He's already envisioning...

how he can play with the box. It can be a race car, a space ship, a pirate ship...

Pity Dad tore it apart getting the stupid @#$(*@# mower out...

Helping Dad with the new lawnmower

Means getting involved! (Look at his feet)

I swear...

he looks just like my brother in this shot. When did Paul show up?

Except when...

Dad turns off the water while I'm drinking...

(Save any comments about letting him drink from the hose. We all did it as kids and we turned out just fine.)

Happiness is...

Your own private pool and a hose!

Our first casualty...

As you can see, the first skinned knees! Owen took a mighty header outside our local diner last weekend, and roughed himself up pretty good. This is the day after, so the bleeding was well over with by then!

This is what happens...

when I feed Owen green salsa...

A family moment...

Caught in time! Is this a great shot or what? Many thanks to Lisa's friend Marie for taking pictures of us. Sometimes even a blind squirrel finds a nut...

Gotta love books!

Yep, he's his mother's son alright...

Mom snapped this picture as he was sleeping

And woke him up!! Poor bugger.

Owen's favorite pose these days...

is "Daddy! Pick me up!"

Airports are getting friendlier...

Here in Reagan National, two girls were trying to give away free hugs! They were trying to get to 75 before returning home. No, I didn't contribute...

I went to visit Gene and May last weekend

because they're getting ready to welcome their second daughter. Let's play spot the pregnant lady. I'll go first.

See? It works!

How do you fit 1/2 slice of toast in your mouth?

Using this technique...

Kids in sunglasses

Know they rule!

Although he was more excited to play with the tubs...

Owen was pretty excited by the new baby

Owen's new cousin joins the world!

Welcome to Wendi and Rob's son, Alexander!

Because we love to color!

plus newspaper makes really cool crinkly sounds...

Owen loves the newspaper...

Gotta love Mom's headbands...

Lisa's friend Marie is a real kid-person...

In all fairness, she was about to gallivant off to the UK for 3 weeks, and he was kinda sneezy...

This is pretty much

How he sleeps. Well, not with the sneakers on...

Kids grow up so fast

Pretty soon they're lounging around, reading the newspaper...