Starting a new gallery…

[Yugoboy]

Only 2 days before my birthday!

Happy Birthday little kid… you sure are a cutie!

[caradoc]

Twelve months.

[caradoc]

Here’s the slideshow we ran during her party (I’ve cut the audio out – wasn’t sure about the licensing from iPhoto for the provided music…)

[caradoc]

From her first birthday party…

Tears and screaming in 5, 4, 3, 2…

She let go of the elastic just as the flash fired.

[caradoc]

Thirteen months. And she said “Dada” today for the first time in a meaningful fashion.

[orionid]

Nice.

[caradoc]

Feet seem to be working rather well.

[ravnostic]

Oh-oh—she’s going to be trouble at 17…look at how she’s already let that dress strap lilt to the side! Carry a gun for when she brings the boys over…

;o)

[Yugoboy]

Oh-oh—she’s going to be trouble at 17…look at how she’s already let that dress strap lilt to the side! Carry a gun for when she brings the boys over…

Don’t know if he needs to carry a gun, so much as have a full gun case, and be cleaning one when the kid stops over. A few “crazy eyes” looks and references to his time “in country” might be a little more effective at conveying the message. Also, mumbling slightly incoherently to your long-dead dog should work as well, combined with the ever so occasional nervous twitch/tic.

Even though I don’t have kids, I’ve been thinking about this a loooooong time… got a few nieces I care about.

Last suggestion for today. Scrap the guns and take up archery. Mention how you like the way you can kill silently. Combine with other nervous energy mentioned above. Enjoy the reactions.

[caradoc]

Cleaning the guns just doesn’t have the same effect as taking a whetstone to my Lochaber axe… or my roll-bag of throwing knives.

(http://www.flickr.com/photos/iaincaradoc/396504685/ – the Lochaber is the pole arm just to the left of the tent, there…)

[Yugoboy]

I will concede that you seem prepared enough and don’t need my help.

[caradoc]

I took Lily to the mall yesterday to play on the SplashPad, which is an area of “dancing fountains” that randomly jet water up in the air, then drain, all on a padded surface that doesn’t puddle or pool the water. It’s for kids.

A little boy (maybe 2-3 years old to Lily’s 13 months) at the SplashPad thought it would be funny to splash Lily and make her cry, then get in her face as she backed away from him. She thought it would be funny to grab his nose – thumb in one nostril, index finger in the other – and make him scream.

His mother only said, “I told him not to tease girls…”

[lokisbong]

Go Lily! Are you gonna teach her more submission holds when she gets a bit bigger for when the boys get obnoxious?

[caradoc]

Go Lily! Are you gonna teach her more submission holds when she gets a bit bigger for when the boys get obnoxious?

Yep. We’ll get to that.

I didn’t teach her the nose-hold… she figured that one out all by herself.

[caradoc]

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