Me at my last BoSox game

Looking good right?

Am I a Nerd ?

It may be a sign of some sorts…my age maybe coming into play, a desire to find some peaceful “Zen” like moments ?  Nonetheless I am sitting here with a book on Knots and Ropework.  Bends, loops, hitches and whippings-here I come.  I guess as we get older we do look for a hobby of some account. Not sure this will be mine, as in the end as I have clearly taken a break to inform you of my noble endeavor. An endeavor in which  any boy who paid attention in Boy Scouts would clearly have a leg up on me.  I do think my point is simple. As we get older it is important to try new things, new hobbies or ones renewed.  Reading and learning as often as we can.  I think all of us have had that sensation that “life” is on the fast-track, so why not take a pause for something that entertains the intellect? And after finishing “The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Knots and Ropework”  I am convinced that I will be able to teach my son Colin to tie his shoe…or at least tie up his toy boats the to the tub faucet.

Small Things

It amazes me sometimes how the smallest things can make your day.  Colin is 16 months this week and today he just made me smile so big :)  I mean think about yours and mine-here he is just roughly 480 days into this world and he has grown so much.  Conversely I am well over 14,600 days and feel I have so much to learn.  This moment I speak of comes from Colin’s desire to go play in the backyard after dinner, a bit of a nightly ritual at our house.  We both have matching “Croc’s” so I asked him to go get his shoes so we could go outside.  He walked out of the kitchen into the bedroom, went to his shoebox and came back with the matching “Croc’s”.  I was so proud.  Work can be tiresome, the economy can be taxing, and life can throw you those ever demanding curveballs, but every now and then you have a moment.  Kelly Clarkson really had no idea when she sang that song how many moment's life can truly have……and I hope there are so many more.

Dear Lord may we please have ...

....some cookies :)

Baseball Trade deadlines

With the trade deadline approaching at the end of the month my friend
Nate and I are watching intently as denoted by this picture. I am the
manly one --- wearing the number 9

When mom is away….

Colin decides to take a two hour nap. I am in trouble.  He has not taken two hours in a while and Leilani is running errands. Oh boy.

I slept for 1 1/2 he slept for 2- we are both busted.

Every dad knows what I am talking about :) The past couple of days he has been refusing to nap for her at all, and now when she goes out and does whatever she is doing, he says “hey ya know what, I’m gonna nap for 2 HOURS!”   ha-ha :)

Sad attempt

In a sad and obvious attempt
to impress the waitress my friend Nate just pushed crumbs in front of
my plate. These were not mine-though she was impressed at his clean
place setting and mannerisms.