Isaiah and Art

Took Isaiah to Decordova one gorgeous afternoon. Thought I share some photos...

Sharks circling overhead. He was a little scared of this.

He loved the giant stone face...

two hearts

sniffing giant metal 'walnuts'?

Wow

What a crazy week at school. Superintendent gave her notice that she will be done June 30th of this year (her contract was up anyway and I'm quite sure the school committee was not interested in renewing it). And that was the good news for the week ...

Two kids in 8th grade were busted for smoking pot in the boys bathroom ... in the bathroom directly across the hall from the main office. Duh.

The next day another boy was sent home for writing threatening messages and leaving them in the boys bathroom. He too was caught.

And then today, someone calls in a bomb scare. WTH? Kids were corralled down in the playing fields while bomb sniffing dogs and police checked the school.

Hopefully this will end our week of bad luck and ill feelings.

Halloween 2009

I'll post some pictures later but here is a quick video of Isaiah after going trick-or-treating (translation = walking to neighbors to say 'hello') this evening. He is a tad tired and a bit punchy, ready to fall apart.

Finally, a film clip

Isaiah hasn't been very cooperative when it comes time to capture him on video. Not that he isn't doing a thousand incredibly cute things each day... its just that he either does them so quickly and moves on to the next cute and adorable thing within 9 seconds or he sees the camera and comes charging at me to rip the cord out of my hands.

Maybe Leno should follow my police blotter findings

Mosquito Classified Ad appears on Jay Leno’s show

Recently the Carlisle Classifieds made the big-time when an item was included in The Jay Leno Show in the “Headlines” segment on October 12. Leno read from the Lost and found section, “Lost – four chickens, last seen on Sunset Road July 14, seen being chased by a fox.” Leno’s comment was, “I wouldn’t put out a lot of hope.”

Monkey See Monkey Do

Isaiah has turned into the great imitator. He watches EveryThing that we do and tries to copy. Pointing the remote at the TV, pointing up into the trees, mopping up pretend olive oil with his bread at dinner. He 'dances' anytime he hears music, stomping his feet and smiling grandly. He studies my mouth when I sound out words, trying to figure out where to put his tongue, teeth, lips. It is wickedly cool.

I'm trying to turn his new-found interest to work for the powers of good. I'll encourage him to imitate me while I pick up toys and put them back into the toy box. Which he does. And then he immediately empties it out again. Or he finds a treasure that he forgot about because he hasn't seen it is ohhhhh so long (10 minutes).

Isaiah helps me empty the dishwasher every morning. As soon as I open the door, he is like a dog to the food bowl, rushing to get his hands onto anything he can. He grabs plates, one by one, and hands them carefully to me to put away. It is a race for me to minimize the number of breakables on that bottom shelf before he gets there. He wants to help me load it too, but that process is a lot messier and I'm not interested in playing that game yet.

He is signing more and more words these days. Apple, chicken, drink, berry, dog, and bike are frequently visited signs.

We visit the chickens that live about 1/2 mile down the road from us several times a week. There are about 2 dozen assorted ornamental hens and one very loud rooster which greets us. Scraps from our kitchen are greedily pecked over. We are hopeful that as they lay more and more eggs we will be able to purchase ours from them.

The Weird Headed Show

Declan has been enjoying the PhotoBooth feature of my Mac. Here is something to tickle your funny bone: