Camp Miksic

2 new videos and a product endorsement

So, ferris is rapidly approaching the big "6"....months! It's pretty hard for me to wrap my brain around that one. 6 months, poof! life is scary sometimes.
i wish i had more time to post videos and write about the funny little day-to-day things he does. i wish me and bri had a million dollars to put in a travel account and fly family out to see us whenever they wanted. i won't hold my breathe though.
i think we're just going to have to continue to do what we do...try to find time in the future for trips. trips and parenting and working. i miss being a kid sometimes. you don't plan anything. you don't have to schedule the next year of your life into a week here or there. you just exist and go with the flow. i'm sure that is why time moves so slowly as a child. as adults we squeeze every last drop out of time. it's exhausting...for us and for time. no wonder it just whizzes by.
ANYWAYS, the main reason i'm writing this post is to show 2 new videos of the young man. by "new" i mean a few weeks old.
first we have a small video of the monkey in the zoo. i forgot that if i recorded vertically i wouldn't be able to rotate the video for the web....so crank your necks to the left and enjoy.

happy caged monkey

this next on is of ferris sitting up by himself...maybe it would be more accurate to say "not falling over while sitting and playing"
not falling over while sitting and playing

i think it's safe to say that ferris' journey in full body realization is complete. next step, mastering the body. he's working on his babbling. he does this funny happy scream that reminds me of the howard dean. it's priceless.

part 2
the product endorsement:
Some friends of ours recently introduced us to a great children's album and dvd. "they might be giants, here come the abc's"

if you have children and you actually play children's albums for them, you know that those repetitive and annoying songs have a vicious way of getting stuck in your head. you catch yourself singing while driving to the bank or the grocery store.

if any of our friends with children are reading this, you should get this album. the greatest thing about it is that it isn't really much of a departure from their usual albums. they have a sound and writing style that lends itself well to children's songs. Plus, the lyrics are slightly more intelligent than most children's songs so your brain won't turn into mushy pudding after several listens.

a sample from a personal favorite:
"c is for conifer"
"if you see a tree in the shape of an elephant,
or in the shape of a dog...
it's probably a shrub, a conifer shrub,
pruned into that shape by someone.....
most with cones for seeds. most with needles for leaves...c is for conifers, my kind of trees...."

it's not exactly profound, but a damn sight better than "baby beluga".

posted by Editor @ 12:42 PM