Z says the darnest things!

Zachio has started to play me. Whenever I ask him to do something that he doesn't want to do he replies "Mommy doesn't make me .....[action verb]" or "At mommy's I ..... [action verb]". Tonight over dinner was classic.

Daddio: Zachio, what you do at school today?

Zachio: Played with Iris and calcus

Daddio: Cool! Calcus is fun. Could you please sit on your bottom

Zachio: Mommy says I can stand during dinner. (as he sits down)

Daddio: You excited about Halloween tomorrow?!

Zachio: Yeah, I am gonna be a scary Tiger! Are you gonna be spooky?

Daddio: I am gonna be spooky - dont worry! Could you eat some tortelli?

Zachio: Mommy says tortelli is not healthy? Candy bars are healthy, right!

Daddio: Ummm...your organic spinach tortelli is ok to eat. Pretty sure its healthy.

Zachio: Peas are not healthy. Mommy told me peas are not healthy
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Hope you all have a wonderful Halloween! Watch out for unhealthy peas and tortelli!!

He can dress himself!

It doesn't seem that long ago that all I could say about Zachio is that he could fill his diaper really well! While in a short manner of time (luckily), my little man can dress himself. This morning he demanded that he wear his oshkoshbagosh overallswith his Thomas the train t-shirt (i.e. his train engineer outfit). When I told him he needed to put on some shoes - he rain to his closet and put on his rain boots. Me being the draconian father that I am - told him that he couldn't wear his boots - he retorted - "Your majesty, train engineers wear boots!" (alright he doesn't call me majesty - I added that for rhetorical flair). He had me beat - train engineers do wear boots! So I let the 3 year old lawyer to wear boots to school!


I didn't manage to get a picture of the train engineer - but I did manage to catch a tiger in my living room. (Thanks Bub for the bestest tiger custome)!



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Sometimes being an adult Rocks (especially when u got Zachio around)

Not gonna write much - Just say that being a dad is the best gig in the world! Case in point:

Take a 3 year old

Add 65 lbs of Pumpkins!

Add a 29 year old cool daddio




Get a great Saturday afternoon!

Sometimes it sucks to be an Adult!

Well sometimes you take a chance and it doesn't work out. Starting to realize that as I get older. So Charley went from a good dog to a bad dog relatively quickly. He was a little mouthy to start with, but as time went on he wanted to "play". Play to Charley meant biting my arm and leading me around the house. Well that be cute and all if it wasn't for the fact that he weighed 130 lbs. I talked to the dog trainer and she suggested that I distract him with treats or commands when he gets mouthy. I did at first but then for some reason it got hard to tell Charley to sit when he was gnawing on my arm. The proverbial last straw happened when I was taking him for a walk with Z and he jumped up and bit the back of my arm - hard enough to make me squeal. So all though it was hard I decided on the spot to take him back to the humane society. I wish I had the time to train Charley - he will be a good dog with some training. But realistically, I dont have the time to train him sufficiently. So no dog for now. My friends have suggested various animals - cats, hamsters, gerbils, fish etc. For now I am content with Zachio and I.

The good news is this dog only ate me and didn't eat Z! So maybe my next pet will not eat anyone I care about.

We will see what ends up on our doorstep.