Christmas part 1

We are going to do our Christmas presents tonight, but I wanted Timmy to have something to open Christmas morning, so we gave him this drum set, and he loved it and was rocking out. I will do more another time with all things Christmas and whatnot, but all of my family are together in arizona and I wanted to give them something to see of little Timmy. And to all you naysayers that are thinking, "I can't believe you were stupid enough to give a little kid a drumset, don't you realize how noisy it will be?" my response is that he already makes the noise, he loves noise and at least this noise isnt destructive on our apt. and property. Anyway Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone.

Chuck the turtle's terrifying ordeal.

I know this site is usually about the exploits of my handsome little Timmy, but yesterday our pet turtle Chuck gave us (and himself I'm sure) a big scare. Well anyway we bought Chuck a little over a year ago when he was about an inch long, to introduce Timmy to animals, and over the last year he has been a really fun little pet. It's actually one of Timmy's "chores" to feed Chuck (That and he is in charge of picking the cherry tomatoes, two jobs he does with pride). Well every week we clean out Chuck's tank (another job Timmy helps with), and we let Chuck roam the little shoe area in the entrance of the house. Well usually that is no problem, except that yesterday some furniture recycler guys (no idea what you would call them) came to pick up some furniture that we were getting rid of. Well when they left, they left the door open, allowing Chuck to go outside. The biggest problem with this is that we live on the fourth floor of our apartment. Chuck crawled out the door, and through a hole designed for draining rainwater, and ended up crawling over the ledge of the drain and fell the four stories down onto concrete. Well when I noticed the door was still open I rushed over to look for Chuck, looked over the edge and saw him laying on his back motionless. I was sure he had died from the fall (still not sure how he didnt.) well on the bottom floor of our apartment is a fastfood restraunt, and Chuck had fallen into a back gated off yard area, so we went into the restaurant to ask them to retrieve the body. They went and got it for us and Chuck moved a little, which surprised us. He looked bad, not moving, his neck fully extended (he always kept most of his neck tucked in his shell) Not sure what to do we placed him on a paper towel to rest in a quiet place (thinking he was probably going to die). We called the vet who was in surgery and would have to call us back. We left Chuck in peace, and when we came back a little while later he was walking around. We finally were able to speak with the vet, and the vet told us that as long as the shell was ok, he would probably be ok. I am still keeping a close eye on the turtle. Sorry this post was soo long, i was feeling sooo bad about the whole ordeal I felt like I should at least tell Chuck's story,

here is a pic of our apartment from the side Chuck fell, he fell from the little drain right next to the third flight of stairs.

Timmy is sitting in the shoe area the turtle was in, he crawled out this door and behind the trash can.

this is the drainage hole behind the trash can that Chuck crawled through.

this is the drain that is on the otherside of the hole where Chuck fell off of.

This is the view of where Chuck fell onto the concrete between that wall in the picture and the apartment.

This is the gated area behind the restaurant were we found Chuck lying motionless. the metal shelf wasnt back there yesterday.

Timmy holding Chuck, he really loves that little turtle.

Chuck relaxing in his tank after the whole ordeal.

Chuck on the floor.

Chuck in his tank saying hello.

Chuck swimming with the goldfish.

Little Tim goes to the aquarium

So there is this world class aquarium in Okinawa called the Churaumi aquarium that we have annual passes for and have gone several times over the last year, but this was the first time that Timmy really got into it. The aquarium is a but of a drive for a small kid like Timmy, and what would often happen is that by the time we got there Tim would be all worn out and would generally fall asleep. On top of that the aquarium is usually pretty crowded so Tim would often get soo caught up in the crowd (the girls especially) that he didnt really notice all the tanks. This particular trip was really fun because lately Tim has been really interested in animals in general, but even more so in fishies (he pronounces it "whishies") Well Tim was super excited as he would run up to the different tanks yelling "whishies!!!" (haha i really wish i could do justice to how it is when he says it and how excited he gets, but I am not that good a writer) The protection of the earth's oceans and it's other natural resources is a very important issue for me and I am really hoping to pass on my love and passion for it on to Timmy as well, So the fact that he loved this place was very encouraging to me. By the way Amanda, I am also quite thrilled to see Kael taking an interest in it as well, keep it up, the future and whatever is left is theirs.

this little boy was very difficult to keep up with.

The King

So even since before Timmy was born I thought it would be cool to dress up for Halloween as Elvis and a little mini Elvis, So I told my kick @$$ idea to my seamstress of a mother who ran all over town looking for an Elvis Costume for little dudes. The search for a costume however turned fruitless, untill she came across a pattern. Well She made that costume, sent it to us, and I'm still having a hard time convincing people that she made it. Needless to say people are pretty impressed, and Tim who is already a handsome devil looked just freaking awesome. Im not sure how else to put it.

Timmy and Co-Chan

TImmy and Co-chan real proud to be sitting on the bench

Good Looking kid

A little peace


Kissing Mommy