Good morning, larvae!

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Andy

That ladybug is a man!

Breakfast is more exciting now that the ladybug larvae have moved into their terrarium, a terrarium delivered rather early by Santa’s Fed Ex elves.

Things we won’t mention until much later:

Several of the larvae made it to Mom’s poppyseed muffins before we could retrieve them. We’re pretty sure we caught most of them, though.
It’s 70 degrees and humid in the terrarium, but it’s 29 degrees and not so humid outside our house. Looks like this particular crop of larvae won’t be making it to the garden.

Abby conjures a water spout

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Andy

Bubble rings make perfect, inexpensive, pliable-plastic, unswallowable Christmas gifts, but how the hell do you get one into a stocking?

Tornado bubble!

On the first day of functional Christmas…

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Andy

Teepee du Pee Pee

Every once in a while you see a product and say to yourself, “damn… I’m an idiot. Why didn’t I think of, develop, market, and sell this? I could have been rich. I could be playing golf in a warm climate right now. I could be bitching about Obama visiting and screwing up the traffic patterns. I could of been a contender.”

Any way… if your son (or limber, evil daughter I suppose) measures daily success by how many times he can successfully pee in your right eye, I highly recommend picking up a package of these pee pee teepees.

They make a great gift for Christmas, Hannukah, and Kwanzaa… or all three.

Another toy arrives!

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Andy

Baby bro comes to Legoland.

One of the best things about the soon-to-be bankrupt U.S. mail is that its uneven service works wonders for spreading out your birthday gifts.

If your birthday is… say… on the 15th, and you have friends and relatives that live more than a state away, you can bank on getting presents in the mail until at least the end of the month.

This year, my favorite toy arrived by stork on the 25th. He takes A LOT of batteries and several adults to maintain, but doesn’t anything worthwhile? I can’t wait until he needs his next “re-binking.”