A Magical Night

It sure seemed like everything was glowing today.  I don't know what it was but everything just seemed a little more magical . . . It felt like Christmas Eve.

But Christmas in early October be even Halloween?  What could it be?
Perhaps Santa will be coming early tomorrow.  How does that poem go?
"Not a creature was stirring . . . Not Even A Mouse!

Just saying, I'm feeling something unexpected will happen!

-Jaxon
                                       

Some Excitement . . . That I Missed!

I am quite the regular at the University Village.  There are toy stores, sweet stores, play equipment and lots of other children.

Unfortunately, I wasn't there today for what was the most exciting day of the year!

Oh my!  I wish I could have a water main burst at my house!  It was like a giant sprinkler!

You don't see this kind of chaos everyday.  It was kind of like my preschool but with adults!

The entire University Village became a giant bathtub.  Oh to have been in the thick of it!

Where was I when all this excitement was going on?  

Napping!

Being well rested for dinner wasn't worth missing this action.

-Jaxon

Taking Control of the Meetings Agenda

Daddy had some insurance agents over tonight.  I'm a bit confused about this whole "Insurance" concept but I think it is equivalent to wearing a seatbelt.  Still enough talk Daddy.  He was essentially treating it as a social hour especially when he started getting beer out of the refrigerator.

That is when I decided it was time take control of the meeting and dominate the agenda!  Yeah, I'm the one who really calls the shots here.  It helps being loud and cute though!

-Jaxon

Paying My Respects To The Fremont Troll!

I had always wondered about the mysterious Troll that lived under the Aurora Bridge and ate the cars of people who didn't pay his tribute of gold.  Well, today Daddy took me to meet him in person.

He was a bit intimidating at first but when I saw other children playing on him I relaxed a bit.  I'm assuming that Daddy pays him his gold tribute in the mail with the rest of his bills.  Nothing like a steady flow of gold to keep a Troll happy and willing to let children run around on top of him but I still kept my distance.  He might be hungry.

We carried on to a far happier and perhaps safer part of Fremont.

Hello J.P. Patches!

Ok that is just strange.  This place is like the Land of Oz.  We hit up Waiting For The Interurban and I met a dog with the head of a man.

Very peculiar.

I decided this really needed some investigation.

We ended the day at the Fremont Sunday Market but Daddy was looking nostalgically at the Red Door, he told me wistfully it might be a few decades before he could take me there.

The Red Door seemed to be the least exciting part about our trip to Fremont but Daddy seemed the most enthusiastic about visiting it.  I'll just write this off as a grown-up eccentricity.

-Jaxon 

Stay in the Kitchen Daddy!

Daddy has a bad habit of using his size to impose his will on me.  Well, today I wasn't going to have it.

I wanted to stay in my living room, eat apples and watch Cars 2 and not be dragged off.  To fortify my living space without distraction I suggested Daddy "Go to the Kitchen".

Yeah, you can't build adequate protection with a Daddy in the living room.

By the time Daddy had come back from the Kitchen I was ready.

What can you say?  Sometimes good walls make good neighbors!  

Just asserting some independence Daddy.

-Jaxon

Keeping Track of Daddy's Height

It really seems like Daddy is shrinking or maybe I am growing.  I find it quite fascinating- especially the idea that someday I could be bigger than he is- talk about a fun role reversal.  Who would be giving who an unwelcome bath Daddy (Or pulling me out when I wasn't ready!)?  Maybe he could experience being squeezed into a pair of clothes he doesn't want to wear.  Or put into "Time Out".

Daddy played along with my measuring thinking it was cute . . . little did he know what I was actually looking forward to in the future.

Just you wait Daddy!

Jaxon

So That Is What They Did To That Thing

It turns out that when Mommy and Daddy were growing-up the Mariners and Seahawks both played in the same stadium . . . the King Dome.  Kind of seems cramped.

The big question though was what the heck happened to that thing.  I was very curious.

Finally, Daddy showed me what really happened to it.

Oh my!  I didn't know you could level a structure that size in less than a minute.  I think I know what I will do when I grow-up.

I think I watched it at every angle . . . many times!

-Jaxon