Sunday, July 18, 2010

Working 9 to 5!



Nope, I'm not working (in the technical sense, that is. I am not out working in Corporate America, but I work my tush off taking care of Peter!). In this case, Peter is the one who had a brush with the business world--in the form of visiting my mom at work! But just look at that picture above. Wouldn't you have a much easier time working in front of a computer all day long if Pete was in the cubicle next to you?





Above: Just going for a ride in an office chair fueled by grandma (aka "Nammy").





Above: Wheeeeeeeeeee!





Above: Sigh. Another day, another dollar.





Above: Getting trained on the company vehicle.

It's a hard job, but somebody's got to bring home the bacon!

That cute guy sure loves his Nammy and sure loves visiting her at work!

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Parent Play Time

I love to play with Peter. He's such a sweetheart. But while playing with cars never seems to get old for him, it does tend to get old for me.

So, as a parent, I have to get creative. My playtime is to play pictionary with myself and see how well I can draw an object in the room, or to put Peter's toys into a pattern before he can mess the pattern up. That is definitely a game of speed because Peter can pull items out of a pattern faster than you can say "John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt."

Here are examples of my playtime:





Above: Now, I'm no artist, but I'm quite proud of these. Keep in mind that I have to draw these fast because Peter wants to scribble on them too!











Above: Oh, the humanity!

Here are some examples of Jeremiah's play time artwork and the resulting carnage:









Above: Doesn't that picture just make you happy?



Above: It made the cars happy!

Here are some more fancy designs by Jeremiah:



Above: Car Stone Henge.



Above: That one wasn't up long!





Above: Here comes the hand!





Also, just so you know, I do dress up my child in more than just a diaper. However, these particular documented playtimes were diaper chic.



Above: Also in my defense, this is usually the kind of thing that happens when Peter is dressed up...which is why he ends up in his diaper so often!