LOOK WHAT I FOUND ON THE CAMERA TODAY! HMMPH.

THANKS FOR MY NEW HAT, AUNT TAMI.

i am not liking hats very much right now, but this one is pretty cool.

i love the color and the wool is nice and soft.

i wore it for a bit while i played this morning.

then i started to drool because i have a molar coming in.

my mom tried to wipe my chin, so i was outta there.

but thanks for the hat, i really do like it.

and i like you too. see you soon!

WAIT, AUNT TAMI. DON'T FORGET TO LOOK AT THIS ONE!

my mom forgot to show you that i was wearing your hat when i stood up for a really long time today. like forever, really. sheesh. what was she thinking? this is by far the best shot she took of me. well, anyway, i just wanted you to see me standing up with no hands. and your hat again. i love you, your nephew huckleberry.

HUCKY'S FIRST CARVED SWORD

thank you so much, uncle tj.

i'll be very careful.

my mom will make sure of it.

love, the boy.

HUCK IS 11 MONTHS OLD TODAY!

let the countdown begin . . .

HUCK SHAKES HIS TAIL FEATHERS

DAILY PHOTO_NOVEMBER 13

THIS IS ABOUT ALL I CAN CATCH OF HIM ON FILM THESE DAYS

WAIT! THERE! I GOT ONE.

SUCKIN' ON A BONE

someone who looked an awful lot like uncle tj slipped huckleberry a bone after our southern pork ribs dinner tonight. a bone!

this to a kid who has only had breast milk and things like (organic) bananas, avocados, apple sauce, mashed sweet potatoes, and an occasional handful of cheerios thus far. sheesh.

but before i could bellyache about him being too young or possibly choking or being a vegetarian (not really, but it may have helped me put the skids on), huck was deep into it. he was sucking and slurping and gnashing and gnawing that bone to pieces. like a pro, really. and so instead of yanking it out of his heretofore unsullied hands, i gave in, thinking that my dad would beam at his grandson masticating a bone with such fervor.

so here you go, pop-pop, this one's for you:

HERE'S ANOTHER ONE FOR YOU, POP-POP.

it's about poop.

is this boy making you proud, or what?

FOOTBALL FISH FRY

ben caught some fish on a recent trip to north dakota and during the minnesota vs. green bay football game on sunday, todd fried it up something fierce. tara and ben made a kick ass coleslaw to go with it, along with the best tartar sauce i have ever had. ever.

p.s. you can see in the second photo that huck was still wearing his sasquatch costume from the night before. but to chap ben's (wisconsin) hide, he also wore a knitted viking hat that my mom's friend made him. not that we're die hard minnesota fans or anything, but uncle tj wanted them to win and we're big fans of uncle tj.

A SASQUATCH STORY_PART 1

a little sasquatch was sighted around these parts this weekend. i was able to snap some photos of him on halloween night, but as always, it was hard to catch the blurry, mysterious creature on film.

A SASQUATCH STORY_PART 2

two fortune-hunting cowboys snared the young 'squatch in hopes of collecting a hefty bounty, but luckily for the little bigfoot, they fell in love and decided to raise him up as their own.

A SASQUATCH STORY_PART 3

they taught him good manners and trained him to sit and stay . . .

A SASQUATCH STORY_PART 4

and, if you can believe it, how to eat people food on a tray.

the end.