Had Glenn’s second birthday party today. Everything went very well, the food was not seriously burned and all the gifts were great. He has tons of cars, trains, fake food, art, and other stuff to play with (at least until Christmas). He is at an odd age, when 2 year old toys are boring to him, and big boy toys are not really tested with 2 year olds in mind. He is pretty good about putting stuff in his mouth, I think he is past the oral stage. All in all a good day. Lots of work, but it was worth it for our little boy.
Taking a week of vacation this week. I like taking off the first week in July. My last job was closed the first week of July, and I just got used to it. More importantly, it is the week Glenn was born, so it is nice to be off on his birthday. The weather is perfect this week as well. Went out shopping today, bought a few things to see if it helps my morning sneezing fits. Sometimes when I wake up, I will sneeze 20 to 30 times, until all of my sinuses are empty. Gross thought, but it is really annoying and wakes everyone up. I hope tomorrow brings new hope.
In other news, Glenn is learning more words than I can remember. One of the latest is Cho Choo for trains. When he is older, we will have to take him to at least the Heston steam museum.
Finally finished the bathroom. Really makes you appreciate not doing home repairs. I am sure Tiff will post photos soon. What a pain, but it looks so good now. It was the last major thing to do in the house, thank goodness.
I was one of the millions who downloaded Firefox 3 today. They FINALLY fixed the memory hole(s) (at least under Linux). Firefox 2, if left running overnight, would consume something like 2 to 4 GIGS of swap space. 3 has not exhibited this behavior yet. I’ll let you know in the morning. One thing is for sure, it is really fast, almost Opera fast. A little ugly though. It has an “integrated’ to the OS look, which is actually kinda ugly and Gnome looking, so I changed to my normal theme, Qute, which looks more like KDE.
It will be my second Father’s Day this weekend, and my brother Mike’s first. All I can say it that it has been a hell of a ride so far. Glenn is doing OK, he can even say OhhKay now. I taught he the word “door” tonight as well. He has been having a few tantrums, but nothing too bad. He is understanding what time out means and doesn’t like the prospect of it as well. Talking to other parents, spanking does just about nothing, but time outs work pretty well. I am looking forward to the next year with Glenn and seeing how he progresses. Tiffany is getting some away time tonight, Glenn did notice. He said Mommy Mommy several times looking for her and wanted to see her before going to be. He is sleeping now, I assured him he will see Mommy in the morning.