Fortunate Son

This morning Jory discovered an abandoned fortune cookie on the kitchen counter. Lucky for him, this time his standard jam-it-in-my-mouth-to-determine-its-properties strategy worked out ok.

And here's his fortune:

I don't think he's getting short-changed in the sweets department. I picked him up early from daycare last week and he had chocolate smeared all over his face; the local grilled cheese shop gave him a 'smore on Halloween; and he came home from daycare the other day smelling like maple syrup.

Like I've said, I just live here.

Walking!

Jory's been flirting with walking for the past few weeks, but he's finally come to the point where he walks about 40% of the time, and with pretty good success.

Here he is going Godzilla on his train set:

This is what happens when he takes his eye off the prize (and Daddy leaves his shoes lying around):

Watch out kitties and household breakables!

Our child is spoiled

This is his afternoon snack: a mini soufflee with spinach and feta that Tiffany made for him. I'm pretty sure I wasn't getting any souffles as a kid (and I just may have looked longingly at this one before feeding it to him).

Jory has skipped books...

He's moved straight to Mama's kindle... which means he is reading "50 Shades of Grey" (and very appropriately wearing a shirt from Melinda and Lee of Google House fame!)

Straw Man

I have no idea where Jory learned to use a straw (maybe daycare?), but he sure does love it! Here he is at In N Out, enjoying one of KC's "lemonades." His little hand postures are very cute:

And yes, we had our son in a fast food restaurant - it's right next to the medical center where he gets his shots. And yes, we "let" him eat animal-style french fries. When we moved him to the high chair, away from the french fries, he went completely berserk and the other patrons started shouting at us "Give him a french fry! Let him have it!"

It was very embarrassing.

Traveling by wagon

Our next-door neighbor Jeremy gave us a big wagon that his kids used to use, and we used it to drop off Mommy at her dance class.

As you might have expected, Jory insists on helping to drive the wagon!

Pre-Halloween costumes

Kids are really cute when they're dressed up (especially in pictures, when you have no idea what was actually going on while the picture was being taken).

We know it's not Halloween yet, but we've given Jory some pre-Halloween costume time.

Here he is driving the car, which is one of the scariest things I can think of. This is his cape from last year's Assistant Professor Chaos costume.

And here he is in his real Halloween outfit, which glows:

The foreshortening of the skeleton image contrasts a bit oddly with his huge head, but what are you going to do?