Dollhouse?

There've been a handful of questions about the dollhouse Owen got. Nothing like children's toys to bring out fascinating sociological issues...

http://www.thingamababy.com/baby/2007/10/dollhouse.html

(I didn't read this article and it probably sucks but if you blog you have to put in links to articles I'm told)

I observed Owen playing with the house just to see if I could get a better sense of what his play-life could tell me about his socio-cultural-sexual-development....

He has named one of the people who lives in the house "Jim." Jim wears fatigues everywhere he goes and has an unlicensed, usually concealed Glock that he intermittently points at the other person in the house "Chris" whenever Chris is lazy with the chores, which consist of grooming the house's unicorn and making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Chris is a more mellow character partial to yoga, introspection, pastry-making, chess and atonal jazz. Jim and Chris' relationship can best be described as mutual disinterest. It's unclear how they were brought together; their only common interest is the unicorn which they both dote on incessantly. The only clearly defined female involved with the house is the unicorn's trainer "Pam" who is portrayed as very competent at her job but perhaps somewhat frustrated by the glass ceiling she perceives to exist in the unicorn-training hierarchy.

So, make of that what you will. Owen is painting the house w/ Mom. I'll post a picture once it's done...

Happy 2008!

Here are some pics from my first Christmas back in Philly.

Somebody took a fancy to my beloved Cannondale, hopped my back fence and stole it. Not to be discouraged, Owen and I went out and got a new bike that has a detachable trailer-bike on back for him. We took a 10 mile ride on Christmas Eve.


Then, it was time to write Santa a letter and put out some cookies.

(From Owen: Hi Santa. There are two carrots for each reindeer.)

The next morning brought many smiles. The biggest hits were Chicken Cha Cha Cha and a dartboard from Mom and a dollhouse from Santa.

Dad got Jack and Sam from Compassionate Animal Rescue and asked Santa to bring them a little early.



Thanks to everyone who made a visit in 2007. Hope to see you all again in 2008....