Grandma Barb and Grampa Ray Visit, May 2009, Part I

On Friday, May 29th, Grandpa Ray and Grandma Barb arrived here in Rockford, and we had a great visit! Here’s some of the fun stuff that happened!

Ian learned that corn does not magically appear from a package, like the way a hot dog is born. See this image larger.

Sure it is hard work… See this image larger.

…but Grampa Ray made it fun! See this image larger.

Perhaps there’s another layer, even deeper, with toys inside!!! See this image larger.

Your beard needs a trim, Grampa! See this image larger.

Then inside for some bubbles with Grandma Barb! See this image larger.

Ian and Grandma enjoyed some books together… See this image larger.

Ian was thrilled to have more playmates! See this image larger.

We can tell Ian probably doesn’t need a real dog on the basis of the humiliation that this stuffed animal has had to endure… See this image larger.

Ian likes to look through catalogs — but he isn’t shopping, he’s just looking for things to talk about. See this image larger.

Showing Ian how the camera works… I bounced the flash off the ceiling so that I didn’t zap him right in the face! See this image larger.

An impromptu game of catch turned into some kind of crazy gymnastics routine. Where’d that kid’s pants go anyway? See this image larger.

I know he takes after his mommy, but I’m not too sure about him taking modern dance lessons this early in life… (he’s actually winding “down” after a pitch!) See this image larger.

Video Test Part II

Hi all, today we’re going to try another video. It also happens to be a NEW and GOOD video… a little incentive to try it out this time. 😉 You can hear Ian recite the alphabet and do his best to count to eleven. This is a long movie that has been compressed a lot… So the quality isn’t that great but the size of the video is only 2.3 MB… should be fine on almost any connection, I would think, particularly the way this player works.

What I guess I’d like to know is, how bad does it look to you guys? Would you want to see more videos like this, or would you rather see them look a bit better, but take longer to download? Life’s full of trade-offs!

Give it a shot by clicking here!

The middle part with the diamond, if you’re trying to figure out what’s going on there — he was doing itsy bitsy spider, and stopped when he realized he had made a diamond shape with his thumbs and fingers. He also manages to burp when he says “out” during the line “wash the spider out.”

BREAKING NEWS: Tinkle Tinkle Piddle Star

ROCKFORD, Michigan (Rockford Inquirer) – At approximately 11:00am on Sunday, May 31st, 2009, according to eye witness accounts, Ian Daran Chapman peed in his potty. His mother and father issued a statement to the press this morning —

“We had some close calls here and there but this is his first ‘sit down because I’ve got to go pee, and then actually pee’ scenarios. We praised him and put a sticker on his special potty training chart.”

When confronted directly about the piddle, the small boy confessed “I DEED IT.”

The Chapman Blog will continue investigating this story, and provide more details as they become available.

Alleged scene of the event, as captured by amateur photographer, Daran Chapman. Witnesses claim the potty had at least one-half cup of toddler piddle in it, some say as much as one cup.

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