Happy Birthday Daddy

On The Rocks

When. Danielle is mad at me, either truthfully, or not, she declares that our relationship is "on the rocks", Avi has picked this up.

Went to the strong museum of play today. Avi loved it.

Location : 167 South Ave, Hilton, NY 14468,

Poopin on the Potty

And we have officially moved into the next stage. Avi has pooped 4 times in the Potty and counting.

This is like the Super Bowl of child raising.

Location : 1161 West Ave, Hilton, NY 14468,

Reading Simba to Simba

Avi reading "The Lion King" to Simba this morning. And yes, she has already used the Potty this morning.

This kid is too cool.

Location : 1161 West Ave, Hilton, NY 14468,

Avi yesterday.

God she looks so big.

I was going through some old pics and videos on my external hard drive (long story about what I did to break my laptop), and I can't believe how much she has grown in a year.

I always told myself that I wouldn't get misty about how fast she is growing, instead, just enjoy each phase.

But when I look back at the older pics and videos, wow.

I was at : 167 South Ave, Hilton, NY 14468,

Avi

This is a first try for this. Video taken right from my phone and uploaded straight to The Head.

Wish me luck here.

I was at : Rochester, NY 14616,




Adding...

Firstly, it worked, which is very cool. The weird thing is that when I attempted to upload videos from my phone directly to YouTube previously, my phone said that the video was too big. But when I went through the Blogger App on my phone and posted this, there was no problem, and it loaded the video first through YouTube, then to my Blog, all on its own. I didn't have to do a thing. I still don't know how to upload videos to YouTube from the phone, but it doesn't matter.

Secondly, this is a really cool feature and one that I will be using a lot more in the future.

Avi

I have realized as I have been labeling these old posts that there is not a whole lot I have said about Aviendha.
I need to fix that. Hopefully, now that I am doing a lot more of this from my phone, which doubles as my camera and video camera, a lot more of Aviendha related stuff will creep into this space.

The political discourse has slowed to a crawl, partly because I now count myself among the disillusioned masses. And partly because I have other things on my mind.

Aviendha (whose name, if you don't know comes from "Wheel of Time" series...pick it up!) Has blossomed into a beautiful, funny, laughing, joking, playing, joy to around. This is not to say she hasn't always been, but I will always remember the year 2-3 as the year my kid became a kid.

Point of all this being, expect to see a bit more about her going on here, which may help if you are her only paternal uncle, and you and your wife live halfway across the country, but you still want to know what she is up to.


I was at : 628-658 Moul Rd, Hilton, NY 14468,

Best. Christmas. Ever.

By far the best holiday ever.

I was at : 628-658 Moul Rd, Hilton, NY 14468,

From Phone

Trying out a few Blogger apps from my phone. So far, I would be lying if o said I loved any of them.

I was pumping gas this morning with Avi in the car on my way to mom and dad's and a thought occurred to me... We live in a world where we replace anything that is broken or worn out. If my jacket wears a hole through the elbow, I just replace it. How, in this world, do we ever learn to value anything? It is moments like this one this morning that I realize that the hard part of parenting is not changing a two year old at 7 am because her Nana gave her too much to drink at night and she soaked through her PJs. The hard part of parenting is figuring out how to teach a child the value of things in a world that tells her everything can be replaced.


There is my deep thought for Monday.