Shoes and Ears : Loads of Fun

Wednesday, 24 December 2008 10:06 Written by John Campbell

Shoes and Ears... Who would have thought they would be so much fun!  Not me... initially.

Shoes are the leather or canvas things that I put on each morning right after my socks.  Yes I put pants on first, but I am honored that you know me well enough to think that first!  I usually don't think about my shoes again until I go to the gym and need to change them and again when I get ready to go to bed.  It bothers Alicia that I wear my shoes all the time, especially right after the carpets have been vacuumed but what can I say, I hate being without shoes.

I take good care of my shoes and Alicia will tell you all that I am the Imelda Marcos of men.  If I had it my way, I would have a different pair of shoes for each day of the month.  So get to the point already John!  Shoes are awesome to me, but apparently to Sawyer they are even more of a blast.  He loves to take them on and off, wear big shoes on top of his shoes, eat shoes, lick the bottoms of shoes, throw shoes and put shoes on his hands.  If you are around Sawyer, make sure your shoes are hidden away somewhere or on your feet because if they aren't he will stake claim to them like Columbus took claim to the Indian's land way back when.  He just loves them so much, they are FUN!

OK, so I mentioned ears too...  It isn't that ears are FUN to Sawyer, it is that Daddies ears are just not big enough apparently.  I thought they were plently big myself but Sawyer disagrees.  He opposes my feelings on my ears so much that he is attempting to strech them out like those wierd people in Nat Geo documentaries that spread their lips or earlobes with bigger and bigger earings, or lip rings.  He likes to pull on my ears only and he can't go to sleep without doing so.

The moral of the ears story is this... Please don't make fun of my growing ears when you see me as it is not my choice. But I think it is so cute that I am willing to deal with freakishly large ears and cuts from little fingernails all over them because it makes him soooooo happy!

Oh how those little things that first irritate us become the things we love so much!

Southern Belle

Wednesday, 03 December 2008 07:46 Written by John Campbell

Sydney is such a Southern Belle!  Last night she told Alicia a story and used the phrase "Y'all" no less than twice.  And the accent...It makes me smile.

I wonder what people would think if I started teaching her Pittsburgh-eese and let her use the phrases with a southern accent on it?  I am betting I can confuse all kinds of people with that.