Saturday, December 30, 2006

first christmas

He's not old enough to decide which holiday to celebrate so I guess it'll be the one with the tree and the holly which we celebrate in the middle of winter.

The boy has displayed every sign of great enjoyment during our holiday season together. Below is a picture taken in a sleepy moment, with the bear that his Aunt Sarah sent from London. He's still very much working on the grabbing-and-holding skills, but he latched right onto the bear.



His looking-at-things skill set is developing nicely. In the picture below he is also enjoying the Fisher Price Ocean Wonders Aquarium with swimming fish and bubbles in a real water-like fluid.



The aquarium was a very welcome gift from Mark and Lauren and Allie and Joe down in Tampa. Last night it enabled us to enjoy a nice meal while His Majesty gazed enraptured.

If you are interested in uncovering corporate conspiracies, please look into collusion among Fisher Price, Energizer, and the makers of Advil. The new generation of infant toys consume vast numbers of D cells, and moms and dads must get tons of headaches trying to change the batteries. Maybe it's just because of all the lawyers we have here, but the batteries are sealed behind multiple phillips-head screws. From what are we protecting the precious flowers of American youth? Batteries haven't leaked for decades, and even when they did, the result was scarcely more toxic than mayonnaise.

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