Pummelvision: Two Years in Review

There's a website called Pummelvision that takes all of your pictures from an online database and, well, makes a video out of them. It won't do Picasa yet, to the blog is out, but I had to try it, and here's what my facebook account looks like. Since I joined facebook initially to watch a friend tick down to her due date, my account covers about the last two years. Thus:

Two years in review (not quite in order) via facebook Pummelvision. If nothing else, a certain someone changes a lot in the course of a one minute video!

Revenge, Holiday Style

Cheryl is a wonderful woman who keeps me sane much of the week. However, she's obviously missing the joy of sending her grandchild obnoxious things. Thus, her present to our family:

I have a longer video if you'd prefer. Full of more toddler glee and chipmunk joy. Although at one point, E does go looking for the off switch himself.

If you'd prefer Jingle Bells (and several octaves lower), I refer you back to our video holiday card.

I hope your holidays are as full of glee as that kid up there. And perhaps lower on chipmunks.

Yum, Grilled Cheese

Recently a woman (whose 15-month-old outweighed E) made some comment about "Well, you can't force him to eat". I almost laughed in her face. This kid eats. He just puts in all in that hollow leg he inherited from his father. At least, I assume that's where they keep it...
(I should give props to Baker Street Pub, which lets Ray, Ali, and Angela get their Sunday Ticket fix while feeding them. Grilled cheese, apparently.)

The holidays continue, and if you missed our card, scroll down.

From Eamon

Happy Holidays!

This week has been fun - as the mail catches up and everyone gets our address updated, we've gotten so many wonderful cards from our friends near and far. As with every year, I'm impressed by ya'alls gorgeous pictures, your awesome cards, adorable children and furchildren, your ability to decorate my mantle, your creativity (most original: the Vegas postcard... I'm not going to even pick most artistic) and well, your organization. As with every year, I offer to set up Christmas cards if Ray will help address them.

So, um, well... thank you all for the cards. We love them. The mantlefull makes me all warm and fuzzy. We offer this in return:

A look at our holiday celebrations thus far: tree fetching, ice skating in Louisville, the insane light show that is down the block from us, posing E for daycare cards, and the Erie gift opening (I have to give special credit to the 3M package and Aunt Joanie/Uncle Denny's Noah's Arc for baby amusement potential). Note that there is no Santa's lap - while E is into Santa, it's apparently love from a distance, as he wouldn't go near him at daycare. Anyway, it has been a good holiday so far! Since I wish you all could be here to share it, here's the next best thing I can offer:

Music: Jingle Bells by Barenaked Ladies. Particularly appropriate given E's current obsession with the book Jingle Cats.

If you need more: here's last year's.

I hope you all have wonderful holidays full of fun people, good food and drink, and all the appropriate good cheer. We'll be thinking of all of you!

Play

Last week, instead of trying to find a bar with Sunday ticket to watch the delayed Vikings game, Ray bowed to our schedule and the hungry voice in the backseat, and we ended up at McDonald's. Given the game, I think this may have been a good choice on his part.


I'm sure Eamon thinks so!

Hangin'

E has found a new level of bonding with his dad.

Thanksgiving...

I'm way behind here, but E and I got to spend Thanksgiving with the Baumgartner clan.

Friday Cute: Mohawk Style

I thought I owed you all some cute. And it's been a while since anyone has seen a mohawk around here.

You know you love it.

So, this happened...

Note: this happened two weeks ago. I'm behind in the blogging, as you all know. Before you jump to the picture, all is OK.

Creative

Yes, he's riding it like a scoot-bike. What you can't see is the art installation underneath him, consisting of three of his stacking toys. When I found the upside-down stool with a colorful installation about an hour after Ray took this picture, I was very confused as to what the boys had been doing.

Note: this means they left the TV with football playing. Of course I was confused.

Light...

I'm hoping this is a metaphor. Not that the tunnel is particularly long, but if nothing else, I'm ready for some sunnier evenings around here so that we can get out and have fun. E just wants to get back to the playground, which is quite chilly and dark by the time we get home. Thinking of solstice around here!

Could I Get a Warning Meow?

It has come to my attention that not blogging for a week is FROWNED UPON in this ESTABLISHMENT.
That above was entirely for Ray, who could use a smile at work. And partially for my mother, who called to check. Yes, we're still alive.

Sort of. Lots of chaos around here. Some illness (bad, but we're surviving), a grandparent visit (good, and they survived), lots of work (good... mostly).
But we're still rockin', don't worry!

Have I mentioned the view?

The Flatirons.
Yeah, I'm obsessed with our view. I'll return to the regularly scheduled toddler next post, promise.