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October, Part VIII

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BONUS VIDEO!!! – Here’s another video from the 11th, in this one Ian uses the Wii video game console to fly an airplane, only he seems to like crashing it a bit more! Click here to see the video, it is great!
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Still October 11th, Ian plays with Daddy’s iPad on the front porch in his rocking chair. I must have been feeling brave.

NOTE – These three images have been added to this entry.

October 12th, Mommy took these cute little kids to the park! See this image larger.

What a sunshine-filled smile! See this image larger.

Weee! See this image larger.

Later, Ian makes his own “gardens” out of blocks. I was told to sit in the larger area. See this image larger.

October 13th, far from Halloween, but it was time to put the first two parts of his Buzz Lightyear costume to the test. Part I, a free base costume from his cousin Connor — thanks Connor! Part II the inflatable wings from Amazon.com for about 10 bucks! You’ll see the rest when we get closer to Halloween! See this image larger.

I went an opening for an art show of one of my former professors, and met up with an old friend of mine named Wally. He’s probably the most brilliant designer I’ve met, and he’s just a wonderful man. I didn’t have racy New York City stories to swap with him as he did with me… but I did get to briefly show him a few pictures of my pride and joy, my family. Wally’s commentary on Ian’s costume cracked me up — I said “Ian’s halloween costume, he’s Buzz Lightyear.” Wally said “And he’s so totally owning it.” See this image larger.

I’ve got to say I agree: He did own it. Ian doesn’t just try a costume on, he transforms. His imagination is that plentiful. See this image larger.

As Ian said a million times that night, running around the dining room: “To infinibee and beyoooond!” See this image larger.

October 15th, Ian sleeps in a bundle, while his little flashlight alien friend sleeps in a foam finger from a local sports team. This picture was actually a little more cute in its original light, but you couldn’t see much. Imagine a small boy lit in the green light of his nearby alien-friend. See this image larger.

October 16th, the view off of our deck, as the trees give way to fall. See this image larger.

The evening of October 16th will be in part IX of October, a true Nina-fest!!! See you next time!

October, Part VII

October 11th, I took Ian back to a park south of Grand Rapids called Douglas Walker Park… the last time we had been there was July of 2009. It was Nina’s first time there, of course. 🙂 See this image larger.

This particular shot echos a shot I took back at our last visit. Here’s the old image to compare to. (Click here to see picture.) See this image larger.

This is the playground area that Ian ended up in eventually, but the park had two. See this image larger.

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BONUS VIDEO!!! – This one is 10MB, that’s pretty big, sorry. But it is well worth it. I needed to get to the OTHER playground area, and there was not a soul in the park. Ian was already unstrapped, so guess what? Ian drove us to the other playground area, with a great big smile! Click here to see the video, it is great!
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*WHATCHULOOKINAT?!?* See this image larger.

This was a great park trip… Ian loves being free to run, and this is a large park. See this image larger.

Ian had a lot of fun too. See this image larger.

Nina wanted to play too, but again, it’ll be awhile little girl, sorry. See this image larger.

But who can make her crack a smile? See this image larger.

Brother Ian! See this image larger.

See you next time! See this image larger.

October, Part VI

Still October 10th, now Nina pours on the charm in an attempt to get us to let her run free… alas, not this time little girl! See this image larger.

Am I the only person that looks at this picture and wonders where his little boy has gone? See this image larger.

I couldn’t let this photo op disappear, it reminded me so much of this picture (click to see the old picture) I took of Ian a long time ago, where he had to be the one to sit out on the fun… See this image larger.

Those of you not in Michigan for fall, this shot is for you… makes a great desktop background. See this image larger.

I photoshopped this a bunch, I admit… you’ll note a variance in the skintones that I couldn’t keep consistent. It looks better than the two pictures it is made out of though, trust me. See this image larger.

Parting is such sweet sorrow, right guys? A good-bye hug and it is time to leave already. See this image larger.

Back at home, October 10th… See this image larger.