Bluecigar http://bluecigar.org Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:14:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Ephraim Works the Straw http://bluecigar.org/2009/12/20/ephraim-works-the-straw/ http://bluecigar.org/2009/12/20/ephraim-works-the-straw/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:14:29 +0000 Brian http://bluecigar.org/?p=233

]]> http://bluecigar.org/2009/12/20/ephraim-works-the-straw/feed/ Ephraim Working on Cruising http://bluecigar.org/2009/12/19/ephraim-working-on-cruising/ http://bluecigar.org/2009/12/19/ephraim-working-on-cruising/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:08:40 +0000 Brian http://bluecigar.org/?p=232

]]> http://bluecigar.org/2009/12/19/ephraim-working-on-cruising/feed/ Not So Much With the Helping http://bluecigar.org/2009/11/11/not-so-much-with-the-helping/ http://bluecigar.org/2009/11/11/not-so-much-with-the-helping/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:37:19 +0000 Brian http://bluecigar.org/?p=231 ‘Twas a loverly fall day this past weekend, and I had the need to move a few leaves around the yard. Isaac proved to be not so much help with this. But he was looking good in his Red Sox cap.

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]]> http://bluecigar.org/2009/11/11/not-so-much-with-the-helping/feed/ Halloween 2009 http://bluecigar.org/2009/11/01/halloween-2009/ http://bluecigar.org/2009/11/01/halloween-2009/#comments Sun, 01 Nov 2009 20:35:51 +0000 Brian http://bluecigar.org/?p=230 We had a pretty laid back ‘ween this year; much battling of illness this October. Blossom made Isaac a sweet firetruck costume, and Marie made Ephraim a very cute dalmation outfit. Big playgroup in the morning, and then some light t o’ t around the neighborhood.

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]]> http://bluecigar.org/2009/11/01/french-toat/feed/ Isaac Helping Out During Bathtime http://bluecigar.org/2009/09/26/isaac-helping-out-during-bathtime/ http://bluecigar.org/2009/09/26/isaac-helping-out-during-bathtime/#comments Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:17:56 +0000 Brian http://bluecigar.org/?p=228

]]> http://bluecigar.org/2009/09/26/isaac-helping-out-during-bathtime/feed/ Look at Ephraim on the Big Boy Food http://bluecigar.org/2009/09/14/look-at-ephraim-on-the-big-boy-food/ http://bluecigar.org/2009/09/14/look-at-ephraim-on-the-big-boy-food/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:53:57 +0000 Brian http://bluecigar.org/?p=227

]]> http://bluecigar.org/2009/09/14/look-at-ephraim-on-the-big-boy-food/feed/ Papa Jess and Grandma Marie Visit http://bluecigar.org/2009/09/14/papa-jess-and-grandma-marie-visit/ http://bluecigar.org/2009/09/14/papa-jess-and-grandma-marie-visit/#comments Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:52:14 +0000 Brian http://bluecigar.org/?p=226 Papa and Grandma came to visit the boys on labor day weekend:

]]> http://bluecigar.org/2009/09/14/papa-jess-and-grandma-marie-visit/feed/ That Boy Is Kickin’ It Old School http://bluecigar.org/2009/09/08/that-boy-is-kickin-it-old-school/ http://bluecigar.org/2009/09/08/that-boy-is-kickin-it-old-school/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:37:23 +0000 Brian http://bluecigar.org/?p=225

]]> http://bluecigar.org/2009/09/08/that-boy-is-kickin-it-old-school/feed/ Isaac is Total New School http://bluecigar.org/2009/08/23/isaac-is-total-new-school/ http://bluecigar.org/2009/08/23/isaac-is-total-new-school/#comments Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:25:17 +0000 Brian http://bluecigar.org/?p=224 Yesterday Isaac and I went to the Trader Joe’s for some rations. As we were checking out Isaac was offered a balloon, in the color of his choice (which happened to be orange). When we got home he really played with the balloon for the first time, bouncing it around on its string for a while then letting go. After it floated up to the ceiling he would point at it and say “Up high!”, and then turn to me with a beseeching look and say “Help.” At which point I would have to get up, pull down the balloon and hand it to him. We did this approximately four thousand times.

This morning when I got up I noticed that the balloon had lost its buoyancy, and was lying forlornly on the kitchen floor. I heard Isaac milling around in his room, and when I opened the door he was standing on his toy chest under the window, completely behind the curtain. He poked out his head and said “Hiding!” This was a pleasant and amusing greeting; the odor I was simultaneously assaulted with was not.

Fondly recalling my full time duties as the poopsmith I changed his diaper, and afterwards as I was cleaning up Isaac ran into the kitchen and found his balloon. He brought it into the bedroom and said “Up high!” and let it go, only to watch it fall back to floor. A puzzled look came across his face as he tried to fathom this change in behavior. He picked up the balloon, stared at it for a few seconds, then handed it to me and said “New batteries!”

I laud his problem solving skills, and look forward to them being connected to reality some day.

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