Searching for some common sense.
Archive for May, 2009
So let me get this straight…
May 28th
Again, working on life lessons, I had to talk about the thing that should never be uttered. Never mentioned, for the sheer depravity of it just…well it’s disgusting. I decided (notice an I and not we) that it was time to go over the birds and the bees with Cole and explain not only mechanics, but the general view of these aforementioned evil elements of nature.
Well, after an hour of explaining the profane and vile act (and trying to get him to put his head on the intersection of the two lines on the pillow), I realized I was failing at both initiatives (not a surprise to the better half of the “we” combo). At first I thought using Elmo and Miss Piggy puppets confused him (and hurt my hands) due to the fact he already knows that Miss Piggy loves Kermit, so why she would be with Elmo simply makes no sense. But, I think he got lost at the part about it being unnatural and corrupting, suggesting it can only lead to bad things. Weird…
What a kid
May 28th
We sat Cole down to go over some of the ins and outs of self discipline and the need for him to AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! MONSTER BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Classic Cole
May 26th
We ask this little guy for a single and he goes and hits a home run. So, like I mentioned a few posts ago, we setup the thumb body double just in case there are unknown threats that are, well, unknown to us. In the same reasoning, we got Cole some camo to wear in his bouncer (since, as you have seen, he is in it a lot). We set him down and ask him to blend in to the bouncer. Be the bouncer. What does he do? Look at those eyes. He used his eyes to imitate the clouds. It brings a tear to my eye.
Cole’s Phirst Phever
May 21st
Cole has the Phever in a bad way. I think it had something to do with the cheeseburgers we fed him for lunch good buddy. I snapped this pic right after we told Cole about Chan Ho Park’s recent meltdown. As you can see, he is drooling at the prospect of being part of that five man rotation. Guess it’s a 10-4 on Chan’s starting job and off to the bullpen. Cole will be waiting…eating his cheeseburgers…and waiting.
Now, off to find my cb…
All Hail
May 19th
This is ridiculous. After long discussions, we decided that we would make Cole the Lizard King. The decision was based on us wanting to get him started on his social stature — and what better than the Lizard Kingdom? Well, apparently because ol’ Jimmy decided to call himself the Lizard King back in the 60s, and even though he is long dead and buried, we can’t make Cole the Lizard King.
So, after another round of discussions, this time with the Frog Empire, we now can officially say “All hail Cole, King of the Frogs”. He even has his own kingly regalia as you can see in the picture. I am still a little disappointed since second place is the first loser. I guess this is just another life lesson.
It’s a shame. The Lizards would have gotten a great leader.
Life lessons
May 17th
There is so much going on in the world today and we feel it is tremendously important that Cole is a part of it — or at least aware of it. We weren’t sure which topic in the news to go with first, so we picked from a hat. In what may be a good thing for Cole since he most likely won’t remember it anyway, he got “waterboarding”. It took most of the day, but I think we finally got it right and as you can see, he came through like a champ. Now, to figure out how to make him understand a recession…
Not sure what to say
May 15th
Yes, another shot of Cole in a jungle themed Fisher Price product. It’s the pacifier that has disturbed me to date. I am sure there is a reason the top of it needs to have an indentation. There has to be a reason, right? I mean…c’mon. I guess I need to talk to Sue Johanson to make sure it’s not what I think it is.
Yet another in the bouncer.
May 15th
Cole is still short of hair on the top, but it’s growing in nice on the sides, making him look like Dick Cheney. This has us concerned as we clearly don’t want him to wander in to our room at night on a so called hunting trip and confuse us for some quails. Or simply run into our room and claim it as his own.
Free Dunkin’ Donuts Sample
May 14th
Although this site is about Cole, I feel a responsibility to pass along deals for free samples and things. I know there are tons of “free things” out there that are junk, so I will only post legitimate items. Hopefully Tullamore Dew will catch on to this wonderful “free sample” marketing trick to get my information…I need something to put me to bed after all this coffee.
It’s an illusion.
May 11th
You probably thought this was Cole. WRONG! It’s an illusion (see post title dummy – you should have seen it coming). This is an exact representation of Cole painted on my thumb. The hoodie is real. It took us four weeks to find a store that sold thumb-sized hoodies, but the wait was well worth it, as you can see. We are just so happy how this turned out since my thumb can now act as a body double for Cole during those times when we think he is in danger (which seems to be all the time for some reason). The only setback so far is that we think Cole has become attached to his twin Cale. Oh well, safety first.
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