Showing posts with label Henry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Henry. Show all posts
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Sunday, April 13, 2008
My son, the Turtle and a good game of Othello
So, I know the general time for kids to be formed in the womb is the "nine month midnight," but Henry's more on the 9.5-10 month plan. Steph's been kinda in labor for three days, but it's not REAL labor (aka stage two or active labor) and could go on forever. So in celebration of the three weeks I've churned out and then used up sub plans, I went out and bought my son some shorts. They have a turtle on them. They're cute and appropriate.
While waiting a million years for Henry to make his debut, Steph and I played a game of Othello to pass the time on Friday afternoon. If you're unfamiliar with the game, it's like a checkerboard without the colors, and the pieces are small double sided disks with a white side and a black side. It's a military strategy game in which you flank your opponent in order to capture and turn over his or her pieces to your color (or whatever the proper word is for the black-white dichotomy--tone? race? I guess you can kinda get the picture if you've read Othello). Well, as Stephanie was playing rather abysmally, and I was doing better than normal, I decided to see if it was possible to completely black out the board. It is. I took a picture just for the record. You can't win this game better than I did.
Fortunately, Steph was playing for the good company and not the competition.
While waiting a million years for Henry to make his debut, Steph and I played a game of Othello to pass the time on Friday afternoon. If you're unfamiliar with the game, it's like a checkerboard without the colors, and the pieces are small double sided disks with a white side and a black side. It's a military strategy game in which you flank your opponent in order to capture and turn over his or her pieces to your color (or whatever the proper word is for the black-white dichotomy--tone? race? I guess you can kinda get the picture if you've read Othello). Well, as Stephanie was playing rather abysmally, and I was doing better than normal, I decided to see if it was possible to completely black out the board. It is. I took a picture just for the record. You can't win this game better than I did.
Fortunately, Steph was playing for the good company and not the competition.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Almost Easter
So, it's almost Easter. And I'm this close to having a son (holding up thumb and forefinger really close together). Now that we're finally on break, I can breathe and sit back and wait. Well, actually, by sit back, I mean run around like crazy, but at least somewhat less crazily than last week. Last week almost killed me.
Steph will be off from school probably for the rest of the school year. I'm off for a week, and then I'll be off and on after the baby comes until I use up most of my sick days. I can't wait for this summer. Three months of delightfulness! I can't wait to walk Henry around in the stroller. My sister got us this awesome stroller that has speakers on it and a way to plug up an mp3 player. How cool is that? I've been mentally sorting my music collection to see which songs would be appropriate to play. I've made a lullaby collection of sorts, and I bought the They Might Be Giants new children's CD, Here come the 123's. I also found these awesome lullaby cds of great rock band hits turned into lullabies. I got the Eagles, so Henry and I can jam to a really soft version of "Hotel California." I'd like to get the Beatles, U2, and a few others.
Aside from the fun tunes in the stroller, I've also been planning which books we're going to read together. I've received (and bought) a decent starter collection of Dr. Seuss, as well as a handful of other books, including Goodnight Gorilla, a cool book about a Gorilla who sneaks home from the zoo to the zookeeper's house to snuggle in his bed. But of course, first we have to read Shakespeare's Henry V together. I plan on reading him the complete works of Shakespeare by the time he turns two. I haven't entirely decided which the second one will be. Any suggestions?
Alright, well, it was fun chatting, but I've got to get back to work. Have a great day!
Steph will be off from school probably for the rest of the school year. I'm off for a week, and then I'll be off and on after the baby comes until I use up most of my sick days. I can't wait for this summer. Three months of delightfulness! I can't wait to walk Henry around in the stroller. My sister got us this awesome stroller that has speakers on it and a way to plug up an mp3 player. How cool is that? I've been mentally sorting my music collection to see which songs would be appropriate to play. I've made a lullaby collection of sorts, and I bought the They Might Be Giants new children's CD, Here come the 123's. I also found these awesome lullaby cds of great rock band hits turned into lullabies. I got the Eagles, so Henry and I can jam to a really soft version of "Hotel California." I'd like to get the Beatles, U2, and a few others.
Aside from the fun tunes in the stroller, I've also been planning which books we're going to read together. I've received (and bought) a decent starter collection of Dr. Seuss, as well as a handful of other books, including Goodnight Gorilla, a cool book about a Gorilla who sneaks home from the zoo to the zookeeper's house to snuggle in his bed. But of course, first we have to read Shakespeare's Henry V together. I plan on reading him the complete works of Shakespeare by the time he turns two. I haven't entirely decided which the second one will be. Any suggestions?
Alright, well, it was fun chatting, but I've got to get back to work. Have a great day!
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