First snow of the season

First accumulation of the year, and Lennox wanted to go out and play in it. He got a charge out of tossing snowballs at Mama, and for some reason he insisted on going down his slide despite the wet, white layer of snow.

Goggle vision

Lennox was trying out Mama's old skool goggles in the tub tonight. We can't say the hair washing went much better....

Gobble, gobble

Lennox the picky eater actually ate a bit of turkey for Thanksgiving, but he was more interested in the rolls, brownies and pie. He burned it off with a friendly game of football and a little horseback riding. He also enjoyed playing with his cousin Jamison.

Making waffles

Lennox loves making waffles every Sunday morning. He wakes up and wants to make waffles. This time, after Papa set out all of the ingredients, Lennox said, "Hey, I forgot the applesauce." That is our secret ingredient and Lennox was right - no applesauce.

Oooo, I love waffles.

Stretch! Those were great, Papa. Thank you!

Yoda

Lennox was lucky enough to pet Yoda, the four eared cat, in Downers Grove today. You can read more about this genetic wonder here: Yoda

Happy Birthday Lennox!

Lennox really enjoyed his second birthday party. There were lots of family members to keep his energy level sky high. Thanks to all for making his bday special. He went to bed a very happy little boy!

Election Day

On the way to vote, I asked Lennox if he was going to vote for Obama. His response? "No way!"

McCain? "No way!"

Then who are you going to vote for? "Bob!" (Grandpa Bob, that is.)

Luckily, they didn't give him a ballot.

Halloween 08

This year Lennox was very excited to dress up as a frog, but when it came time to actually put the costume on, suddenly that all changed. He held a special hatred in his heart for the hood, which we probably kept on for a grand total of 30 seconds the whole day. Once we got past the initial costume rebellion, and as long as we kept the hood down, he enjoyed trick-or-treating with his pals Sophia, Summer, Xavier and Vincent. It took him a little while to warm up to the whole approaching strangers idea, but by the end he was grabbing candy like a pro. For some reason, the Milk Duds were especially interesting to him.

Bean in the bean

the fam at Millennium Park downtown Chi-town. Lennox loves to go the city on the train. He also loves to race, as you can see in the second picture. He lines up in a racing position at the starting line and says, "mark, get set, go!"

Batteries?

Lennox and fam went to the Chicago Contemporary Art Museum last weekend and one of the activity centers allowed kids to make sculptures. Lennox wanted a blue elephant so he helped construct the amazing work pictured to the left (note mama's addition of the critical peanut located at the end of the trunk). That night, he wanted to sleep with the blue elephant. Needless to say, in the morning, the sculpture had come unglued into many small pieces. Lennox insisted papa should "fix it." After chatting for a bit, Papa asked Lennox what was needed to fix it. Lennox's reply was a pause and then simply, "Ummm, ..... batteries!" Obviously.

Someone has been sleeping in papa bear's bed...

Lennox thinks it is really funny to crawl in to papa's bed and pretend he is "sleeping." This time, he was caught in the act!

Happy Birthday, Grandpa Bob!

Happy 71st to Bob! All day, Lennox has been saying, "Happy Birthday, Bob!" Love JJL

Cleanin' up

Lennox is always up for a good bath. Here he is with a curly mohawk.

Blocks, blocks, and more blocks

Lennox loves to build little towers and then destroy them. Here he is after one of the destruction episodes.

Slide fun

Yesterday Lennox headed to the Harvest Festival to check out hayrides, tractors, and large inflatable fun zones.

Lennox's shiner

Lennox received this shiner a few days ago after a run in with the windowsill. It is just starting to come into its prime now.

Starved Rock

Lennox met up with some old friends at Starved Rock today. Good weather, good people, good memories, deep mud. Yes, Lennox has a black eye. No, he did not receive it by a stick or rock.

Both funny and not funny

Here's Lennox, sleeping on the sidewalk, covered with his "blankets." He requested "blanket, please," then demanded a lullabye. My crazy little homeless toddler thought he was quite funny. And I don't think he's seen any homeless people lately, so he came up with this one all by himself.

Ode to Bob

Bob, this one is for you! Lennox (aka minibob) loves Steak n Shake too.

Summertime in Northern Michigan

Lennox had a jolly time hooking up in the Michigan motherland with Shuya and Jing to do some camping.

Clutch repair

Lennox really likes to work with tools. If Papa is working on the cars, Lennox is in a happy place.

Canada cabin 2008

The family made its annual pilgrimage to Canada this year. Lennox was much better this year - sleeping well and enjoying the outdoors. He was talking about bears and Sue for a week prior to the drive up north. Thankfully, he accomplished both of those goals.

Grease monkey

Ah, the father and son bonds over car maintenance. Papa looks surprisingly happy after shearing off a wheel stud. Usually Lennox refuses to get his hands dirty, but when it comes to car work, he loves grease, oil, rust, and dirt.

P--eek-a-boo

Lennox is clowning around again....playing peek-a-boo and putting his head through the letter P.

First flick

Ol' Nox decided he was interested in his first full length motion picture. Mama and Papa aren't movie buffs, but they made their annual trek to the cinema for an afternoon of fun and delight.

Lennox sat on a booster seat through the entire film and was well behaved....minus the several outbursts of "bear, monkey, nothing, bug, tiger, etc..." He is still talking about the bear movie.

Lennox gives this film 2 thumbs up.