The Adventures of Baby Arthur

by Lincoln



Last night, Arthur sat down and without warning, swiftly and suddenly hammered out this entire animal puzzle. At first, I was blankly watching him put all the pieces in.. not thinking much of it. But suddenly, like a rushing wave, it hit me! This was the first time he actually DID the puzzle (that we know of), as opposed to just gawking at the animals and tossing them aside! I excitedly yelled out to Liz for her to come into the room to witness the spectacle.

Of course, Arthur refused to do the puzzle again (He likes to hold out on us).

We've had this puzzle for quite some time. Like many of his toys, it was a gift. I'd say the majority of his toys are gifts actually.. and our apartment is overrun with them! It sure is nice to receive gifts and we appreciate all them. We are lucky to have such great friends and family.

But of course, there's always the gift or two that just sticks out.



Now what little boy doesn't love his play car? Especially one that honks and makes all kinds of noises. But man, look at that color! And not that there's anything wrong with Winnie the Pooh.. but I'm going to have to look into trading up for Optimus Prime when the time is right, lest we allow Arthur to be stricken with an identity crisis!



Get the kid a piggy bank. Teach him the value of money. I'm on board with that! But this special piggy bank is made of glass and it came with a set of permanent markers so the child could make his own design. Well this didn't work out so well for Arthur. OK fine, we could have stashed this one away until he was older, but what fun would that be??



Ah.. and the gifts of clothes. Nothing makes a lady gush more than a cute little baby outfit. By now, Arthur has more clothes than me and that is not an exaggeration. Really, we both appreciate all the clothes very much. But check out those bright fluorescent colored astronaut pants! They are so bulky, I think Arthur could cross the Arctic with those on! We also have another one that's bright orange, in case Arthur ever wants to direct traffic. And while those genuine lederhosen are of top quality (real leather and knitting!), I'm just not sure when we'd ever dress him in that, except for Halloween! And last but not least.. yet another bright, effeminate orange colored overall with the cute little animals.. this outfit may have to accidentally disappear!



Some of the gifts are big hits for both me and Arthur! Like the measuring board that I finally got around to mounting on the wall. Now we can mark on Arthur's growth and take the board to with us when we move instead of ripping out the piece of drywall! OK, maybe Arthur doesn't care all that much about this one.

However, the remote controlled dog is plenty of fun. It barks, it walks, it's just like the real thing! He's like Arthur's best friend.. And Arthur even tries to feed him.

Aren't gifts great!

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