Empire Strikes Back comes to Bantam

Peter is one noisy critter. He has his quiet moments but its pretty much all or nothing. His amplifiers definitely go to "11" - thank you Spinal Tap. No in between. He even makes noise whenever he eats and I have finally pinpointed the sound. Here is the best example we could get on video:



The following is the link to the noise I knew so well as a kid (you have to copy and paste it):

http://www.digital-audio.net/_aude/empire/tauntaun.mp3

It's a Hoth-hopping Tauntaun from The Empire Strikes Back!



















I finally solved the mystery! We call him Tauntaun whenever he does the noise now and Grant, like any jealous older brother, imitates him to a tee.




I couldn't resist sharing this despite how nerdy I must look now. But, if this odd bodily function wasn't enough - just read the post below. I'm all about posting my kids' noises for all to enjoy. And may you all visit soon as these posts barely do the sounds justice. Much better in person.

Grant's Nugget

Grant has been potty training for sometime now and is supposed to say "Pee-poop" when its time to go to the toilet. He does a pretty good job at this although sometimes he only tells us so we'll remove his already soiled diaper with said "Pee-poop". So now Erica and I talk about his progress as we await that blessed day without any diapers, wipes, or running pants-down to the toilet (Grant's pants that is). In fact, as I get home from a long day at the office, it's first and foremost on my mind and we usually have the following conversation:

Ben: I'm home. How are you ____? (insert your choice of term of endearment)

Erica: Fine. How was work?

Ben: ______. (insert your choice of soul-crushing sob story)

Erica: That's nice dear.

Ben: Did Grant poop while I was gone?

Erica, for a while, had the same 2 or 3 answers to the question:
1. Yes, a lot.
2. No. Not at all
3. He's gotta go now. Can you take him?
But one day she added the following to her answers:
Yes, but only a nugget.
It would be an adequate description as many of his future "prospecting" attempts would only profit us a "nugget".

Anyway, this is going far too in depth for such a short punch-line. The other night we we're sitting at the dinner table scarfing down the "mass-quantities" and Grant had bad "wind". He let loose on a few (which turned out to be a mere drum-roll) and then we got the grand finale. It stopped us mid-bite as we tried to assess how much of our son would be missing. He looked at us and said "That was a nugget!" Never before had man been so proud of his own offspring. We couldn't stop laughing and I swear Erica said "Pee-poop" as she was unable to help herself to the bathroom. Just kidding honey. It was hilarious.

Grant at Home Depot

Here is Grant at the local Home Depot. They have a great program where you can take your kids there and build some toys with them. This one was a mini racetrack and two cars. He's still a bit young to handle the tools himself - Erica helped out a lot - but he had fun anyway.