I’m Not a Slacker

My 4 year old has been reading since he was around two and doesn’t understand that not everyone can read. We were at the library today and a mother was working with her son, who was a few years older than Gavin.

The boy is trying to read a poster and says,

Where…

the…

Wild…

Things…

Are.

Gavin walks up and says, “ok, now say it all together”

The mother looks over at Gavin with a pissed off look in her eyes and the boy reads it again, much the same way.

Gavin walks away laughing and says, “pfffth.. That boy reads all weird”

Yes, my son is a pompus ass

I’m still alive and kicking, it’s just hard during the winter months to motivate myself to write anything (or do much of anything). At least we’ve passed the Winter Solstice and on the home stretch with more daylight every day!

Gavin is doing great as always, and the wife is doing great with her pregnancy. We should be expecting HIM around the end of April.

Having a new child here in 4 months hasn’t sunk in yet, especially since we haven’t done ANYTHING to prepare! His bedroom is an “office/computer networking center” right now and everything in it has to go somewhere else in the house. The problem is that I also need to move other things in order to make room for this stuff. It’s a house sized game of a sliding number puzzle.

I’ve started moving things around a little and I know as soon as I can make the one big move (The Wife’s computer into the kitchen) everything else will just fall into place.

Wish me luck.

I came across this child accessory and cannot believe it was designed by a man.

Behold, the Tinkle Tube!

I think I would put my kid on a leash before I made him use this device, less embarrassing for sure.

The at-home dad convention was a lot of fun. It’s nice to spend a weekend with a bunch of people where the conversation killer question, “So, what do you do?” never comes up.

Here are some pictures of Gavin at the Hockey game.

Picture 1

Picture 2

I know I haven’t written much but I’ve been feeling really unmotivated about doing much of anything since the time change. Today I’m going to donate blood (free shirt!!) and then buy some St. John’s Wort, it usually seems to help a little.

Slept until 8am, liking this convention already and it hasn’t even started yet! People walking in the halls and the elevator opening woke me up so I still haven’t let go 100%. Maybe tomorrow…

I was playing with Gavin, picking him up pretending to eat his belly while saying, “I’m going to eat a Gavinburger! Give me some ketchup!” He said, “I’m not a burger don’t eat me!” I asked him why wasn’t he a burger and he answers,

“Burgers don’t poop”

Tonight the wife and I are going to take Gavin to his first Blues game! This will either be a lot of fun or the worst idea I’ve had so far as a parent.

For those of you that don’t follow the NHL (and you should), the Blues are off to a great start this year after two disappointing seasons and are exciting to watch again!

Hopefully I’ll remember to bring the cheap-o pocket camera and get some pictures to post later.

Looks like I won’t be getting that early retirement after all.

My friends and I actually stopped talking about riding our bikes and actually started riding them again! Since we’re all old and out of shape compared to how we used to be we’ve been taking it slow, which is probably a good idea.

We’ve been riding the Katy Trail for a bit after everyone gets home from work and its a lot of fun, gradually stretching the miles each week. The problem is that we’re riding in the dark and I don’t have a light yet so it’s kinda hard to see sometimes.

Last night we decided to ride to Creve Coeur Park and as we’re at our turn around spot I notice my front tire pressure is a little lower than I would like for this kind of riding. I pump it up and when I take the pump off THE VALVE CORE SHOOTS OUT of my presta valve and the tire deflates! I don’t have a spare tube because I just started riding again and haven’t got around to buying everything I need yet. My friend has a spare but it’s the larger schrader valve so it won’t fit my rim (he has presta rims too so I’m not sure why he is carrying that tube). We mess around for 20 minutes trying different ways to keep air in the tire, none of which work. We’re 10 miles from home so I call another friend and have him meet me in a nearby commuter lot which is 3 miles away while my riding buddies take off for home.

I push my bike to the lot the same time my friend shows up to take me home and we get home the same time my riding buddies show up. Perfect timing!

So anyway, here is my shopping list:

2 innertubes!
Bike Light
Bike computer (so I know how far I’m hopefully not walking)
The wife will probably make me get a cellphone after this too

I seem to be getting over the funk I had the other day. I’m mixing up our routines, giving Gavin have a bit more freedom and letting him “help” me more. I’ve also been trying to be more active with him after dinner since I think he was getting bored.
He’s still acting like a PITA but I think most of that is because he’s 3. Hopefully my new outlook and plan will help all of us out here.

In other news, the At-Home Dad Convention is November 3rd. I’m planning on going again this year, it’s a good time!