It's Steve (now in blog form)

If you saw my last post, you probably have an idea how busy things have been.  There is nothing easy about getting a new project off the ground.  Anyway, I have a few minutes this morning so let’s catch up on the non-work related happenings.

Ben’s preschool put on a Christmas performance on Friday.  It was adorable.  His class had worked up an elaborate routine that involved randomly shaking bells while Jingle Bell Rock played.  There was also some screaming, crying, and wandering away.  3 year olds are great.  Check out all the pics here.

Ben got some sweet Buzz Lightyear pj’s.

Guess who thinks he’s Superman.

Madi is getting really cute.  She’s got smiling down and is working on giggling.  Right now, it still mostly sounds like she has indigestion.

Ben is not a good hider.  He grasped the concept of hide and go seek yesterday, but he doesn’t seem to get what constitutes a good hiding spot.  His best hiding spots included: under a pillow, covering his face in the shower, and putting a towel over his head.  Check out the full series of pics.

Kim is a ninja.

Ben helped decorate the Christmas tree.  He had a great time and the tree is nicely decorated up to about two and a half feet.  Good job, buddy.

We took Ben to Disneyland again the other day (I love having passes).  He got into the characters for the first time.  It was really cute.  Madi was really digging the Baby Bjorn.

Ben has been really into helping Kim bake lately.  Here’s muffin day.

Ok, I think that’s about it.  At this rate, there will be another post in about a month.

It’s been about a month since I’ve posted anything, so a quick catch up is probably in order.

I don’t drive much and I like palindromes.  After 5 years my car just hit 22,222 miles. Hurray!

Cirque du Soleil is in town with their show Kooza.  It’s just amazing. Here’s a picture of their giant circus tent.  As the show was starting I realized that Harrison Ford was sitting about 50 feet in front of us.  He narrowly avoided a serious accosting.  He should consider himself lucky that his seat was in the middle of the row, denying me easy access to harass him and run away.

Madi has started smiling.  It’s a good thing as it helps to counterbalance her almost superhuman ability to vomit.

Disneyland is a pretty accurate reflection of the American population at large.  They appear to have a poor handle on the effectiveness of camouflage.

“Don’t worry, I’m a ninja.” You bet you are, buddy.

Ben got invited to ride in the cockpit of the Disneyland monorail.  Having kids gets you into all sorts of exciting places.

This is basically the universal view as a parent.

I sure hope this guy is a podiatrist.

It’s exhausting being 2.

Here’s a merekat.

You are now caught up.

I’ve got really cute kids.  Possibly the cutest kids.  Don’t be sad, I’m sure yours are very nice too.

If you aren’t checking ItsMadi.com on a regular basis, you really should be.  My baby is adorable.

We now are the proud parents of a little girl!  She is just the cutest little thing ever.  Drop whatever you’re doing and proceed directly to It’s Madi to meet my daughter Madeline.

Note to parents: try not to feel bad when you eventually realize that she is superior to all other babies. It’s not your fault.