My son has a hard head

This weekend Rohan decided to give me a reverse head butt while I was holding him. He arched his back and smacked me right in the glasses. This hurt, and it also broke the nose piece off my glasses. D'oh! Thankfully, my broken glasses stay on my face, but they don't quite sit right anymore. I'm off to the eye doctor to get an exam (for which I happen to be overdue) and to order new glasses. Hopefully Dina can epoxy my current glasses to get me by until the new ones arrive.

What a weekend

Dina had a Creative Memories retreat this weekend, so I was Mr. Mom from Friday afternoon through Sunday afternoon. Luckily I had some help from my mom, because Caden and Rohan had a lot of trouble sleeping due to teething issues. Caden, in fact, had another tooth come through, which means that both times Dina's been gone for the entire night, one of the twins has had a tooth pop through. Dina's theory is that they'll do anything to get their mama back. :-)

On Saturday my mom watched Caden and Rohan for a while so I could take Griffin to the Shrine Circus in Minneapolis. It was fun! That was his first circus, and the first I've been to in a long, long time. It was hard to get good pictures since it was so dark, but here are some of the elephants:

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The elephants were almost Griffin's favorite part. For him nothing could top the human cannonball, which had a really loud boom and shot a guy pretty darn far through the air into the net. Griffin thought that was just awesome. He was right. :-)

On Sunday I got some cleaning and such done around the house while my mom watched the boys, and in the afternoon Dina came home. Dina's sister Gretchen and her boys came over (Keefe is staying at our place for a couple days) so we all had pizza. The adults also had beer - Bell's Special Double Cream Stout. Tasty!

Speaking of beer, the final event for the evening was bottling my latest batch, Amarillo Pale Ale. A quick sip of the uncarbonated beerjuice revealed lots and lots and lots of tangy hops goodness. This will be a good one. Rob, a friend who is interested in brewing and was around to help brew this batch, helped me bottle. Good God Almighty, it goes so much faster with two people.

Bring on the week!

Griffin's first dentist appointment

Last Tuesday Griffin had his first dentist appointment. He was a little worried beforehand about the vacuum they were going to put in his mouth. When he first got to the appointment he would only talk with his teeth clenched shut. :-) But he watched me have my appointment, and that loosened him up. When it was his turn and he got in the chair, he was great. No hesitation, followed directions very well, and just did a great job overall in a somewhat weird situation. Here's a pic of him in the chair:

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The sunglasses were to keep the bright overhead light out of his eyes. The assistant really helped make it a positive experience for Griffin. I was pretty proud of my boy. :-)

OH MY GOD THEY'RE MOBILE

Over the weekend, Caden and Rohan started crawling in earnest. Life will never be the same.