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Pics from Oct 2014

941 pictures for the month. First cut got it to 45 pictures. Second cut got it to 27. So then I added some others to get 33. Then one last cut down to 31. :-)

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2014-10-03 01:21 UTC – Alex still “arting” whenever he gets the chance. This is a nice swirly one.

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2014-10-05 00:23 UTC – Roscoe REALLY needed a bath.

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2014-10-05 23:59 UTC – More art. This time something more realistic. It is a plant growing out of a pot.

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2014-10-06 20:15 UTC – October was also a big comeback month for Portal and Portal 2. Alex had taken a break from them for a few months, but spent MANY hours on them this month!

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2014-10-10 02:46 UTC – We played through both Portal and Portal 2 from start to finish. In both cases Alex did most of the early levels, then handed it over to me. This is right as we finished up Portal 2 and the turrets were singing.

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2014-10-11 03:12 UTC – Alex took my phone and took a bunch of pictures of himself and of his trains. This was the best of the bunch.

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2014-10-11 15:38 UTC – It is important to Alex that his hair reaches his mouth.

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2014-10-12 04:17 UTC – Tortilla Face

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2014-10-13 19:56 UTC – Hat Head

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2014-10-14 05:11 UTC (picture by my mom, time is when I got a copy of this, not when it was taken) – Mom Selfie

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2014-10-14 06:39 UTC – The boys sleeping

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2014-10-15 01:08 UTC – Rainbow from our front porch

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2014-10-15 16:52 UTC – Pumpkin Patch Field Trip!

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2014-10-15 16:53 UTC – A friend from school leads Alex to the good pumpkins

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2014-10-15 17:01 UTC – Alex didn’t want to pick

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2014-10-15 17:10 UTC – So we helped pick one

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2014-10-15 17:59 UTC – Here’s the crew that came in our car as we were leaving. They look thrilled, don’t they?

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2014-10-18 21:35 UTC – We had been talking about how he needed a haircut, so Alex started doing it himself. We caught him after just one cut though. Amy had to take pictures.

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2014-10-18 21:35 UTC (picture by Amy) – One of Amy’s pictures of Alex and the hair he cut off

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2014-10-18 22:18 UTC – Of course, after that, Alex had to cut my hair too.

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2014-10-19 17:55 UTC (picture by Amy) – A squirrel came to visit our back patio

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2014-10-20 02:02 UTC – My mom and Alex work together on an activity book

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2014-10-21 01:24 UTC – If you look REALLY carefully, you might find Alex hiding from us at the store. Hint: Look closely at the four manikins, one of them might not be the same as the others.

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2014-10-25 03:24 UTC – Amy and Shane at Amy’s birthday dinner a few days after her actual birthday

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2014-10-25 05:17 UTC – Amy glares at me as I take a picture of her birthday outfit

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2014-10-25 05:24 UTC – Amy’s birthday cake, made by Brandy

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2014-10-25 05:37 UTC – Alex and Amy eagerly await the presents. Maybe one of them is more excited than the other.

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2014-10-26 05:14 UTC – Crazy Alex attacking me

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2014-10-27 01:58 UTC – Grandma Ruth watches Alex make a drawing for her

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2014-10-27 06:24 UTC – Someone fell asleep in my lap.

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2014-10-31 01:59 UTC (picture by my mom, time is when I got a copy of this, not when it was taken) – Alex getting ready to come home after carving a pumpkin at Grandma Ruth’s house. Ready for Halloween night! (Which happened on November 1st UTC in Seattle, so that will be in next month’s pictures…)

Bad Idea?

I told him I would let him try… So there we go. Alex cutting my hair.

But we are now both on the way to the barber for our periodic joint haircuts. He really wants to keep his hair long though, so just a trim for him. He doesn’t even want that, but we are going anyway. We shall see how cooperative he is.

I want mine short again. We considered actually doing mine at home, but Brandy didn’t like my plan of “just go vroop vroop vroop with the beard trimmer across my whole head”. So barber it is… After letting Alex have his try first of course.

Pics from May 2014

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2014-05-01 01:50 – Climbing a whale at Seattle Center

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2014-05-01 02:02 – Surveying the world from the top

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2014-05-02 00:40 – What Alex does at a playground… clearly my kid.

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2014-05-02 01:22 – Of course that changes once we hit the sand

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2014-05-02 23:55 – Spring is time for dandelions.

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2014-05-03 03:54 – There was a birthday party at a skating rink. That didn’t go so smoothly. We will have to try again someday.

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2014-05-03 20:41 – But a portal shirt makes Alex happy again

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2014-05-03 21:21 – Well, at least until haircut time

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2014-05-04 22:20 – New day, and it is time for a trip to the zoo, where Grandma Ruth explains warthogs!

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2014-05-04 22:34 – Why is mom holding me?

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2014-05-04 22:44 – The siamang always seems a little sad

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2014-05-04 22:50 – Brandy spends a lot of time with the siamangs, they have been her favorites for years

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2014-05-04 23:00 – Walking in the rain

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2014-05-04 23:28 – The carousel was a little scary at first

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2014-05-05 00:25 – But it was much better the second time around

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2014-05-05 00:37 – Then we looked at the penguins, or did they look at us?

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2014-05-05 00:53 – Grandma Ruth watches too

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2014-05-05 00:57 – While this guy contemplates the sky

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2014-05-05 01:43 – After the zoo it was time for dinner, and Alex wanted to know why I was still taking pictures

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2014-05-05 01:50 – Working on Trainz Simulator on his iPad, as he often does during dinner

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2014-05-05 03:38 – Then out like a light as soon as we were in the car

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2015-05-13 20:06 – Back at home, Alex torments the dog as usual

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2014-05-22 05:28 – It is me Roscoe decides to cuddle with though

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2014-05-25 02:08 – Another day finds Alex whispering secrets into Amy’s ear

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2014-05-27 00:02 – Alex made a point of dragging me outside to the back yard to take a picture of this nest of baby spiders

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2014-05-27 00:10 – Roscoe lounges as Alex plays in a large box he had carefully braced with toys so it wouldn’t fall over

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2014-05-27 00:10 – Seconds later, it does of course fall over, right next to Roscoe. Roscoe doesn’t even blink, let alone move.

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2014-05-27 00:13 – Roscoe is used to these shenanigans, and is not going to worry about it. Not at all.

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2014-05-27 00:17 – Goofing for the camera

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2014-05-27 03:07 – Roscoe really is incredibly patient with Alex. So here he wears shades, because Alex wanted him to.

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2014-05-30 04:01 – Even on Mom’s shoulders, it is still iPad time.

Haircut Time Again!

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This is Alex’s fifth haircut. (And my umpteenth.)

Brandy says they took a lot off of him. I will take her word for it, cause it looks pretty much the same to me.

But Alex likes it, and that is all that matters. :-)

Haircuts

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Alex’s fourth haircut. I’m not sure how many haircuts I’ve had, but I would guess in the 70-90 range.

3rd Haircut

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