Picture From The Playpen

Blankie Boy Returns ... and Other Photos

Cole loves his blanket so much he needs to visit it when he's awake

Definitely loves that blanket when he's asleep

Who needs 2 hands?

Growing up so fast!

Blankie Boy

Cole continuously pulled himself up on the couch this morning only to stand and snuggle with his blanket mommy had left there. He only shuffled over a few times to check out what mommy was doing (taking his picture) and to see the stereo in the corner (a favourite). He did work up the energy to take a couple of steps over to the other couch by himself. I think the boy has figured things out. Watch out world!

Netherlands Math Test

This post is for my Opa because this is the type of joke I can hear him telling me on a Sunday afternoon at the dinner table :)

Netherlands Math Test

A Dutch fella wants a job, but the foreman won't hire him until he passes a little math test. Here is your first question, the foreman said. 'Without using numbers, represent the number 9.' 'Without numbers?' The Dutchman says, 'Dat's easy.' and proceeds to draw three trees.

'What's this?' the boss asks.

'Vot! you got no brain? Tree and tree and tree make nine ,' says the Dutchman.

'Fair enough,' says the boss. 'Here's your second question. Use the same rules, but this time the number is 99.'

The Dutchman stares into space for a while, then picks up the picture that he has just drawn and makes a smudge on each tree. 'Dar ya go.'

The boss scratches his head and says, 'How on earth do you get that to represent 99?'

'Each of da trees is dirty now. So, it's dirty tree, and dirty tree, and dirty tree. Dat is 99.'

The boss is getting worried that he's going to actually have to hire this Dutchman, so he says, 'All right, last question.

Same rules again, but represent the number 100.'

The Dutch fella stares into space some more, then he picks up the picture again and makes a little mark at the base of each tree and says, 'Dar ya go. Von hundred.'

The boss looks at the attempt. 'You must be nuts if you think that represents a hundred!'

The Dutchman leans forward and points to the marks at the base of each tree and says, 'A little dog come along and pooped by each tree. So now you got dirty tree and a turd, dirty tree and a turd, and dirty tree and a turd, vich makes von hundred.'

'So, ven do I start?

Playtime

Music, singing and dancing ... we'll have to see if this develops into real musical talent. Sorry, the artist doesn't do encores.

The ladies working at the dollar store thought our little boy was so cute admiring the balloons they were blowing up that they gave him some ones of his very own for free(of course Dave just refers to them as "Strangers" from behind the camera). Great entertainment for the few days they lasted.