Grandpaparazzi's Neighborhood

12/31/2009

John Spends the Night

John came to spend the afternoon with us at the condo, and he decided he'd like to stay for the night. On the way out, we stopped in at the Duke Energy "World of Energy" museum to see if James happened to be there (according to rumors we'd heard earlier). Sure enough:

We toured the museum with James and his cousins. John was being uniquely John, as usual!

Mimi asked that we not take any photos of the nuclear generation facility so we wouldn't be seized and carted off to some CIA prison. So instead we just took photos of Mimi and John.

When we got to the condo, we had supper.

Then we made an igloo with the papa-san chairs up in the loft.

John enjoyed rolling things down the stairs, so Mimi suggested rigging up a hoist to bring them back up for another roll.

Aunt Jessica called to wish us Happy New Year because it was, in England. Here she is telling John.

Mimi and John played kick-balloon and some other things, then it was bath time. Afterwards, we watched some Maisy videos.

Now it's bedtime.
Good night, Maisy. Happy New Year!

12/30/2009

The Amazing John Michael and His Wonderful Coat-Putting-On Trick

John has the best method in the world for putting his jacket on.

First, he lays the jacket on the floor a certain way.

Then he just flips it up over his head....

... and Presto! - just like that, it's on!

AMAZING!! John is so smart.

12/29/2009

Christopher Smiles!!

12/27/2009

Mimi Holds Danielle and Christopher

12/26/2009

Saturday Activity

We built the car models John got for Christmas from Aunt Jenny and Uncle Jeff.

Christopher put on a puppet show in his sleep.

Mimi did some high-speed web surfing - safety conscious, as always.

12/24/2009

It's All About the Baby

Leaf Pile

Naomi came over for a before Christmas visit. We enjoyed a little wagon ride.

Then we played in the pile of leaves and acorns on the patio.

Danielle was there, too, but she missed most of the fun.

Merry Christmas Naomi!! Merry Christmas Danielle!!

12/16/2009

Yes, Virginia - Another Blog for Christmas.

The world needed another blog - so I created one.

Azure Engineering blog

This time, it's a place to put boring engineering project kinds of stuff.

There was a post on TomTomForums.com where someone asked how to disassemble an XL330S. Well, we have one of those, and I've been thinking about taking it apart in order to attach some sort of clip to the case, so I can tether it to the motorcycle. The standard mount is not very secure.

So I decided to take photos and describe the procedure. And I did. But where to put the description? Certainly not in this blog - it's not about engineering. Thus the new blog.

Azure Engineering was the name of my short-lived computer engineering company back in the 70's. It was actually a Texas corporation for about a year.

Azure... sky-blue. Blue sky engineering. Get it?

12/11/2009

Holiday Visit

We had a very fun pre-Christmas visit with Jenny, Naomi and Danielle this week. As usual, Danielle was most charming.

Naomi installed some holiday window decorations.

We did some stamping.

Naomi gave her Mom a brief physical exam. Her ear was ok.

We had a good time!

Sisters

Cookies

Mimi helped with doing a "cookie exchange" for the teachers and staff at Webb Elementary School. McKinney Fellowship Church has adopted this school, to provide support.