Work hard and study and you can anything you want to be...

The harsh reality of running a civilization.

(via Wondermark)

Linus the Sailor

Linus has a sailor hat in a dress up box that Lynn put together for him and his friends on his birthday. He looks pretty smart in it and loves to out it on and take it off again. He will delightedly crawl around with it own his head as well.


Smooshing the hat.

And then putting it on and off.



I just hope he doesn't get those swollen forearms like Popeye. But we could get him a sash and scimitar like Sinbad, but that is a separate sailing tradition from the hat he has. Anchors away Linus.

Dress like Linus day - gray shirt and jeans

Every so often Linus picks out a nice outfit for the both of us. He decided on a gray shirt and jeans two weeks ago and so I followed suit.



I am not sure why he was gesturing to the camera like that, he does that a lot now, it his universal gesture for "take me there" or "I want that to investigate it".

Hand crafted Elmo baby hangers

There was many a time when Linus was this little that it was hard to hold something over his playpen or bouncy seat that would keep him happy for the hour that he wanted it. I don't think I ever stooped to coat hangers, but I now realize that I could have.



(via There I fixed it)

The toddler Fifth Element

This Sunday we got an ottoman with four smaller ottomans (ottomen?) inside for our family room. Linus had to thoroughly investigate them. I helped him put his four colored blocks on top as we staged the toddler "The Fifth Element".




Blue is water. Green is earth. Red is first and yellow air. Or do you have a better assignment?

Changing Diapers

Changing diapers. This excuse does not work at my house either.


(via the excellent PhDComics, which you should be reading.)

Linus is blessed with scientific parents

Who will protect my little sociological experiment from the excesses of his scientific parents?

I suspect that Linus does as much experimenting on us as we do on him.

(via the excellent Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, go read it every day!)