For her wedding anniversary Barbara got and iPod Nano G4. Here are some videos...Sean's singing/drumming debut is to "Walk the Dinosaur".

Merry Christmas Season

This week Barbara and I finally made it to Bass Pro Shop. It is a very cool store, even if you don't hunt. Sean went there with Grandma and Aunt Joanne last year to get a photo with Santa. This year, we did not even know Santa was there yet. It was a pretty slow Tuesday night - when we went to Santa's Wonderland Santa came and helped Sean play with a remote control truck then we had their picture taken. The place is filled with mounted dead animals, which Sean loves. There is also a shooting gallery with moving animals. Sean made sure he described to me each animal and whether it was a "good' or "bad" animal. We had dinner in the restaurant that has a fish tank and fish mounted everywhere. One other boy, about 5 or 6, at another table kept talking about a blue marlin he thought was a shark. Sean: "that's not a shark!"

Rice Wins!

Saturday we and Dziadziu went to the Rice vs. Tulane game.  Rice entered at 0-9 for the season, and pulled out a convincing win to move to 1-9.  Sean loved the big stadium, but was focused on his popcorn and hot dog most of all.

Sunday we went to visit new baby Dylan Boyce.  He is a cute, small, baby.

Barbara loves her some Dylan

Tadd helps feed Dylan

Sean and Elissa in her club house

Heather has her hands full

Johnsons and Carters Visit

On the morning after Halloween we did Sean's new favorite weekend activity (right up there with falling asleep on the couch and watching football) - having breakfast on the patio.Below, he helps dad concentrate on the paper.

On the day after Halloween the Carters and Johnsons came over for dinner from the old 'hood.  Even with a bigger house 8 kids total seemed like a handful.  Sean talked about it all weekend until they came, and he had a good time having all the kids over.

Halloween 2009

Sean had a great time on Halloween. We went to a 6-year old birthday across the street in the afternoon. Halloween night Sean and Mom went trick-or-treating while Dad manned the house. We had about 35 people come by. Dad got a little cranky when Sean and Mom came back and kept handing out too much candy - two pieces per kid, that is the rule!