The Johnson Blog

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Tag: David

  • Happy Birthday Ana!

    Today is Ana’s birthday, so David and I spent some quality time in the kitchen getting this cake made.  It turned out well, and David’s choice of toppings is quite the addition!

    Happy Birthday Ana, We Love You!

  • Bowling and Batting Practice

    I’m doing a little photo and video editing as the weekend winds down and thought I’d post these for all 2 of you that follow this blog.  Here’s David during his two games of bowling, in which he scored a combined 46!  He gets emphatic about doing it himself, so those are 100% his.

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    And to wrap up the weekend, he took a few swings off of the tee.

    Notice the goggles – apparently he forgot to take them off after his work in the lab.

    Updated: embedded video from Vimeo instead of MotionBox.

  • Hammering!

    This morning we were at Lowes and ran into the bi-monthly kids’ workshop in progress.  They were putting together a smal tic-tac-toe toy and David was instantly hooked.  Since they were wrapping up, we bought the smallest hammer we could find for him and took one of the kits home with us.

    Later in the day after his nap, we got to work in the basement.

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    Here’s to David’s first building project!  More photos in the gallery.

  • Painting Project

    This weekend I built the second step stool for David, this one for an upstairs bathroom. 

    I also got both sanded, primed, and covered in a coat or two of paint.   One red, one white.   The white was so we could turn David loose on it to make it his own.  With Mom’s help, 30 minutes, and a few tubes of paint, he deemed it complete.  There is no mistaking it, it’s his!

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    As always, Mr. Serious:

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    Here’s our work, side-by-side. I’m happy with how they turned out and they should last beyond their need. 

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    So that’s what we did this afternoon; it was fun and provided a nice little diversion on this cold, cold January Sunday.  If you’d like to see a few more photos of David’s artistic process, they’re in the photo gallery.

  • New Years Eve

    Here it is New Year’s Eve and David has come down with something.  He’s just spending the day taking in medicine and an Imagination Movers marathon from the couch.

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    A far cry from the active little guy that was two days ago.

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  • Christmas Preparations

    David spent this Christmas Eve morning helping Mom make Santa’s cookies, and after a quick nap he’ll get to decorate them too.

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    He is pretty excited, even if he isn’t quite sure why.  On more than one occasion he has run up to me saying “It’s Christmas!”

    This is going to be fun 🙂

    Update: decorating has begun!

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  • 2 Years Ago Today

    2 years ago today, Ana and I were sitting in a hospital room with our brand new son, David.

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    That photo is the result of asking him to smile big for me tonight.  Just wonderful, the little ham.

    Happy Birthday, David.  You sure make it fun!

  • New Step Stool

    Today I made a step stool for David, it give him just enough height so he can reach the faucet and wash his hands.  All that’s left is to sand and paint it.

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    Ana has  already put in another order for one for upstairs.

  • Quick Little Video

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  • Slides

    We spent this past Sunday afternoon in the park enjoying the great weather. More photos available in the gallery.

    David loved going down some of the slides all by himself…
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    and with Mom and Dad on the bigger ones.
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