So while heading up to Indiana this weekend for a long overdue visit with Sharon’s family, we started going through the first of two tunnels.
Julia has never been through a tunnel before.
Her reaction was something of a shock. She got all concerned, but didn’t say anything at all. Instead, her eyes got really big, she looked straight ahead, and froze until we got through the tunnel.
By the second tunnel, she really didn’t care anymore. I wonder what will happen this weekend when we head back…
So Julia is starting to “dance” when music plays. This is an older video I took of her in the act. Look for the video after the jump.
So after a long absence, the picture gallery updates are back. This one is big. I’ve uploaded over 110 pictures of Julia since late February.
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I don’t know why there is such huge spaces after below each row of pictures. I’m not a CSS master, and there’s a mess of it behind this site. I plan on tinkering around with it and see what the problem is.
So I’ve had another domain for a while at joemama.net. I didn’t really know what to do with it, but when it came available, I jumped at the chance to get it. So it pointed to bastone.org.
I’ve hooked that domain up with tumblr. It’s a lot like a blog, but I’m using it for random snippets that I don’t consider post worthy. Maybe you’ll see something that you’ll enjoy.
This site is all about tattooing your toddler.
What should we get tattooed on Julia? Maybe one of those bands around the arm? Or maybe a dolphin on the ankle? Technically, the site says it’s for ages 2 to 17, but I think we could convince them that Julia is close enough to 2 to count.
[tags]April Fools Day[/tags]
As you may remember, Julia celebrated her first birthday with a party five weeks ago. As part of the party, we got some Mylar balloons, and about a dozen regular balloons. The regular balloons lost their helium and came crashing back to the ground after just a couple days. However, two Mylar balloons are still floating, attached to a couple end tables in the living room.
So here’s my question: how long do you think these balloons will keep afloat? Leave your guess in the comments.
I ran across a post from Consumerist about a six year old that was denied the chance to get her doll’s hair “styled” at an American Girl store in Manhattan.
On the original post, it was hard to make out exactly what was going on because it was ripe with sarcasm. Here’s the idea: daughter is invited to go with a friend to American Girl Place. She can take her favorite doll and have a “stylist” work up the doll’s hair (for $20!). Turns out the girl didn’t have a real American Girl doll, so said “stylist” refuses to work on the doll. Then the other people in line start to stand up for the “stylist.”
Now I’m not sure how much is really true and how much is just hyperbole. There’s just a few things that seem odd to me. First, twenty dollars to style a doll’s hair? I don’t even spend that much on a hair cut, and I’ve got a lot more hair than a doll. Second, why make a big stink over it not being a real American Girl doll? Who cares? It’s a doll. Finally, $20? Really? I never knew how much those dolls cost in the first place. So I looked it up. I really don’t see myself shelling out that kind of money on a doll for Julia or Baby #2. But that’s just me. I’m cheap when it comes to that, and I’m happy to admit it.
So Julia had a big day today.
She started by going to the Children’s Museum. That was a lot of fun because she got to be very social and she got to play with her new friend Ireland. And Julia got to wander all over the place.
I didn’t get to go, but it looks like a really nice place. And if Julia really likes it, I’m sure we’ll be going there many more times.
I do have a video of Julia there, but I still need to encode it. Hopefully, I’ll have time to do it tomorrow.
So there was a three way tie on Jeopardy last Friday. So they all won $16,000 each, and got to play again today. Seeing that gave me an idea.
What if three people managed to team up on Jeopardy and colluded to make for a three way tie every night? It would be pretty simple – the person in last at the final clue bets nothing, the others the the final question wrong and bet enough to get to the person in last. You get a three way tie, everyone gets as much as the person in last, and they do it again tomorrow. Sure, it would make for a boring show, but they would keep on going. Of course, greed would just take over, and someone would bet enough to win.
Or get attacked, I guess…
Susan forwarded this bizarre story from CNN on to me today.
A panda was found in a fight, it ended up losing part of a limb. So doctors in China want to help the panda by giving it an artificial limb.
There’s at least four disturbing things I’ve seen so far…
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