I’m Not a Slacker

If your baby spills her drink all over herself, just put the CLOTHES in the dryer, not the BABY!

I remember back when I had a paying job and they gave you a personal vacation day called a “Birthday Holiday” You were free to use it whenever you wanted but taking your Birthday off was the most common. My Birthday is this weekend so the wife gave me a day off! (Thank YOOOOOOOOOOOUU!!!!!!!) She took a vacation day from her job and headed out with Gavin to The Science Center. From the looks of the comment in the preceeding post it seems like they are doing alright without me.

I think she was getting a little annoyed with my “Helping” them get ready to leave this morning. I should have just counted by blessings and stayed away.

If you’re a politician running on a “Family Values” platform with ads that talk about you being a devoted father, try not to fall over $7000 behind on your child support payments.

I was reading Gavin one of his dinosaur books and he said, “That’s a tail” I asked him if he has a tail and he says, “NO, I have a PENIS”

I told Gavin that American Idol will be on tonight and he asked who will be on the show, it went like this.

Taylor Hicks
“Taylor Hicks won’t go home”

Chris
“Chris won’t go home”

Katherine McPhee
“Katherine won’t go home”

Elliot
“Elliot will go home, not Taylor Hicks”

Just a bit of Father and son bonding, that’s all.

Gavin has another job around the house. His current duties are holding the mail on the way to the Post Office and showing the person at the Costco exit our receipt, but his newest is his most responsible yet. He has to go down the sidewalk and by the street and bring in the newspaper in the morning! He really enjoys doing it and laughs and smiles the whole time.

The biggest questions I will probably get from this post is “why do you still buy a newspaper, can’t you just read it on the internet for free?” Yes I can, but its a lot harder to read all the stories on the computer. With the paper I know that when I get to the last page I have read all the news for that day. Plus, a newspaper is a lot easier to bring into the bathroom or light the BBQ.

Yes I’m still here, I just haven’t felt like writing much lately. Gavin turned two and its kinda pointless writing about every little thing he does now. Until he starts adding or reading most of the milestones are past and he’s just a little boy. I might have to make this a more general blog and talk about movies I’ve seen and websites I visit since there really isn’t enough new stuff going on in my life interesting enough for me to write about, much less anyone to read.

Gavin and I did go to Laumeier Sculpture Park the other day and I think it was the most fun he has had in a long time. He was able to run as far as he could in almost every direction, plus he had a lot of cool things to see and touch. If anyone is in the St. Louis area and is looking for a fun outdoor walking activity, I would highly recommend it.