Progeny

It's been sort of a slow weekend for us.  We can't even go downstairs to do anything since there's a fine film of drywall mud dust over most of everything.  The washer and dryer are unplugged until Tuesday (ish), so our laundry will have to wait as well.  And Tavish has been a bit of a monster for quite a few of his waking hours while he forces through the last of his baby teeth.  (Amy and I are both afraid he'll more than make up for Declan's relatively docile trip through the Terrible Twos.)

So here, while we're whiling away our Sunday afternoon, are some pics of the boys taken yesterday and today.  We're going for supper tonight at Granny and Grumpy's house, and they're pretty much always golden over there.

(Clicking the pictures will give you bigger ones!)

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It's really hard to keep him distracted while there's a camera in his face.  There's a skiff of snow on the ground now, and I think that's what has his attention here.

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And Dex has to ham it up for every lens thrust his way.  Sneak attacks are the only way with him right now.

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Fraser men.

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It's rare that Jango doesn't have one of his ears flipped inside-out.  It's also rare for him to be this still.

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Tav's new addiction is the 40th anniversary DVD issue of The Jungle Book.  He's been watching it twice a day for the past week.  Here, something obviously hilarious has just transpired, like Ka the snake falling out of the tree or something.

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Dex is the only one allowed to sit in that spot, and the only one allowed to use his drawing board.  I know... it's past time for a haircut.

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Sorry son, if you're not born with it in your mouth, no amount of chewing will have the results you're looking for.

Comments

[Terri]

The boys have really grown since we saw you this past summer!!!

[Émilie B]

I like the light in that first one, and the second one put me in mind of blurry webcam pics with an attempt at some style, from back in the days.

[Mark]

Good stuff from your new camera. I agree about the lighting in the first one. My favorite, were I asked to pick one, would be the silver spoon shot.

[Simon]

Terri, they do that, don't they? Like weeds sometimes.

Émilie, if I had to pick a tag line to apply to my life in general, "An attempt at some style" would be right up there as a contender!

Mark, I thank you. I'm quite partial to the spoon shot, too. That boy's gonna end up with more attitude that we'll all know what to do with.

[Moksha Gren]

The lighting on the top one is just amazing, but I couldn't help but laugh out loud at Tav's Jungle Book picture.

The light effect on the second shot made me think:

"Daddy, are you ok?" came the child-like voice as if from a great distance.

Simon drifted back to consciousness with a vague memory of having said something like,"Go ahead, Dex. Throw Daddy the baseball."

He was quite sure, even with his head spinning, that he would never again underestimate his elder son's pitching arm.

[Simon]

Moksha, looking back at that picture, you've devised a wonderfully appropriate caption. Though, to tell the truth, it's the younger boy who shows signs of a wicked pitching arm. Plus, given the boys' height, it's not currently my noggin that's most succeptible to injuries...

[Jenn]

Ah, The Jungle Book. It almost makes me miss the days of our Lightening McQueen obsession. Almost, but not quite. Mary's getting a fist full of disney movies for Christmas/Birthday gifts next month, I wonder which one will become the new favourite.

[Moksha Gren]

Yes, my initial thought was that he had cracked you over the head with a bat or something. [internaldialogue]Why would Dex hit Simon with a bat? Well, I can think of reasons, but I'd spend too much time setting up the scenario. Argh, it's really not worth all this, make it a baseball and get to work, Moksha [/internaldialogue]

[Mark]

I wonder why the sine wave post got only four comments and this one already has more than double that many? Hmmm...

Jenn - You mean the Lightning McQueen obsession ends?

[Paula]

Your new photo reminds me of June's blue Doc Martens!