Claxton Mahaley

Thursday, August 2, 2007 at 09:28 PM

We went to the Dairy Queen last night so that London could use the free ice-cream coupon he got from talking to a park ranger at Seattle’s Ballard Locks.

London had ridden his bike there so I stayed outside with the bike as Sarah and he went in to get the prize.

The line was long. The day was hot.

I watched him as he held so tightly and so proudly to that little ticket. There was something about that scene that just filled my heart.

london3

I found this in my journal. How time flies.

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Every day is so precious; it makes me sad when they end.

Today, after I got home from work, London and I went to the market and got some milk. We talked along the way about all the things we saw.

He points to the chestnuts on the ground and says, “wetsnuts.”

He points to the flowers and says flower. I put him so that he can smell them and he says, “nice.”

He likes to point put airplanes, ants, and bicycles and when you talk about the wind he leans in close to your face and blows – like the wind.

He also enjoys flirting with all of the girls at the market. He is quite a regular now and certainly has his favorites.

At the market London wanted a plum (num).

We had a good day. Today Sarah put up a video of London doing the Hokey Pokey on the web site. It was a huge hit at the office.

After dinner, I gave London a bath. That is always fun – or, at least, has always been fun so far. Then we brushed teeth and went out to look for the moon. It wasn’t up yet,

It was a good day. It was a very good day,

london2

Sunday, August 22, 2004

London has a cold today. He woke up fussy, but we still had a great day. We played outside some when it wasn’t raining and smelled some flowers. We walked down to the house that has the chickens and looked at them for a while.

Yesterday London and I got to spend a lot of time together while Sarah was doing a clinic in Woodburn. We did some shopping at the outlet stores, made some friends, and then went over to a field that had some cows and horses in it.

London likes to call out what he sees: “Cow!” “Chicken!” “Horse!” and he likes to keep calling it. It is wonderful how sweet his little voice is and how fast he is learning things. He has a little book about a tiger. He has only has this book for a few days but he can already call out every animal that appears in the book. Tiger, snake, monkey, elephant, bird.

london

Sunday, August 15, 2004

Today was a good day, though I have no idea of the leisurely Sunday anymore. London woke up at 5:45 this morning, and, as is our custom, we tried to convince him that he was still tired until about 6:20. Sunday is Sarah’s day to get up early with London but it is becoming harder and harder for me to stay in bed.

I hear London downstairs talking. (ado badu badu). I don’t get to see him much – as much as I would like, anyway – during the week as he is in daycare until 5:30 and goes to bed by eight.

Right now he is walking around wearing my watch on his neck like a giant necklace. It is pretty cute. I have no idea where he learned that.

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we took a trip to Office Max to get some printer ink – I am sure that all of these things will be obsolete before five years pass but I mention it anyway. London had a great time putting plastic paper trays on the floor and walking in them like they were skis. That was great fun. He also enjoyed pointing out the various balloons within the store. As always, he worked the crowd. Everyone fawned all over him.

It is currently 5:24 p.m. It is at this time that I begin to feel sad that the weekend is almost over. I sure hope that I get it together to be a stay-at-home dad soon.