I occasionally ask Truman what magical power or superpower he would want if he could have only one. Today’s answer: “I’d want to throw lightning.” Excellent answer. Examples of practical usage include saving me if I got into trouble by throwing a bolt of lightning at the door, or if he was locked up he could throw lightning at the lock and get free.
Category: Tru
Tru’s second snowboard day
I bought Tru some used rental gear and we hit the mountain again this weekend. Didn't spend a whole lot of time on the hill, but it's clear that he's getting the hang of it. This video is just three clips of him riding. The middle clip is a bit frantic, since I thought he was going to ride into the ropetow shack. He didn't. He just put his board on the edge and sat down, then looked at me like, "What's the problem, dad?"
Tru’s first snowboard day
Ron and I took Benjamin and Truman up to Skibowl today, for their first snowboard lesson. These are Tru’s highlights. Unfortunately, Benny didn’t snowboard long enough to get any highlights, but he sure had fun throwing snowballs!
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Inscrutable
Halloween!
Halloween was super fun this year (see what Amy has to say)! Tru was a tiger and Asher was a clown. It couldn’t have happened without Grammy’s help, though… Check out these guys!
Geocaching with Tru
Man, it’s been a while, huh? I’ve been kinda focused on writing on Slacker Manager. I’ve had lots of posts rolling through my head for the bren : blog, but just haven’t done ’em. Until now.
I bought a GPS unit with some blog proceeds. Figured geocaching might be fun, plus it’d be cool just to learn about the whole mapping and GPS scene. I’ve really been digging using the unit to check out stats while I’m driving (16 miles to work; average speed is 32 mph; etc…).
Anyway, today Truman and I tried our hand at geocaching. Actually, I tried earlier today since there is a cache on the Newberg campus. Couldn’t find it though, even though it seemed like I was standing right on it. I’ll try again later. Tru and I did this one which is down by a Willamettte River boatramp in town. Just a couple of minutes away from our house. It was a microcache, which means it was just in a 35mm film canister, rather than something larger like an ammo box, or rubbermaid container. We had no trouble finding it. We took a nickle and left a Korean coin. Tru was pretty stoked (okay, we both were). We’ll go again tomorrow after work.
Not even cats
Tru’s 5th birthday has come and gone (no pics yet…coming soon, though you can check out what Pappy posted). He had a Robin Hood themed party with a cake that looked like a dragon. Huge props to the mom and two grandma’s who really made the party come together. Pretty cool.
Tru’s kinda hot for the projectile-type toys these days, so he was pleased with the soft slingshot someone gave him. Still shoots pretty good, but the balls are large and squishy. The directions on the box are very clear that you should not “shoot at people or animals. Not even cats.” Not sure why the extra qualifier, but it made me laugh. Maybe cats jump after the balls or something. I’m curious to know what kind of cat injuries were incurred that made this extra message neccessary.
Tru’s skate video
Okay, we’re ready for sponsors now. Here’s a video of the last couple of days of Tru skating. First part is at our neighbor’s house, second part is at the skatepark. Last part of the video is the best, I think. He gets solid on his roll-ins and fakies off the transitions. Pretty cool.
Also, the board he’s riding was a gift from a friend of a colleague in Boise and his helmet was a gift from that same colleague in Boise. I think of these two gifts as Tru’s first sponsorship deal. 🙂
Throwing me on the goat
The other day I was teasing Truman about something and Amy told him that I was just trying to get his goat. He immediately picked up the phrase and butchered it. Now whenever I tease him, he always says, “You’re just trying to throw me on the goat!”