Thanksgiving

I am thankful for my family, my home, my job, and my faith.

And turkey.

Fractured Fairy Tales

Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your... ladder.

Ethan has a current favorite show. It's called Super Why. He likes to run around the house telling us "I'm Super Why Ethan." He loves to be a super hero.

So, in one episode of the show, Rapunzel for some reason couldn't/wouldn't user her hair for the prince to climb up. So Super Why went into the story and changed it so say 'ladder' so that Rapunzel could climb down and be with the prince. Then, one of Super Why's friends spelled 'cut' to give her a haircut.

It's definitely geared towards younger kids but they do a good job of getting Ethan to interact so at least he's not just sitting there staring.

Shapes

Ethan has been able to draw circles for a while now. He loves to draw pictures of circles and tell us that they are people's faces. Usually Ethan, Mia, or me.

But today, I showed him how to draw rectangles. We would draw 1 line. Then 2 lines. (Parallel) and then 1 line. then 2 lines (parallel the other way) to make a full rectangle. I was very impressed at how quickly he picked it up. He's a smart kid. I need to take more time to teach him things like this.

My bad example

"Fine. Whatever."

Unfortunately, I know exactly where Ethan picked that up.

1 Year of Blogging

According to my dashboard, this is my 365th post to this blog. That's 1 full year of blog posts... of course, being spread over 4 years makes it a little less of an accomplishment but I still think it's pretty cool.

Growing Up Digital

Scene: Dad is in the kitchen making dinner. Ethan is helping him. Mom is in the office taking a little break.

Ethan: Dad, I need to go get you some emails.
Ethan runs off to the office. Dad chuckles and plans this blog post.

Ethan runs back into the kitchen with his fist closed like he's holding something.
Ethan: Dad, I brought you some good emails.

The rumors of my death

probably haven't even started circulating. I am still alive. I am still planning to make a long post about Texas. I'm sorry that I've been so negligent. Don't worry, it's not just my blog.

Middle Name

How does Xerxes sound?

The Facebook

In my continued dive into social media, I now have a Facebook profile. (And so does Mia.)

We've already hooked up with most of the family but just throwing it out for anyone that might not know yet.

On Notice

http://shipbrook.com/onnotice