Date:
October 2007
Yesterday I became curious as to what Doozle might mean, so I Googled it. What I found was a definition from Urban Dictionary which defines Doozle this way:
- A female version of poozle
Poozle is apparently slang for a woman’s private parts. So, what say you internets? Is the Urban Dictionary definition correct or crap? I await your wisdom on this.
Today was a party with the Mommy Group at the park. I took my lunch hour and came down to hang out … and what an awesome time it was. You were more interested (as you always are) with being alone near the slide and swings. I put you in the swing and you played for a really long time. It felt much longer than it was because it was in the Sun and this being the desert that it is the end of October is warmer than most parts of the country during their hot spells during the summer. My favorite part was when you’d let out a little “Whee!” while on the swing. It was super funny to hear. At first I didn’t really believe that you were doing it, but sure enough on the down swing a little “Whee!” kept coming out of you.
You were also a big fan of the slide at the park. You’d slide down and giggle the whole time and once you reached the bottom you’d sit up as far as you could and say, “More!” I got really tired doing this, but it was so much fun. You even went down head first at one point, which scared the crap out of me, but Mommy didn’t even seem fazed by it.
It was the best lunch hour since we went to Tony Roma’s together.
We went over to Aunt Mary’s tonight and had dinner while helping to give out candy. I got this short video of you walking tentatively over to the door where 3 middle school aged boys were dressed as Freddy Kruger, the Scream Guy and some other gruesome character. You didn’t seem scared at all. The only thing that scared you all night was Sophie’s bark.
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I read a blog today about the 7 habits of highly effective fathers and tried to take stock of how I’m doing compared to this arbitrary and seemingly self evident list.
- Keeping stress to myself – Check on this one. I don’t bring my work home with me, and even if I’ve had a bad day you have a way of cheering me up like you wouldn’t believe
- Leading by example – For the most part probably, but it doesn’t bode well for us when you have healthier eating habits than me. We’ll have to work on that one.
- Being consistent – Check. I’m consistently fun, and I stick to my guns when I need to.
- Staying involved – Check. We go on walks together sometimes just the 2 of us. We watched baseball together and play baseball in the backyard together.
- Scheduling Family Recreation – Check. We got back from our killer Vacation and I think we’ve done a good job of keeping active on our weekends. We also tend to eat dinner at the same time more and more.
- Teaching – Check. Mommy, Brian and I all do a really good job of helping you learn. Whether it’s choking up on the bat, learning to wipe the dirt from your hands, or just learning how to fall off the couch, I think we’ve all taught you stuff you need to know and stuff that’s fun to know.
- Creating Family Rituals – We’re getting close on this one. I think walking every weekend was a good one we used to do before the heat of summer melted the roadways and made them impassable by mere mortals. We do have our routines, which are a sort of ritual, I suppose, but I think we can do a little better. So, we’ve got our thing to work on now.
