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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.

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Another clip

Tru and I went down to the park this afternoon. Kinda crowded so Tru got a little frustrated, but was a good sport. I got a couple of nice shots of him rolling in a larger section. Much, much shorter than the last clip. Enjoy.

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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. 🙂

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Tru the shredder

Tru’s been working on his skateboarding skills. We’ve been down to the skatepark a lot lately, and he won’t stop talking about it. He’s doing okay, I guess. He can stand on the board and push with one foot. His fakie is just as strong as regular. Today he started putting weight on the tail and learning how to kick turn a little bit. That was without coaching from me–I didn’t think he was ready for it, but he just started trying it out.

He’s also turning into a minor celebrity down at the park. The other day there were a bunch of middle school boys who were just fascinated by Truman. Wanted to know his name, what kind of board he rocked, how old he was, etc. As they left the park that day, they hollered, “See you later, Truman!” Yesterday some of the same kids arrived at the park. One of them spied Tru and hollered to his friend, “Jake, Truman’s here! Truman’s here!” Pretty funny…

I’m pretty sure that by the end of the summer Truman will be better than me.

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A new look coming

It’s time to upgrade and update this blog. I’m in the process of upgrading the software that makes this thing work, and at the same time I’m picking through a quick redesign.

Have a look at the latest incarnation and lemme know what you think. I know some of the text is hard to read–I’ll fix it. I’ve been working on content and layout so far…

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Air Frodo

Went the skatepark this morning with Darryl and I took Frodo along. He loved getting to run around and sniff stuff.

At one point, I was in the park just taking a breather and I saw Frodo up by the parking lot so I hollered to him. He came booking down the approach to the skatepark, just taking the straight line path towards me. What I could see, but he couldn’t, was that his path was taking him right over a 5 foot transition (basically a quarter pipe). There was nothing I could do to stop him, so I just watched as he ran up the small embankment to the edge of the transition and launched into the air. He basically jumped off a 5 foot wall at full speed. He was running at full speed, so his momentum took him out at least six feet from the edge. He made a nice four point landing, but collapsed under his own weight and slid another ten feet or so. When he came to a stop he stood up and kinda looked around, then trotted over to me. Apparently no worse for the wear! Wish I’d had a video camera…

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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!”

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Now it begins

Looks like Asher is officially walking. We’re grateful he waited this long–he’s 14 months. By comparison, Tru started at 11 months. Right now I’m watching Asher walk around the living room with a mouthful of banana (he’s a freak for the bananas). He was everywhere when he was crawling (lightening fast crawler), but now he’s really everywhere. Now the work begins.

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