Crash! Boom! Bang!

First off, yes that is a song lyric, look it up.

Gavin played a fun game yesterday where he would just run and plop onto the ground on purpose. He started with something soft like the couch, upgraded to carpet, then was daring and did the kitchen floor. He found the hard floor made the best sound so for the rest of the night we just heard "hee hee hee hee BANG hee hee hee hee BANG".

So far that's been a one night thing, but I'm sure it will come back at some point.

Gavin has reached the age where he's beginning to act out, throwing toys for one thing. Our first line of punishment was responded too with laughing, which is never a good sign. We're trying to do a time out by putting him in his stroller and strapping him in. We tried sitting him in a corner, but that just won't work with a boy who's first rule is FREEDOM. It seems to have some success so far.

Gavin is also giving head first diving a try. He'll go belly down on the couch then slide off head first. It sometimes makes a loud thump, but he seems undamaged (and actually happy afterwards). His header off the stairs however I wasn't quite as amused with. Luckily, though I was at the bottom and he was at the top of the flight, I was able to catch him mid-fall, so no damage done. It does mean we have to start watching him on the stairs again. He's been so good on them that we've gotten a bit lax.

I've often cursed the fact I was born deaf in my right ear. But now with Gavin enjoying the banging of his pots, and also the putting away and taking back out of his pots, I've found it a nice benefit. Though I'm sure it drives my wife crazy at times.

Well this one is sort of a rambler (I'm very tired) so I'll end here and start afresh with something new tommorow.

Take a little walk right through our home

Posts are probably going to come rapid fire over the next few days, that is if I remember everything I want to post about :)

I must start by giving thanks to M&K for hosting us during the power outtage. They kept us and 5 others in air-conditioning for 2 nights. They may find it to be no big deal, but it is to me. Home is a sanctuary, and sharing it with no notice and no visible end in sight was a huge guesture. I guess they DO like us. Even though it is MY puck.

A great deal of fun was had though, the children had fun running around each other, and M & I had fun playing some Guild Wars :)

It is a difficult to abandon your home, even for a short while. The walls seem to speak with deep sorrow when I must depart for a while, and it always hits me a bit. It also is because I'm definatly a homebody. It has been pointed out by Sarahlynn that given a choice of destinations, I would choose my home. And she's quite right. I work so hard to pay for this place, and to improve it, I like the ability to actually enjoy it from time to time.

Also related to that is why we don't have a cleaning person like some of our friends. In my view:
1) Its my house, its my job to clean it.
2) I don't like strangers in my house.

#1 comes from my mother, and #2 is just the way I am. Though I will admit finding time to clean the house with Gavin gets harder and harder. Once he gets older I'll be putting the kid to work though!

On a final note, don't disrespect the host. I see this from time to time and it just pisses me off. I don't care what problems you have, don't bring it into that person's house. There are a lot of reasons I don't talk to one of my old roommates anymore, but at the top of the list was the massive disrespect I got when they visited the house, and when I was paying most of the rent.

Don't do it, I have a Claymore and I'm not afraid to use it!