like any concerned parent, I checked his milk and food for any traces of wacky tabacky, but no, it was clean. I guess he was just in a funny mood, which is not odd for him, just surprising at that time because when he’s eating, it’s usually all business until he’s full.

The setup is pretty simple, Sam’s in his high-chair and I’m jumping out from behind a wall while making funny faces and noises I don’t do when Mom’s around Enjoy! Oh and pardon my big arse at the end of the clip.

Keep laughing people! Blog ya soon!

Well, there’s not much to say on this one. Sam was rooting around our kitchen junk drawer, under our supervision of course, and he fished out the scotch tape. He seemed overly curious about this little plastic item above all the other crap in that drawer, so I cut him off a piece and stuck it on his finger. This video chronicles his struggles to free himself of this sticky finger trap! That junk drawer is kind of like opening Pandora’s box… At one point, after giving up trying to wave the thing off, he tries to stick it on his diaper bag! Sneaky (but smart) freakin’ kid!

Play safe with the scotch tape folks!

Yes folks, it’s true.  Sammy has now upgraded his means of travel from the fast crawl to the slow walk! It was a gradual process, starting out with a couple hesitant steps and quite a few more falls on his pampered bum. But persistence pays off, as Melissa and I are now required to up our security measures as well!  And since those initial few steps, Sam has kicked it into high gear, getting to speeds of almost 4 feet per second!

Lightning!

We had security gates and door locks already installed, but now we just have to watch him because he’s a tornado of exploratory destruction! He’s constantly attracted to anything he hasn’t touched in the last 10 minutes… Think about that folks.  Melissa and I now refer to it as extreme babysitting.  The constant hits, smacks, obstacle course-like dodging of toys on the floor and the ducking of flying sheep, has made us into rugged, fit and tone-bodied parents. Richard Simmons would be pleased. But all that crazy parental survival has taken it’s toll… We now go to bed before 10 pm on most nights! Which sounds bad, but it sure does help with those 6 am wake-ups! Yep, every day of the week. That’s fine for the work week, but on the freakin’ weekend?! Come on!

Note to self: teach Sam the meaning of weekends.

Check out this little montage of Sammy’s walking evolution, and now that while it may be cute, it’s caused us a world of pain!

Seeing Sam walk is a surreal experience.  It’s as thought he grew up in one fell swoop. Kind of makes him look like a little man. No longer a baby. Actually, he looks like a little old man when he shuffles around the floor, shoulders hunched to keep his balance. Especially when he uses his little “walker”. That green thing with wheel in the video. It’s another big step (pun!  I hate puns) in his growing up, which is great to see, but brings with it fond memories of seeing him crawl for the first time.

Sam has been walking for a while now eventhough I am only posting about it know.  But iur Sammy-boy has been doing the one-two shuffle since he was a few days over a year old… Way back in early March! Yeah, yeah I know… I’m behind in sharing the news.

Take care and keep putting one foot in front of the other!

Sam loves food.  Melissa and I love food, so I guess Sam picked that up from us. Now I know all babies love food. It’s one of the three main activities they can do: eat, sleep and sh*t.  But Sammy-boy takes it to another level.  This kid shovels folks, he doesn’t eat. Daintiness is a lesson lost on this guy when the chow lands on his plate.  Grabbed by the handfuls and pulled into his semi-toothed maw, Sam consumes with a fury not known to nature.  He claims every last bit of sauce, food particle or crumb on his fingers.  Sam even goes as far as getting all four fingers in his mouth to ensure that no survivors remain.  This kids an athlete. He could go pro next year.

But the thing that makes us laugh is that during the whole “eating us out of house and home” thing, he talks. He just goes on and on blabbing until he’s done eating. This can stretch up to an hour! Between every chew, before and after every breath, he just has to make a noise cause he’s so happy to be eating.

Just to sum up: he won’t shut up.

It’s not pretty to watch sometimes, but man is he passionate about his food! It’s a good thing Mom is a great cook… and Dad’s not too shabby either!

Just check out the video below instead, and watch Sam at his dining finest!

Take care and eat well!

This past Friday, I took the day off work to get a great many things done around the house, but one important item on our list wasn’t anywhere near our home. We headed for the North Pole! That was our destination on that mild, end of November afternoon. We were headed for Santa’s hideout… or house… or castle… or Elf sweatshop or whatever you want to call it. We were going there to get Sam some of his first face to beard time with the jolly fat guy. Hopefully, this being THE Santa, there would not be too much of a long line up to see him. I mean considering I’ve been an angel all my life we should get in pronto!

Well, it being the beginning of the season and the fact that it was an early Friday afternoon, there was only 2 little brats ahead of us in line! Good for Sammy-boy and good for us as those horror stories of long waits and fussy, whiny kids with their mal-odorant, numb-headed parents would pass us by for this year. When I saw that puny excuse for a line, I kicked Sam’s stroller into a two wheeled, accelerating arrow of death! I blew through the crowd of wandering, credit strapped consumers, making a B-line right for spot #3 in the line. I’m pleased to say my driving skills may just be unmatched in the stroller controller department. Got there with minor casualties: I hit two emo teens, the lady behind the information booth and an old guy with a walker. I admit to some degree of discrimination in this matter, however, as I did hit one of those three on purpose, but I’ll let you figure out who.

I park Sam’ stroller and peel, yes peel (I stroll fast remember?!) Sam from the seal into his mother’s arms as I reach to get the video camera ready. Just doing these simple tasks has dwindled the line down by one. Second place! Not bad for eight second of waiting! Just then, we turn around and an elf lets us scrutinize the photo package “deals” they were “happy” to provide us with. We ended up choosing the 8 picture for 30$ “deal”. It seemed like the lesser of the five evils, but I’m sure my pooch got screwed on that decision anyways.

Finally, after the wallet raping had ceased, it was Sam’s turn on Santa’s ever-richer-by-the-photo lap. At least we knew Sam would have a comfortable seat, cause Santa had just finished stuffing his pockets with a thick roll of twenties from the lunch crowd photo sessions. You saw the pic above, but check out the video below for the whole story… Samuel’s quadruple take is classic…

Enjoy & thanks for reading!

Sam has changed.  He now has two little teeth poking through his bottom gum line. He eats “solid” food.  He sits up on his own, and now folks, he’s mobile!  No I didn’t set him up with an iPhone of duct tape him to a skateboard.  He’s done it all by himself by working hard and getting his little body in gear: he’s starting to crawl! We’ve been noticing him rolling and working his way around the floor for about a month now, but his movement has been more rotational than straight forward or backward.  One night this week, we were playing in the basement, when Melissa jumped with excitement and yelled to me that he was trying to crawl forward.

I ran downstairs and sure enough, Sam was shakily holding up on all fours, gently swaying front to back.  He had this puzzled look on his face as if he was either unsure on how to proceed or still trying to figure out how he got “up” there.  Three inches off the ground is high for a baby I guess. He looked up at me and I must have distracted him, because he lost his balance and flopped on his belly.  That’s when we grabbed the camera and recorded the first part of the video below.  Sam tried again a few more times, but he was pooped.  All the effort and excitement had worn him out, so off to bed he went dreaming, I’m sure, of all the potential havoc he could cause Mom and Dad once he successfully gets to crawling!

The next day, after a good breakfast, nap and morning snack, Sam wanted to try again.  So down he went on the floor and what happened next was quite a sight to see for us.  It may not seem as quite the amazing event to most, but to Melissa and I, this was a big moment. You’ll see that in the second part of the video, which you can view just below.  Enjoy!

As you can see, this is just the beginning.  Soon, Sam will be scooting around the floor getting his hands into everything he wants and beginning his plan to take over the world.  And he will, yet again, test another level of his parents patience!

As always, thanks for reading!

Sam’s been eating his share of fruits and vegetables for the past 6 weeks know, and we’ve noticed that he keeps asking for more and more.  So, we decided that it’s probably time for his to have something a little more consistent in his little belly.  Up to now, Melissa has been making Sam’s purees from scratch which I must admit, have tasted very good so far.  Sam’s now tasted peas, carrots, squash, sweet potato, pears, bananas and apples.  That’s your basic start for any infants solid food phase, but now Sam was eating at an incredible rate.  Every meal we would have to give more and more as he would cry when his portion was finished.  He likes eating so much, that he gets impatient in between spoonfuls of food!  I don’t even have time to give him some food, swoop the spoon back to his plate and then come back to his mouth before he starts wiggling in his chair, slapping the counter top, turning beat red and making grunting sounds through pursed lips!  It’s funny to watch!

Melissa picked up some chicken puree from a company called “La Mère Poule”, that translates to “Mother Hen” in English.  It’s a company that specializes in frozen baby foods made from all natural products with nothing added.  The ingredients for the chicken puree were – water and chicken.  That’s it.  Since I have this little policy to taste everything we give to Sam (yes that included breast milk ), I was a little worried about how this would taste since it wasn’t homemade.  I dipped a spoon into the gray, pale, lumpy stuff and slowly raised the spoon to my slightly shaking lips…and it was good.  Melissa tried it next and was also pleasantly surprised that the kitchen floor wasn’t covered in our vomit.

Now we had the final test: Sam.  He was sitting there, expectant, in his high chair watching us eat what he knew was his food.  He had a slight smile in the corner of his mouth as Melissa approached with the little bowl full of chicken paste.  I won’t spoil his reaction to you in writing, but instead invite you to check out the clip below! We laughed and I hope you will too. Enjoy!

Work got you down? Need a little boost cause you’re bored? Well cheer up already! It’s Friday and the ever blessed weekend is upon us! Just a quick post today to help you all through the day and get you to that 4 o’clock freedom bell! Check out some of these interesting stories I’ve found around the interwebs. I’m sure you’ll find something you’ll like or at least to keep you busy for a while. Bored at work? Well you are not alone my friends!

Have fun and have a great weekend!

Untouched humans found! This is quite fascinating, a tribe of humans having never contacted the outside world has been found. Check out the fly-by photos!

Bad Tatoos gallery. What were they thinking?!? I guess that’s the point: they weren’t.

The tallest building in the world is now in… Isn’t this just another form of a “Who’s got the bigger d*ck” fight?

The 6 most badass stunts ever pulled in the name of science. From Cracked.com!

Miracle Fruit rewires taste buds. I want to try these.

HULKs 10 best brawls. To hype the upcoming HULK movie (that I think will flop, but we’ll see!)

Sixth longest place name in the world: Lake Chargoggagoggmanchauggagoggchaubunagungamaugg! Only Sixth? WTF?!?!

Disney Land for nymphos? Ummm….yeah… weird asian stuff.

Stiller, Black and Downey Jr. as the Pips!

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Funny stuff! Great song too!

Kevin Smith’s next flick “Zack and Miri make a porno” starring Seth Rogen has it’s first web teaser out! It’s not for kids due to strong language, but it’s pretty funny! Check it out here!

That’s it folks, enjoy!