What Not To Wear---Manstyle

My wife is working so I take the little one to a photo shoot. She picked out the outfit, I was just supposed to get her to laugh and smile. The photo shoot goes off fabulously and my little pumpkin is gorgeous. My wife looks at the pictures three days later and is mortified. I put the dress on backwards. It looked good to me; I thought the buttons were supposed to go in the front. I now have to take her back for another round of pics. My wife was mad, but I have now doubled the size of Nicole's wardrobe....

Minnie Van

"Daddy, we are driving a mini-van", says Nicole (almost 3) from the safety of her car seat cocoon.

"Yes, we are" said me.

"But, there is no Minnie or Mickey, or any of their friends."

It is talks like these that make me laugh. I also understand why it takes years to master English. In high school, we take four years of English. In Barcelona, do they take four years of Spanish? In Paris, do they take four years of French? Methinks not.

Wish Me Luck

I figure I will do 258 loads of laundry over the next three weeks. We are starting potty training. I am not sure I believe the book writers who say it can be done in 24 hours, but it sells books!

The price of gas

We were watching Free Willy, when the whale burps. I ask her if she had ever seen a whale burp before. She looks at me and says "whales burp and they poot too". She then tells on all the whole family as she says "Daddy poots, I poot, and Mommy poots, too." No gas shortage at this house. Luckily, it was just the two of us. I feel confident she will share that in the future at a most inopportune time.

Muppets and Air Guitars

Watching the CMA Awards with family tonite. Nicole picks up a book and begins playing an air guitar. Good luck with that, she might get musical talent from somewhere but not from Dad. LeeAnn Rimes is another that I can add to the living Muppet list. She joins Julia Roberts and Peter Gammons.

My Daughter the Axe Murderer

My wife and I were just goofing around at the house today playing with Nicole. We laughed, played and did all of the family stuff. Nicole looks at us and says "I was just killing you." We look at each other stunned.......... until we realize she meant she was just "kidding" us. Kids say the darnest things.

Imagine......

Imaginary friends are normal. Nicole now has a friend called "Dater". She will explain that Dater is sitting next to her. She will put covers over her when she lays down. Yesternight in the bath tub, Dater went swimming by. Man, Dater is really fast. I had an imaginary friend, but it wasn't until high school. Her name was Cindy Crawford and she existed in every one of my dreams......