Holy crap.. Baby Owen 2000

Nate's snack

Nate decided he wanted an unauthorized snack. He couldn't open the package by hand, so he did some problem solving with his teeth...

Another Alternative in November

If you're not happy with either Obama or McCain as your presidential choices, check this out:

Summer Breeze Redux

Compare last Sunday's projected track of Tropical Storm Fay with this map showing locations that actually experienced tropical storm winds. Not only did Fay a) never become a hurricane and b) completely miss the Tampa Bay area, the storm affected every part of the state EXCEPT Tampa Bay. The forecast ended up being almost the exact opposite of what actually happened, which tells me that the teams of meteorologists and millions of dollars worth of computer models responsible for this forecast were as reliable as the opinions of three guys picked at random from the Maryland Heights ball park after about a half dozen beers.

In this case, we predicted the path of a hurricane...err, tropical storm over the course of six days with 0% accuracy. Yet, we're somehow able to prove with 100% certainty that Earth's average temperature will continue to rise over the next 100 years. Moreover, we know definitively that human activity is entirely responsible for the increase, and if you don't believe it, you're either a moron, living under a rock, or in the pockets of Big Oil, though the earth has been cooling and warming on its own for millions of years before the invention of the SUV. I wish we could use those same computers to help me figure out if we need to cover our windows with plywood.

Ok, enough soapboxing - the important thing is, absolutely nothing happened, which is a good thing.

Nathan, his nukkie, & his booey watching TV

Austin loses another tooth.

This is tooth #2, for those keeping score.

Austin's 2nd 1st day at Kindergarten

Austin's ready and eager to start school and he's now officially a student at Citrus Park Elementary. It's been a little hectic getting this going, but as of right now, he's sitting in his classroom.

We still don't know where his bus stop officially is, when they are supposed to pick him up, or when and where they drop him off. The bus failed to show up today, so we ended up driving him near the school, parking, then walking in. I'm hoping they drop him off about where I THINK his stop is and about when I THINK they're supposed to.

Austin was in a very good mood and happy to be left to his class. He's doing very well with his sight words (thanks to Daddy) and we know he'll have a great year...

Summer Breeze

So this is where we're at now. I've been following the National Hurricane Center advisories since Friday afternoon, and the updates have been pretty consistent: the tropical event is still named Fay, and it will make landfall somewhere along the west coast of Florida, or perhaps the panhandle, or maybe South Florida as either a tropical storm or a hurricane sometime between Monday evening and Wednesday evening, or maybe not. It's pretty clear to me that we have somewhere between a 0% and a 100% chance of being affected by this storm.

At any rate, we're currently under a hurricane watch, which means that hurricane conditions are possible within 36 hours. Regardless of how this turns out, we used this opportunity to ensure we have all of our hurricane preparations complete. We'll see what happens.

Austin helping out.

Austin asked to give Nathan his bottle before bed tonight. Man are they adorable when they get all lovey with each other!!

Pros and Cons

Austin's Kindergarden Orientation

Tonight we met Austin's new teacher. Her name is Mrs. Yeloushan and she's been a teacher for many years. School starts Monday morning and Austin gets to ride the bus.

Here's a few of Austin getting familiar with his room and one of Nathan at dinner tonight.

AJ got bitten at school

Summer Lovin'

Oh ya, I forgot!

Nathan and A.J. both ate peanut butter today. A.J. has had peanuts before, but very rarely. Nathan has never had it. Neither had any type of reaction!

Of course this doesn't mean Nate will NEVER grow allergic to it, but it's a good sign. YAYYY!

Gun Show!

Dave started flexing his bicep muscles and saying, "LOOK! Gun Show!!" to Austin and AJ. Now Nate does it too!

Code name: Charles Edward Camembert

Went to Chuck E Cheese. Here's a shot.

Handsome man

This is his second.

Yep, we went to the Zoo again!

Ozzy and Nate

I just thought this was cute. Austin was watching TV and Nate-o came over to cuddle with him.

The great outdoors...

Took Nate out to explore the back yard. I started talking to a neighbor, then heard Nate crying. I run over to find him with his mouth full of soil. Awesome.