Goodnight, Max

Well, it still hasn't been easy to get Max to sleep. But we do have some fun trying. Tonight I figured I would just stay in his room for a while, and let him babble on, thinking that he would get tired and shut his eyes, and fall into a relaxing sleep. Well, he's still talking in his room right now, but at least he is still calm.

Some highlights:

Max: Daddy why do you have hairs in your nose?

(I laugh)
Me: Because I'm an old man, Max.
Max: (laughing) You're not an old man, Daddy. You're a new man.
(I laugh)
Max: (laughing) You're not a new man, Daddy. You're a short man.
(I smile)
Max: No, no, no Daddy. I say You're a short man and then you laugh.
Me: Oh, Ok.
Max: You're a short man.
(I laugh)
(Max laughs, a lot).
Max: No, you're not a short man. You're a new man.
(I laugh)
Max: (snickering) No, no, no, you're not a new man, you're an old man.
(I pretend laugh, Max laughs and laughs and laughs, having completely cracked himself up).
(20 seconds of silence)
Max: Let me tell you a story. Max got up, and it was a beautiful day, and...

And he went on, for 30 minutes. Even though he was clearly playing me, sometimes it is those little moments that I just want to bottle up and keep forever.

tired men and puzzles

So after a night of Max not sleeping at all (long story), we struggled out of bed, and got Papa and Dickie over to the house again. Papa and Max spent about an hour doing a 100 piece puzzle, singing songs. Not the most exciting video, but the singing is worth a quick look...



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Run, boys, run!

Papa (Jim) and Dickie (Anne) were in town, so we picked Max up early from school and went for a beautiful walk along the edge of the Presidio, overlooking the ocean. Max was in rare form, and just kept running and running, pretending he was Lightning McQueen. Check him out in this video.



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Boys in the Bath

Tonight Max had barbeque chicken and Olin had a whole lot of prunes, so they both needed a bath. We decided to give Olin a full-size bath with his brother... he loved it!

Jumpin Olin

Max and Anna went to Dan Zanes this morning to sing and dance together, which gave Olin and me a chance to relax at home. I took a quick video of him playing his favorite jumping game in his saucer... while wearing the sweater my mother made...


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Olin gets Knighted by Max

Finally the 'Dance'

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