Nate was idly staring out the sun room window, "Dad, when I grow up, I'm going to do things differently than you."

Nate was idly staring out the sun room window, "Dad, when I grow up, I'm going to do things differently than you."

"Oh, really?! What would you do different?"

"I'd give out treats for not listening."

(We recently introduced treats for Nate as rewards for good behaviour, to balance out the fact that James is going through about a box of Smarties a day due to his recent potty training progress. I'd never thought I'd be this type of parent, but I'm going to relish it when Nate has kids of his own.)

SwiftKey is an alternate keyboard on my phone.

SwiftKey is an alternate keyboard on my phone. I thought these user statistics were neat. Apparently Canadians use the longest words (at least using the flow feature).
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/04/18/swiftkey-by-numbers-how-users-across-the-globe-use-the-mind-predicting-keyboard/?utm_source=feedly

This is a really cool artifact. Chris Hadfield 's coverage from the space station has been fantastic.

This is a really cool artifact. Chris Hadfield 's coverage from the space station has been fantastic.

Originally shared by Rare Earth

Berlin at night. Amazingly, I think the light bulbs still show the East/West division from orbit.

Our discovery at the school playground.

Our discovery at the school playground. 

James often acts as my butler in the morning.

James often acts as my butler in the morning. He watches me get ready and tries to predict the things I need and bring them to me, like deodorant or shaving cream.

Yesterday, he was waiting on Nate and turned the tap on for him as soon as Nate got off the toilet. Somewhat predictably, Nate was upset, "No, I don't need the water yet!" James turns off the water and proceeds to wait with his hands folded behind his back while Nate continues to dawdle. Nate, commenting to himself, "I don't need that step stool." James, thinks for a second and then runs over to remove the step stool from in front of the sink for Nate.

Nate did this "homework" exercise without being asked and made the assignment up himself.

Nate did this "homework" exercise without being asked and made the assignment up himself. He's really excited for Nursery School this fall, and he's really wanting to read and write.

This showed up in our mailbox the other day and made me smile.

This showed up in our mailbox the other day and made me smile. It's hand drawn with marker. They must have been quite industrious, because the address (which I've covered up with a piece of paper) is from almost a full block down our street, so they must have hand drawn quite a few of these before distributing them.

The business model is a little unclear. Are they just taking people's pets for free? Why should we bring "pajams"?

Wow.

Originally shared by Mike Elgan

Wow. Photographer takes pictures from the exact place as famous photos, then superimposes the historical details into the photos.

Photographer Seth Taras made a series of pictures for a History Channel ad campaign.

I've seen this kind of thing before, but never this well done.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2303250/The-poignant-images-combine-present-day-locations-momentous-historical-events-took-place-there.html

The other day James was trying to press the buttons on my watch, so I tell him, "No, don't press the buttons.

The other day James was trying to press the buttons on my watch, so I tell him, "No, don't press the buttons. Those buttons are only for daddy to press."

James then immediately grabs my hand and tries to press the buttons using my hand.

Not you too! (See oddly similar post from when Nate was around James' age.)
https://profiles.google.com/105658762607562611785/buzz/ZAv7HS51k8u